Wabash High School

Wabash Competes at the Logan Invite Wabash traveled to Logansport on a beautiful Saturday for the always fun and competitive 8 team Logansport Invite. Wabash went 1-2 on the day. It was a great day of tennis filled with growth and success for the young Apaches. At 1 singles, Eli Mattern finished the day 2-1. Match one saw Mattern down 0-3 in the first set. Finding the mental toughness to begin to turn the tide, Mattern ended up losing the first set in a very competitive 5-7. Building on that momentum, Mattern took set two 6-2 to even the match. Starting strong in the 3rd set tie breaker, Mattern pulled out the come from behind win 10-7. Mattern won easily in match two, winning 6-2, 6-0 over Maconoquah. In a slugfest, Mattern played well but ran out of energy, losing eventually 2-8 with many deuce games as the match was highly competitive and entertaining to watch. Cooper Long had a great day of tennis going 3-0 on the day at two singles. Long started strong in match one with the host school Logansport. Playing a very strong first set, Long prevailed 6-2. The tide turned in set two with Long losing 0-6. Heading into the tie break, Long reset and played solid tennis to win the match in a score of 11-9. Long cruised in match two taking the win 6-0, 6-0 over Christopher from Maconoquah. Match 3 was a battle played out in an 8 game proset. Exchanging game for game, and holding serve, Long and Odle (Seeger) competed to a 8-8 score, leading to a grueling tie break. Long was able to use his experience and crisp shotmaking, painting the lines to finish with the win 10-6. At three singles, Ashton Coffman was on the plus side for the day going 2-1. Losing his opening match to host school Logansport in two sets 0-6, 4-6. Bouncing back against Maconoquah, Coffman won easily 6-0, 6-0. Utilizing experience and consistent shot making, Ashton gained confidence that helped him move through the day successfully. In match 3, Coffman used that confidence to defeat Howard from Seeger 8-2. The doubles teams also each picked up a win on the day. A combination of players at each position was able to pick up a win over Maconoquah. The one doubles team of Clay Shepler and Karson McKenzie won 6-1, 6-2 and the two doubles team of TJ Tracy and Dillon Pence won 6-1, 6-4. Both teams took losses to Logansport and Seeger. Coach Mattern: "Overall the day was a success. Cooper, Eli and Ashton all had great days playing some excellent competition. Long and Mattern both showed some mental toughness to dig in and compete in tough matches throughout the day. The doubles teams are improving and learning the doubles game which takes a different thinking and strategy to win. There was much improved play from Karson today, which we will need moving forward to find points at the doubles to win matches." Wabash is now 2-5 on the season heading into conference play this week.