The Halifax County High School girls tennis team produced a sweep of their two pre-season scrimmages this week, topping GW 9-0 Monday and edging Jefferson Forest High School 5-4 Wednesday in a match that was decided in the last doubles contest of the night.

Wednesdays scrimmage was a big confidence booster for the Comets as the Comets lost to Jefferson Forest 9-0 in last years scrimmage.

We are so very proud of the job this team did tonight, said Comets Head Coach Donna Hudson in the wake of her teams win over Jefferson Forest High School.

We won games on all courts, a tremendous improvement over our performance against this group last year. Our top two girls, Alyssa Conde and Savannah Reaves, played respectably against superb players, and learned a thing or two in the process. They faced two of the strongest players we will see all year in JFs Madison Hansen and Lauren Pascadlo.At that level, as well as further down the courts, we took note of some techniques we can work on and will do so in the coming week.

Conde lost her first set to Hansen 6-0 and was rallying in the second set with a 2-1 lead when Hansen was forced to stop the match due to an injury, giving Conde a forfeit win.

Reaves lost 6-1, 6-2 in straight sets, but played well against a tough opponent, making some strong returns and getting good ball placement with her shots.

Kassidy Irby, playing the number three singles, faced JFs Abbie Edmonds, who had beaten her last season, and came up with a win in straight sets by scores of 6-2 and 7-5.

The Comets RaeAnn Winegar, playing the number four singles match, dropped her first set to JFs Kelsey Shotwell 7-5 on a tiebreaker after having played the first set to a 6-6 tie. Hampered by a knee injury, she lost the second set 6-3.

Halifax County High Schools Amber Roane lost to JFs Jamie Smoot in straight sets by scores of 6-3, 6-2 in the number five singles match. Yasmine Ferrell picked up a win for the Comets in the number six singles contest, topping her opponent in straight sets by scores of 6-2, 6-4 to deadlock the match after the singles round.

Former Halifax County High School Coach Brady Taylor made some lineup adjustments for the doubles round due to Hansens injury. Hudson adjusted the Comets lineup as well, bringing a couple of fresh players into the mix.

The Comets number three doubles team of Ashley Day and Ashley Collins were the first doubles team to start and the first to finish. The duo won their match 8-4, giving the Comets a 4-3 lead in the overall match.

Taylor used his number eight player to partner with his number two player, Pascadlo, and the JF duo won the close number one doubles match 8-6 to deadlock the overall match at 4-4.

Hudson paired Irby, the number three Comets player, with number seven player Kendall Foushee, for the number two doubles contest. It proved to be a winning combination as they came up with a series of well-played shots in clutch situations to score a 9-7 win and give the Comets the overall 5-4 match win.

We are very lucky this year to have a really deep team, Hudson pointed out.

From position six down, our girls play at almost the exact same level, and that level is just a bit away from that of the top five. That depth allows us to put fresh players in at doubles without any risk, and that is a great strength we plan to take advantage of as we move into our regular season.

The Comets had a pretty easy time of things in Mondays match against GW, scoring 8-0 wins in every match.

Conde, Reaves, Irby, Winegar, Roane and Ferrell all posted wins in the singles matches.

Hudson went with positions seven through 12 on the teams ladder for the doubles matches, with Foushee and Dejah Britton playing the number one doubles match, Day and Collins playing the number two doubles contest and Summer Martin and Elizabeth Janicijevic competing for the Comets in the number three doubles match.

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