Lady Eagles’ Tennis Have a Full Week Ahead!

“Said I wanna fly like an eagle, to the sea , Fly like an eagle let my spirit carry me, I wanna, Fly, Fly right into the future.” ~By: Seal

“I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly.”

~R. Kelly

(From the Space Jam movie Soundtrack)

The Bridgewater women’s tennis team has a full week of matches ahead beginning Wednesday April 7^th against Roanoke at home. This weekend we have a double header at home against conference opponent Hollins University and non conference St. Mary’s. Sunday we travel to Pennsylvania to finish off the busy week against Elizabethtown!

The Lady Eagles have won four of the last five conference matches! We have beaten Guilford, Emory and Henry, and Lynchburg in the last few weeks all with the same 8-1 score. The women have been playing some of the best doubles and singles that we have played all season and things seem to be falling into place at the perfect time in the season to peak. With the upcoming challenging conference matches, we will find out how much hard work can pay off.

Against Guilford, our team played the strongest tennis we have played all year. Going into the match, we all expected there to be several close matches by looking at our past results with Guilford. We all stepped up and played great tennis and won by a lopsided margin, 8-1. Many of us have had very close matches with these girls in the past and seeing our improvement from last fall or last year to this spring really shows just how much the hard work and conditioning indoors during those wintry weeks can pay off in the long run. I look forward to seeing how well we match up against Roanoke and Hollins this week after having some tough matches against them in the fall season.

Our men’s team has also been playing some great tennis winning 4 of their 5 last conference matches as well, losing only to nationally ranked Washington and Lee just as the women did.

As much as I love playing tennis, I love just as much spending time on the road and at home matches with my teammates on both the men’s and women’s team. Last week on the way to Lynchburg we watched Space Jam and everyone sang the awesome soundtrack songs like “Fly Like an Eagle” and “I Believe I can Fly” as they were played on the movie and we got to see former teammate and one of my close friends, Marlena, while at Lynchburg. I just love being around the people on the team and cherish the relationships built from years past. I look forward to the exciting weeks of tennis ahead but as a senior I will truly miss all of the great experiences and memories that I’ve had here! It will be a bittersweet ending to a great adventure! (Also, thanks to Mrs. Stone for making everyone Easter peanut butter filled chocolate eggs and to the Radke’s for their endless supply of Gatorade!! The amazing parental support is always greatly appreciated!) Until Next time….See you on the courts!!

GO EAGLES!!