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| Elizabeth Kennedy has helped lead Davie to 6-0 by winning 11 of 12 matches in singles and doubles. - Photo by James Barringer |
The War Eagles held off West Forsyth 5-4 in a match in which they pulled out two third-set tiebreakers in singles. The next day, they repelled Mount Tabor 5-4 in another thriller that wasn’t decided until the final doubles match. Both matches were at home in the first week of Central Piedmont Conference play.
Sure, Davie (6-0 overall, 2-0 CPC) had generated optimism during a 4-0 start. But now its optimism is soaring. West swept the War Eagles last year (5-4, 7-2). Tabor swept the War Eagles last year (8-1, 7-2), and they had lost 16 of the last 18 to Tabor. It’s the first series win since a 5-2 decision in 2007.
At the end of both matches, coach Sandra Boyette was holding her breath.
“I’m so proud of these girls,” she said. “As young as we are (two seniors, five sophomores and seven freshmen), I can’t believe this. I didn’t feel like I could breathe until they finally came off the court. I just tell them: ‘You’ve got to want it more than they do.’ I tell them that all the time because you never know what can happen.”
West Forsyth was no match for No. 2 Lauren Gryder and No. 4 Elizabeth ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.