Coach Speak: Raiders tennis getting close

Coach Speak is a regular feature that details all the Bolingbrook Raiders results that the coaches see fit to e-mail The Brook Blog. If they add comments, we run them verbatim.

The Bolingbrook Raiders girls tennis team lost 4-3 to Joliet Twp. on Thursday.

This was, by far, the closest conference match we have played in years. The girls have worked very hard this year to be able to compete like they did against Joliet. It is disappointing that we couldn't squeeze out 1 more win, but we will take this as a learning experience for future close matches. We will continue to work in practice on correcting our mistakes and gaining confidence in our shots.

Winners for the Raiders were Giselle Velasco 6-3, 6-4; Celina Onyejiaka 0-6, 6-4, 6-1; Shannon Riley and Cathy Villagomez 6-0, 6-4.