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What made you Separated by a ch
link fence , senior Anc
Renier keeps her g<
in tennis? together with strat
from coach John Car
r "I wanted to try r "My sister Coaches and teamm<
a sport I could played on the provided motiva
play when I get tennis team and during the match . pt
by Aimee Gill
older and taught me to
through indi- focus on build-
vidual practice I ing up my
could improve." strokes."
-JV player Janie -JV player
Gist Erika Mattson

Varsity Tennis: front-
Jenika Schmidt, Michelle
Rusco, Sarah Jetter,
Michaela Rusco; back-
coach Von Bachle, Kylee
Deterding, Andrea
Renier, Amanda Gartner,
Kristin Kelley, Sarah
Wells, Anne Jaworski,
coach John ~arroll photo
by Jack Martin
Photography

Providing chorusline
entertainment on the
courtside are JV players
junior Wendy Hicks and
freshmen Kari Kelley
and Lora Wells.
Goofing around
between matches was
one creative way to
keep spirits up. photo
by Aimee Gillette

Girls Tennis

Competition

Emphasizing the need can do it,"' junior Michelle and emotionally as well,'
•by Kate and Colleen Whalen for self and team motivation, Rusco said. junior Jenika Schmidt said
both the JV and varsity girls Many distractions, All motivating fac·
Physically and tennis teams focused upon the like fans and other matches tors, whether physical or men·
mentally prepared importance of improvement being played, often inhib- tal, were drawn upon f01
through both physical and ited players from remaining player's improvement, in-
players overcame mental preparation. concentrated on their own cluding positive attitudes.

weaknesses in order to In such an endurance match. Combined with "My biggest problem was not
succeed. sport, many players invented physical motivation, mental thinking positively. I wasn' t
creative ways to keep their preparation was also key. taking the sport lightly. I had
spirits up during a tough "Not only do you have to be to tell myself to take the match
2 6i match. "I keep my feet mov- physically prepared for the for what it is-a game,'' se-
Sports
ing while telling myself, 'I sport of tennis, but mentally nior Kylee Deterding said. I