HOPE — Facing a 2-1 deficit Monday afternoon, Hauser looked to take control when it won the No. 2 doubles match, and Levi Gollmer rallied from facing three match points to send his game to deuce at No. 2 singles.
But then Edinburgh’s Travis Jones recovered. He won back-to-back points to finish off a 6-3, 6-4 win against Gollmer and give the Lancers a 3-2 victory.
“That’s a tough one because they changed the lineup,” Edinburgh coach Pete Khensouri said. “We were lucky to come out from that. I was worried about No. 2 singles, but he pulled through.”
The Jets (2-4) had to switch around their lineup after Dawson Paul, who was going to play No. 3 singles, had to quarantine after had had been around a student who had tested positive for COVID-19.
So Hauser coach Heather Miller moved No. 1 doubles players Caleb Hoover and Levi Gollmer to No. 1 and No. 2 singles, inserted Noah Estes at No. 3 singles and moved normal singles players Eli Miller and Carson Rose to No. 1 doubles.
Miller and Rose gave the Jets their first point, beating Trevor Moon and Cash Cunningham 6-2, 6-3. But at around the same time, the Lancers’ Max Blandford finished off a 6-1, 6-2 win against Hoover, and Chase Littlejohn closed out a 6-2, 6-3 win against Estes to give Edinburgh (2-2) a 2-1 lead.
“(Hoover and Gollmer) stepped up and volunteered to play singles,” Hauser coach Heather Miller said. “We knew some other kids had been struggling at singles. “We’re going to have to battle in our singles a little bit. We may have to switch the lineup around a little bit until we get Dawson back.”
The Jets evened the match when Hagan Wiedersatz and Caleb Wallace beat Ian Buchanan and Braedyn Johnson at 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.
“I was really proud of both doubles teams tonight,” Heather Miller said. “I thought they did well.”
Not more than two minutes after the No. 2 doubles match was finished, Jones ended his battle against Gollmer, giving the Lancers a sweep of the singles spots.
“They played pretty well at times,” Khensouri said. “Consistency, I’m still concerned about, except at No. 1.”
