GIRLS' TENNIS NOTEBOOK: DOUBLES ARE SINGLED OUT LANCASTER PLAYS TO ITS STRENGTH THROUGH DIVISION.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer LANCASTER -- Lancaster High tennis standouts Jesica Abraguin's and Linda Reickgenannt's best hope of making a deep playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. run is as doubles partners. But on Tuesday, Lancaster's best hope of winning a pivotal Golden League match against Highland was splitting doubles partners so they could compete on the singles circuit. Lancaster co-coach Dionne Werthmann's lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. shuffle worked to perfection Adv. 1. to perfection - in every detail; "the new house suited them to a T" just right, to a T, to the letter as Reickgenannt, a junior German exchange student who is among the league's best players, swept all three of her matches to lead Lancaster to a 10-8 victory over Highland. The victory was significant because it positions Lancaster (7-2) to finish league play in a tie for second with Highland (8-1), which has yet to play the 17-time league champion Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill (8-0) in the second round of league. If Lancaster and Highland finish league tied, the automatic Southern Section team playoff berth would be decided by a coin toss. Lancaster avenged a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. a 10-8 loss to Highland in the first round of league, when Abraguin and Reickgenannt played doubles. Lancaster's doubles teams won six of nine matches, with Anne Zimmerman and Brittany Carter going 3-0. ``All my girls played as tough as they could and earned every point that they could because they wanted to secure second place even if it was in a tie because they'd rather lose in a coin flip than lose outright,'' Werthmann said. ``We also wanted to show that we could beat Highland.'' Rebels watch: That defending Southern Section Div.IV semifinalist sem·i·fi·nal n. 1. A match, competition, or examination that precedes the final one. 2. One of the two competitions of the next to the last round in an elimination tournament. Quartz Hill is ranked No.2 in the most recent Div.IV poll shouldn't be a surprise. But considering the Rebels fell off the rankings completely after being ranked in the top 10 most of last season, Quartz Hill coach Bill Lenaway isn't taking anything for granted. Lenaway said he thinks his team has fallen in the rankings in recent years because the league isn't known for being as competitive as the Southern Section's coastal regions. Rankings are the basis for playoff seeding, meaning if Quartz Hill retains its current ranking, it wouldn't be paired with top-ranked Sage Hill of Newport Coast until the finals. ``I'm glad to see it,'' Lenaway said. ``The last few years we weren't ranked, and then we went on to prove ourselves (in the Southern Section playoffs). I'm hoping we're staying up there because we're supporting our ranking.'' Quartz Hill remained on course to win its 18th consecutive league title after Thursday's 15-3 victory over Lancaster. ``Again, (Lenaway's) got enough depth to beat Highland and Lancaster,'' Werthmann said. ``That's the story of his career.'' Talent showcase: Thursday's 15-3 loss to Quartz Hill featured an eagerly anticipated matchup between Reickgenannt and Rebels sensation Ashley Litchfield. Litchfield, one of the league's all-time best, won the match 6-2, but Reickgenannt's moxie (language, music) Moxie - A language for real-time computer music synthesis, written in XPL. ["Moxie: A Language for Computer Music Performance", D. Collinge, Proc Intl Computer Music Conf, Computer Music Assoc 1984, pp.217-220]. impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: her coach. ``There was a lot of pressure for her to beat Ashley, and I know she put a lot of pressure on herself,'' Werthmann said. ``Ashley rarely loses games, so I thought Reickgenannt played well.'' Rescheduled: Quartz Hill was scheduled to play Littlerock on Wednesday in a makeup makeup In the performing arts, material used by actors for cosmetic purposes and to help create the characters they play. Not needed in Greek and Roman theatre because of the use of masks, makeup was used in the religious plays of medieval Europe, in which the angels' faces of its match scheduled for Tuesday that was postponed because of a power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" at Quartz Hill. gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Lancaster High tennis standouts and doubles partners Jesica Abraguin, left, and Linda Reickgenannt split up to help their team by competing in singles Tuesday. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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