I know Mell was overruled on match point, I wonder if that was the 3rd overrule?
aggiedrjdub said:
3 is a point penalty. Did she win the point and then when the match on the 3rd overrule?
In video/audio form!aggiedrjdub said:
COACH'S QUOTES
Head coach Mark Weaver on today's matchup…
"That was one of the best college tennis matches I have ever been a part of, and I've been doing this for a really long time. It was high-quality tennis from both teams, and I thought the sportsmanship was great today. It was really high stakes, and I was really proud of all the hard work they put in, and it certainly showed it's worth out there today."
PLAYER'S QUOTES
Mia Kupres on clinching today's matchup…
"It was such an amazing feeling I can't even describe it. I was so tense because of how important the match was, and everything through the match being down, up and then almost having it and letting it go, then finally, being able to clinch it for the team was so great."
Salma Ewing on claiming the final match…
"This was really huge for me, and I couldn't do it without my team, coaches and the fans, as everyone was supporting me. I just wanted to do if for them, and so I just kept fighting for every point and no matter how hard it got I just kept pushing myself."Today was for the @12thMan thanks for showing up and showing out 👍#GigEm | #AggieWThttps://t.co/ghIU3kc1xk
— Texas A&M Women's Tennis (@AggieWTEN) April 2, 2023
Can't say enough about this @AggieWTEN team!!! 🎾
— Ben Peck (@TheBenPeck) April 2, 2023
#2 Texas A&M and #4 Georgia came down to a pair of final set tiebreakers, the Aggies pulled off the win in both matches!
Freshman 🇨🇦 Mia Kupres clinched the team victory on Court 3. A&M's now won 27 straight over SEC teams 🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/KuuwqbHWZ0
Aggie Tennis said:
For someone there, did one of the players get banged up during the celebration?
It looked that may have happened on video but hopefully just fell down.
That's amazing. I want to know if it's a record!!! Sounds like the SID needs to do some research.bigtimeag1977 said:
27 SEC wins in a row has to be a record for any sport. That is hard to fathom!
aggiedrjdub said:
What did Mia mean when she said "that's 3" at the end of the match?
Thanks for sharing the details. Even more epic than I realized to go with the other legendary performances yesterday. It will also give Salma so much confidence for the remainder of the season.Signem said:
For the record, Salma played a match of the ages. Something that no one has pointed out here, her match was literally a tale of 3 sets. First set both girls held serve until Salma broke to go up 5-4, Dasha breaks right back but then Salma wins the next two games to win 7-5. Second set both girls were breaking each other's serve until 4-4 when Salma finally held to go up again 5-4 but then Dasha gets hot and wins 3 games in a row. I "think" something happened to Salma in those last 3 games of the second set that came back to bite her hard in the third set where she was severely hobbled by cramps after running down a drop shot by Dasha. By this time Salma was down 5-4 and serving. When I say hobbled I mean she was walking around the court like Frankenstein. She couldn't bend her right leg, it was like in a cast. I have NEVER in my life (not hyperbole) seen such a courageous effort than what she did from that point forward. The strength and courage she found within herself to fight and I mean FIGHT through what she had to be feeling was borderline supernatural. She somehow HOLDS her serve with these severe cramps (5-5), gets worked on by Sho (our Athletic trainer) who must do the Karate Kid kinda thing but she falls behind 6-5, holds serve again (remember she can't rotate her body as normally as she would be able to because of the cramps) score is 6-6. Falls behind 4-1 in the tiebreak and ends up winning the tiebreak 7-5. To see her wince and grimace in pain when it first hit her, and suffering from the same problem periodically myself I literally can't imagine how she did what she did.