Lady Jay tennis opened their season at home with a quad meet on Thursday evening.

In a quad meet, your four teams are put in to positions – 1 singles, 2 singles, 1 doubles, 2 doubles – and whatever position you are, you play the other three schools in that position.

Head Coach Matt Micheel said that on paper, you may not say the Lady Jays were successful, but he saw something else.

“When you look at how they played, these girls got better and better and better throughout the entire meet… a lot of them got match experience against girls that were close to them in ability level, so we had a lot of real close matches and games,” said Micheel.

Standing out amongst the Lady Jays was Codi Post, finishing 1-2 in singles play.

“She was chasing down every ball, she got better and better and better throughout the day…she was even tired at the very end but she was still chasing down the balls, making the extra hustle plays – she’s been a good leader in that respect,” said Micheel.

Returning state qualifier Ally McKenzie played like a seasoned athlete during the home meet, finishing 1-2 on the night.

“Last year she played well…but she played better than she did last year because the competition level is so much better…there’s a lot of things that I’m able to work with her on that is way more advanced that what I’ve been able to work on with any other player…she’s our leader of our team,” said Micheel.

Jordan Dombrowski and Alexis Cruz went 1-2 on the day in doubles play, and Brianna Talley and Anne Kim played in position 2 on the doubles bracket.

The lady jays finished  1-2 in 3 of the spots, and 0-3 in the other during the Thursday night home quad meet.

“I’ve got a lot of good faith in what this team can do,” says Micheel.

The team will travel to Topeka next week for the Washburn Rural Quad on Thursday, September 8th.