First game paves way for strong season

The Skyline women’s badminton team won against Mission College 21-0, for their first game of the season.

It was a one-sided match held at home. The Trojans annihilated Mission College through a series of killer shots that left the other team hopeless.

This is a great start for Skyline’s team, who hopes to make the state finals.

“We won 21-0 which is nice and it was a good way for our team,” said Jon Lee, assistant coach of 13 years. “It’s the first match of the year so it was a good way for our team to see how a match works without the pressure.”

Although Lee pointed out that Mission was not as well-instructed in order to play Skyline based on athletic sportsmanship. There is evidence that the Trojans themselves have gotten a head start in winning their tournaments.

Training has come into play, empowering the girl’s athletic skills, which are shown through the team’s enduring performance. From the previous game, which was a scrimmage match, it was revealed that seven out of the 10 girls are freshmen players and the other two were veterans from last year.

From foot work, strategies and consistent conditioning, the team has improved greatly as a whole.

The matches began in singles and had been played on six courts. There were not many people in the crowd, yet the team spirit was there as they played their hearts out, thus winning the game at a fast pace.

In the second rounds, Skyline and Mission played doubles with no difference in score except Skyline destroying Mission.

Since the team is proving to be well trained at their sport, aspiring to make it to the State Finals Badminton Conference are increasing. Now, since the meet is done and over with, the motivation of winning will spur the Trojans on.

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Skyline College freshman Michelle Chang.

Update: a photo was added to the article. 11:29 p.m. 3/19/2015