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Show Page B6 Thursday, September 24, 1987 Park Record jm. mamaaij 7A A -x ..GOT 'A'f A mmK mm -.u r 7 - If.;.,. tr air ' ' v - Krista Steinke serves one up. Randy Hanskat Miner netters head to the home stretch by RANDY HANSKAT Record staff writer You win some, you lose some, and some don't count. .That was basically the week for. the Park City High School girls' tennis ten-nis team, which played three meets, only two of which counted. First came Wasatch on Sept. 16, and a narrow Park City win. Then came Moab and San Juan in a dual meet Friday, Sept. 18, which the Miners won handily, but which didn't count in Region Nine play. And last, and most certainly least, was Monday, Sept. 21 against Grant-sville, Grant-sville, a 1-4 drubbing. Now the Miners head into season ending play. Wednesday, Sept. 23 the girls played in the region tournament tourna-ment to decide the region champs (press time precluded coverage). Then, on Tuesday, Sept. 29 comes the zone tournament (Regions Nine and 11) to decide state entries. Finally, the season will end on Oct. 3 with the state tourney at B.Y.U. Park City Coach Maggie Carley said she was pleasantly surprised with the 3-2 win over Wasatch in Heber. Chrissie Volla provided the only crushing on the day for the Park City side. She mashed Katherine Smedley 6-1, 6-2 in number one singles. Jessie Whitesides also won in singles, upsetting favored Nora Lun-din Lun-din 6-3, 7-6. Carrie Miller, a talented freshman, was given the nod at number three singles that day, but went down in flames to Jennifer Watson 4-6, 1-6. Carley said Miller has the ability to provide the team with excellent play for years to come, but needs more match experience. ex-perience. The usually tough team of Jennifer Jen-nifer Putz and Krista Steinke weren't so tough against Wasatch's Brenda Casper and Jean Smedley. They lost 4-6, 1-6. The biggest surprise of the meet was turned in by Hilary Felton and Jennifer Traeger. The pair had never played together before, but after a shaky start came on to beat LeAnn Brandner and Jill North 7-6, 6-4. The size of the Wasatch team allowed for numerous "alternate" matches, letting the junior varsity players get some valuable experience. ex-perience. In those, Sue Garlick lost number four singles 4-8 (eight game pro sets), Starlight Bird lost number five singles 4-8, Ali Salomon won number six singles 8-2, and Julie Holcombe lost number seven singles 0-8. Alternate doubles was rosy. Alicia Thompson and Heather Circo won 8-2 in number three doubles, and Kimmy Wartena and Lesley Bailey cruised through number four doubles 8-1. Two days later, on Friday, the girls were at it again, this time in an exhibition meet with Moab and San Juan. Park City players normally head into the state tournament and face girls from the two southern schools, but don't know what to expect ex-pect from them. To give the Miner girls a chance to see what they may be up against, Carley set up the ! E,: 4h by Mark Jensen Deflating the pressure Learning to perform under pressure is important in any sport. One will encounter a case of nerves in the U.S. Open, playing for the high school tennis team, or just trying to beat your best friend. A concept that is important in nervous ner-vous situations is being deliberate. To be present tense oriented and hold a positive attitude and strategy in mind will help one perform better. Some ideas to think about during those pressure situations are: l.Play one point at a time. Think and play that one point to win. Do not dwell on past points. 2. Develop a positive aggressive attitude at-titude toward the ball. 3. Be patient with your mistakes, errors are always a big part of the game of tennis. 4. An unhurried game is best. Learn to be smooth with movements and strokes. This is where balance or centering will help. 5. Experience is important! Put yourself into tournaments, matches and situations that will create pressure and nervousness. The more you encounter something the more comfortable and relaxed you will become in your performance. Play tennis for a lifetime ! j ywrf; ,,.-, -f maSUPRODUCTS INC PRE SEASON SPECIAL Buy any Meyer SNOW PLOW During the Month of Sept. or Oct. and Recieve 1MMJ 1925 W. Indiana Ave. 973-9400 800-662-4234 DRESSMAKING Carrie Miller reaches for an overhead. Randy Hanskat practice action. And for the record, they beat up on the southerners. Park City didn't lose a single match at any level on the day. That success should be a confidence builder for those who advance ad-vance to the state tournament. The week's final action was the most forgettable for Park City. Grantsville had been beaten twice over the homecoming week, by the volleyball and football teams, but got a small amount of respect back against the tennis team. The Cowboy netters hammered the Miners 1-4. Number one singles told a tale of how the day would go, as Chrissie Volla fell to Amy Jackson 2-6, 7-5, 4-6. Carley said she thought Volla could beat the Cowgirl on a good day, but said Monday was definitely not one of those for Park City's best player. Jessie Whitesides continued her strong play in the number two slot returning from the verge of defeat 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 against Amy Nelson. The same pair faced each other in number three singles last season at state, but Whitesides was on the short end that day. No longer. Jennifer Putz, a regular in the number one doubles slot, moved up to the third singles match against Rita Ogden. She had only limited success, however, going down 5-7, 2-6. Doubles action was a wash for the home team. Krista Steinke and Carrie Car-rie Miller paired in the number one slot, but were abused by Stacy Chad-wich Chad-wich and Shauni Anderson 2-6, 0-6. Carley said the girls were pretty tense in the match, but said their real problem came from bystanders watching the match. A couple people were constantly telling the girls, especially Miller, how to play the match. Basically, the only thing accomplished ac-complished by these so-called experts ex-perts was to distract and infuriate both players. Heather Circo and Alicia Thompson Thomp-son fared no better in the number two doubles match, losing 1-6, 1-6 to Brook Murray and Kristin Killian. Carley said the pair was ahead 40-0 in many games, but wouldn't close out the game. Simply a lack of experience. ex-perience. Yesterday, Sept. 23 was the region tournament at Lehi. Volla was ranked rank-ed number three going into the event, a newfound ranking for her. Whitesides was number two seed in second singles. 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