Leif finishes Pacelli tennis career with memorable match
Published 5:14 pm Friday, October 14, 2011
The Pacelli tennis team finished its season at the Section 1A individual tournament in Rochester Friday.
Senior Abby Leif played her last match for the Shamrocks, but she went out in style as she gave Rachel Morice of Rochester Lourdes all she could handle. All three sets were decided in tiebreakers as Leif fell 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 14-12.
“Abby left everything she had on the court,” Pacelli head coach Mark Henderson said. “She fought off at least five match points including four in the final tiebreaker alone. Of course she would have loved to win, but you only see matches like that one every few years, so people will be talking about it for awhile.”
Maggie Leif won her first match over Maddy Shumate of Winona Cotter 6-0, 6-0, but she was eliminated by Amy Orthaus of Lake City 6-0, 6-1.
“Maggie was just dominant in her first match,” Henderson said. “She was pretty competitive in the second match as well, but Orthaus forced her into a lot of mistakes. She’s number one for a reason.”
The Pacelli doubles team of Mindy Nguyen and Tiffany Hoesing lost to Katie Scruggs and Shelby Snipes of Stewartville 6-1, 6-1.