The Skyline Trojans have done it yet again: They sent Mission College home with another loss after the women’s badminton game on April 17.
The Trojans won handily, 14-7. Tuesday night, Kathleen Reyes,
a key player on the women’s badminton team, worked her way to bringing them to victory with the help of their star player, Anna Nguyen, who has played well consistently every game, even with the losses they’ve sustained.
Reyes agrees that the team plays well together: “We’ve improved so much these past couple of games, and we take each game seriously no matter how much we’ve won or lost. It’s important to us, or me personally, to do my best and maintain a consistency so that the rest of my team can depend on me to do a good job every game that I play in.”
Coach Jan Fosberg supports Reyes’ statement, saying, “It isn’t the amount of games that we’ve been winning, but the amount of effort that each player brings to the table. Their skills are all very unique, and each player is good at something that helps the team progress as a whole.”
Half-court singles is a game wherein the players use only one half of the standard singles court from the center line to the inside alley line, and all the way to the back singles line. Games use standard scoring to 15 with setting allowed. The object is to win the rallies, score the most points, and win the game.
In half-court singles, the shots are quicker because the luxury of the cross court has been eliminat- ed. In doubles, the same process applies, except that the game goes a little faster because there is another player for each side. Play- ers on each side take turns serving after the shuttlecock has hit the ground.
Fosberg is hoping that the team comes back from a few losses that they had previously by improving on their positioning and communi- cation skills.
“Our obvious problem is how fast the girls move their feet to get to the shuttlecock,” Fosberg said. “I’m sure they’ll do better next game, but we’re pretty satisfied with this win.”
