9-0 RECORD, BUT SECTIONALS-LESS

It has been an interesting week for the Jammers.  On Monday, June 9^th, it was their very last regular season matches against the High Strung from Joplin.  All of the Jammers were pretty excited to see if they could make it a 9-0 undefeated season.  It did work out for the Jammers that night; we won 4-1 against the High Strung to have a 9-0 record for our season.  So the Jammers were officially the 2012 Local League Champions.

Team Standings

Team Name	Wins	Losses	Indiv. Wins	Indiv. Losses	Sets Lost	Games Lost
Jammers	9	0	37	8	22	283
Slice Girls	6	3	29	16	37	366
High Strung	2	7	9	36	73	477
TopSpin	1	8	15	30	64	446

Our only lost for the night was when Theresa Lor lost her singles match to Mary Kirkpatrick, 6-2, 6-0.  For the rest of the team, we all got rained out, but we were awarded all the wins since Joplin didn’t want to move to Cooper to complete the matches.  So before we got rained out, Hee-Sun Kim won the first set against her opponent, Julie Ingle, 6-1; Hee-Sun was ahead on the second set 2-0.  The same goes for Karen Griffin and Teresa Emerson, they won the first set 6-1 against their opponents, Debbie Prigmore and Tammy Hunter; Karen and Teresa were ahead 2-0 in the second set when the match were retired.  Carol Rollins and Suzanne Lennard were also ahead in their match against their opponents, Staci Iorio and Kristine Bhend, 6-1, 2-0.  Julie Trout and Margaret Taylor match against Ellen Desmond and Kim Higdon were at 6-1, 0-1 when the rain forces them to retired the match.




2012 Jammers - Front: Karen Griffin, Lisa Powell, Hee-Sun Kim, Suzanne Lennard, Kayla Ratliff;
Back: Margaret Taylor, Kelly Kramer, Heidi Smith, Teresa Emerson, Beth Wilson, Carol Rollins, Nancy Winters, Julie Trout (Not Pictured-Theresa Lor)

2012 Jammers with their captain Huong Doan

The Jammers 2012 season ended unexpected on July 14^th at District playoffs against the Net Force from Columbia, MO.  The Net Force beat the Jammers in the first round 3-2.  Kayla Ratliff lost her singles match to Junko Oba, 6-3, 6-4.  Nancy Winters came through for the Jammers one more time, from being down at 0-3 in the first set to winning her singles match against  Johnna Leak with the scores of 6-4, 6-0.

Our doubles team of Kelly Kramer and Teresa Emerson fought hard against their tough opponents, Patti Roberts and Kelly Fuchs, but lost in the first set 2-6.  They hung in there and won the second set 6-2.  It wasn’t the Jammers’ day, Kelly and Teresa lost in the third set tie-break 7-10.

Beth Wilson team up with Suzanne Lennard and won their doubles match for the Jammers against their opponents, Linda Robertson and Nancy Parker with the scores of 6-4, 6-4.

Heidi Smith and Margaret Taylor were also come up short in their match against their opponents, Tricia Vogt and Lisa Rose.  They lost in the first set 6-1, but hung in there in the second set and won 6-0.  But they lost in the third set tie-break 8-10.



In between matches, the Jammers decided to do this stretch exercise.

Kelly Kramer

Teresa Emerson

Beth Wilson - Suzanne Lennard - Kayla Ratliff

Nancy Winters

Jammers

More Jammers

Theresa Lor

Julie Trout

Heidi Smith

Margaret Taylor

In the second round, the Net Force was also victorious against the Jammers.  They won with the score of 3-2.  Kelly Kramer played her little heart out at singles against her opponent, Patti Roberts.  She lost in the first set 6-2.  Kelly hung in there and won the second set with the score of 6-3.  She gave it her all, and fought for every point, but come up short in the third set tie-break, she lost with the score of 9-11.

Kayla Ratliff tried her hands at singles again.  Winning wasn’t on her side that day, Kayla lost to her opponent, Kelly Fuchs, with the scores of 7-5, 6-2.

Heidi Smith and Margaret Taylor played well together once again, but they couldn’t get a win against their opponents, Nancy Parker and Lisa Rose.  They lost their match with the scores of 7-5, 7-6 (7-4).

Nancy Winters team up with Teresa Emerson and fought hard to win their doubles match against their opponents, Tricia Vogt and Jane Boles with the scores of 7-5, 5-7, and 1-0 (10-8).

Beth Wilson and Suzanne Lennard were also victorious in their match against their opponents, Susan Zurowski and Joan Arthur, with the scores of 6-0, 6-3.

It was a sad day for all of us, we all wanted so bad to win and to go to Sectionals, but it just didn’t happen for us this year.  I kept thinking; what if I would have done the lineup this way, or that way, maybe we could have win.  What if, what if…just a little too late for the Jammers now.  I’m sure the feelings of hurt, disappointment, angry will eventually go away.  Right now, it is just so hard to think that the Jammers won’t be at Sectionals this year.  We worked so hard and we were just SOOO CLOSE.

It just go to shows that it’s not that easy to get to Sectionals, you just can’t assume you are going.  You HAVE TO WORK for it.  Columbia worked for it this weekend and they deserve to go to Sectionals this year.  We just have to learn to live with it and move on. 

The Adult Jammers won’t be at Sectionals this year, but some of our Senior Jammers are still going to Oklahoma City for their Sectionals.  At least they will have something to look forward to.  We all have something to think about with this lost, we have plenty of time to think about it between now until our next chance at District playoffs next year.  For 2013, I am sure all the Jammers will work their butt off to make sure they can get to District playoffs, not only that but play their heart out to win District so they can be at Sectionals.  I’m sure a lot of them will think about this past weekend for a long time.  I know I will.