After dropping a singles match that took well over three hours Thursday evening in a Class A/AA sectional against Boyd-Buchanan, Notre Dame’s Sarah Joyce was frustrated. She walked off the court, put her bag down and went to a nearby restroom to cool off and compose her thoughts.
“I had a couple of set points in the first set that I lost,” said Joyce, who lost that first set to Katie Delay 10-8 in the tiebreaker. “I’m the team leader, though. I can’t show too much emotion. … I wanted to give off positive vibes.”
Once she got back on the court, those vibes were well-received.
Joyce teamed with Sarah Faith Ingell to defeat Delay and MaKenna Thomas 8-0 in the No. 1 doubles match, sealing the Lady Irish’s 4-2 win and one of the four spots in next week’s Spring Fling tournament in Murfreesboro.
They will face Lipscomb Academy at 4 p.m. EDT Tuesday at Old Fort State Park.