VIRGINIA—After coming away with a state title to end their 2025 season, the Rock Ridge girls’ tennis team had every reason to believe they’d be ready to go come playoff time this year.
Tuesday, the Wolverines got to flex their might a bit to open the Section 7AA Tournament as top-seeded Rock Ridge made short work of No. 8 Princeton winning 7-0 in just over an hour and 20 minutes at the Virginia Indoor Tennis and Pickleball Club.
“It was a good, solid performance,” Wolverines coach Jim Prittinen said after the match. “A great way to start the tournament.
Knowing their strengths as a team and knowing their strengths as individuals, Prittinen said Rock Ridge has spent plenty of time at practice lately working on each player’s own weaknesses. In their sweep of the Tigers Tuesday, the long-time coach said his side showed what they’d been working on.
“Right now we’re more concerned about individual players and improving certain aspects of each of their games and I think we were pretty successful with that today. Players are aware of their weaknesses and working to improve them and that’s been our big focus at practice.
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