#5 Xavier Badminton Faces #4 Perry

October 4, 2024

by Chris Pfaff, Xavier Sportswriter

On Tuesday, October 1st, #4 Xavier Badminton met #2 Sunnyslope and lost a close one 4-5, causing the Gators to swap places with #5 Perry in the Division 1 State rankings.

The very next day, October 2nd, #5 Xavier faced #4 Perry for the opportunity to reclaim #4. It was the second home game in a row for the Gators.

After finishing the six singles matches, the team score stood at 4-2 Xavier.

  • Xavier’s #1, Maggie Henry won 2-0.
  • #2 Corinne Ladha won 2-0.
  • #3 Reagan Perez lost 0-2.
  • #4 Abby Alcock lost 0-2.
  • #5 Alexa Coker won 2-1 after losing the first set.
  • #6 Sam Riggle won 2-1 after losing the first set.

Reagan Perez and Sam Riggle highlights (I missed these two at the Sunnyslope match)

Up next: the three doubles matches.
The Gators needed just one doubles victory to win the match.

  • Reagan/Abby doubles team lost 0-2.
  • Alexa/Sam doubles team lost 0-2.
  • The match score reflected a deadlock at four points apiece.

It was now up to the #1/#2 team of Maggie and Corinne to beat Perry’s top doubles team.

  • Maggie/Corinne lost the first set 14-21. . . PRESSURE!
  • Won the second set 21-18.
  • The third set was deuce at 20 points each. . . PRESSURE!
    • It took extra serves for Maggie/Corinne to finally win 23-21.

A few highlights of Maggie/Corinne doubles match, finishing with the last two points to win their match and seal the victory for Xavier (5-4)


October 3: State rankings are updated, and Gators reclaim the #4 spot.

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