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Our first tennis match of the season was cancelled due to inclement weather. The snow from a few weeks earlier lingered around long enough to have us make this decision, which was highly disappointing for the Bridgewater tennis team.

The good news is that the snow on our tennis courts were miraculously cleared off by shovels. I would like to send a big thank you out to whoever cared enough about the tennis program and went that extra mile. Now it looks likely that we will play our HOME match against VA Wesleyan this SUNDAY. If I see another Spritz Nipper weather report, I will be unhappy.

Usually before home matches we will set up a team dinner. This will probably include both the guys and the girl’s team, and it is a great way to relax before a big match. The old team dinners, during the Smitty, Campbell era, opened my world up to the Galley on route 11. This place has enormous pastas and delicious Baklava. We kind of wore the Galley out for a while, and last year, we had decided to start going to the chain restaurants in Harrisonburg. We scheduled the team dinners at Chili’s, or the Texas Roadhouse. This year I might really be pushing for Rico’s Tacos and Sub Station. “Where is that?” you might be asking yourself. The old Waffle House on 11 with the creature flipping pancakes has been closed and along came the Sub Station. We will just have to see.

After the team dinner this weekend, the match will be Sunday. This is good because we will all have good nights of sleep. One problem I run into is on nights where I have a test and a tennis match. I stay up late for studying, and then I am so tired the next day that I cannot function. My reaction time becomes sub-par. I fixed this problem by crushing 5 hour energy shots before my matches, but this leads to anxiety attacks. Then I saw the key to my troubles in GNC when I was purchasing “get big” formula. Decaf 5 hour energies are being sold at a steal.

Practice, practice, and more practice is all that has been going on. But, our hard work will pay off come Sunday. Hope everyone can make it out there to the courts at 12.

Go Eagles…

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