Girls Tennis

In a rare break between rain and sleet, the Trojans picked up their first win of the season in their home opener. It poured rain all day up until ~3:30pm. Then, suddenly the skies cleared, wind blew just enough, and the sun opened up to the heavens in Broad Ripple Village. We somehow started at 5pm, thanks to some wonderful parents who know their way around a squeegee. #2s Maggie Bertram (9) picked up her first career win 7-5, 6-0, as did #3s Eileen Forsee (9). Last court on, with the team score tied a 2-2, #2d Elena Mazzei (12) & Mary Kauffman (10) earned the third point and secured a team victory with a 7-6(5), 7-5 win.

The Trojans avenged a 2-3 loss from last season against a nice Pike Red Devils team. The only loss came against Pike’s wonderful #1s player, Nyah Mathis. Eileen Forsee was the first point off court for the Trojans as she picked up a 6-0, 6-0 victory. Eileen is still yet to lose a game in her high school career…what a start from the Freshman! #1d and #2d were quick to follow, with Monica Szentes (12) & Elena Mazzei (12) earning a 6-2, 6-2 win while Zizi Wuensch (12) and Mary Kauffman (10) ran away with a 6-0, 6-2 victory. Last court on was Maggie Bertram (9) who dug deep and found her way to a 7-5 first set lead. Maggie fell behind 2-5 in the second set before rebounding with 4 straight games to bring it back to 6-5. Cassandra evened it up at 6-6 at which a back and forth tiebreak ensued. Maggie found a way and the Trojan freshman came out victorious 7-3. Way to go Maggie!

Tough conditions against #30 ranked team. Very windy, girls adjusted well. Paberzs (12) and Wuensch (12) put on a great battle at #1d, but just couldn’t string enough little big points together falling 6-7(2), 5-7.

Tough outing against #17 cathedral. Their doubles were bolstered by a new freshman that added an extra dimension to an already strong lineup. Our singles girls fought exceptionally well against a heavy hitting 1-2-3 lineup. Sara Wojtalik is playing #3s and can hit a 95mph first serve if that gives you some perspective. Although, I am so proud of how Eileen Forsee (9) stood up against that pace. Our freshman Eileen legitimately had her rattled and frustrated at times, blocking balls back and making her opponent do a lot of work before missing frequently enough to drop several games. It’s been a long time since we could say that about a #3s BCHS player vs. the irish. This has historically been their strength, putting out the best three players they have at 1-2-3 and letting the rest of the state see if they can hang!

Another windy night for the Trojans against the #27 Wildcats, this time a heavy cross court wind that shifted at set break. Their facility is beautiful, wonderfully poured post-tension stress courts are becoming a thing of beauty. Although the concrete grit still has the purists a little rattled. Pretty dominant showing against our singles, but we are showing tremendous signs of growth and maturity from our freshman Maggie Bertram (9). She was just outgunned tonight by a top player in state. We are asking her to do a lot as a freshman at #1s (We think it’s only happened two other times in BCHS girls tennis history), but she’s learning how to compete against the best players a little more each day and this valuable experience will guide her through the rest of her career.

Trojans put the pedal down and never looked back, cruising to our first 5-0 victory on the season!

Well, we started. All our girls were about 8-10 games into their match when the rain just kept falling and rendered us unplayable.

Trojans went a huge 2-1 on the day. First round against Muncie Burris saw a 3-2 win lift the Trojans spirits (and play for a top 4 position at Delta all day).
Second round Trojans squared off against #22 ranked Delta. On their home courts in their home invitational with a new indoor facility, we didn’t match up well against their lineup. Delta played very smart doubles. Forsee (9) and Bertram (9) gave it their all, went out hard, and played no strings attached in a new position in the lineup. We were truncated by 4 rain delays over the course of the day. Three of them came in this round, the longest spanning a 45 minute drying wait time. Tough to overcome that adversity, but the girls stayed in control of what they could and competed as well as this coach could ask for.
Third round was a thriller against FW Carroll and coaching standout Kyle Stoffel. We had a great time catching up as I played against his teams growing up, but now had the honor of coaching with him. Trojans won 3-2 as it came down to 2-2 at #2d and our girls Mazzei (12) and Kauffman (10) dropped an 0-6 first set before rallying their minds and won 6-0, 10-2. Way to go Trojans.
Zizi Wuensch (12) came home with the Delta Invitational Sportsmanship award, the greatest achievement of our entire day. Way to represent us proud Zizi!

Doubles was swept, singles did the sweeping.

Next year, mark your calendar ladies.

#3s Eileen Forsee (9) and #2s Shelby Paberzs (12) played for their chance at a title. The team tied Heritage Christian for 2nd place!

We advance through the first round of sectional at LC this year! Mary-Claire McCarthy (10) joined Zizi Wuensch (12) at #1D for in a very competitive match and MC gained her first varsity experience. So proud of her and the way she poised herself!

With that, this chapter of BCHS Girls Tennis comes to an end. On a windy and warm night, several young Trojans gained invaluable experience in our sectional. Bertram, Bruce, Forsee, Agostino/McCarthy, and Hunt/Kauffman did us proud and showed up with their full hearts #PWR