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05-10-2012, 11:05 PM
Covington Catholic freshman tennis standout Austin Hussey comes from a long line of successful tennis players in his family, and on Wednesday afternoon he got to revel in his own success.
Hussey, whose mother Kara (Molony) Hussey was a standout at Notre Dame Academy and went on to play on the Womenâs Tennis Association Tour and whose aunts Lindsay and Molly both played Division I college tennis, defeated Villa Madonna Academy junior Deuce Gibson, 6-3, 6-2, in the Ninth Region Tournament singles championship match at Boone Woods Park.
âMy mom was a great player and my aunts were great players so itâs nice to be in the spotlight for once,â said Hussey. âIt feels awesome.â
He hadnât lost a single game in the tournament heading into the championship match, but the No. 1-seed was pushed in the first set by Gibson, the No. 2 seed, who broke Husseyâs service in the very first game and had a chance to go up 4-3 in the set before Hussey rallied to take a 4-3 lead and then settled in from there.
âI was nervous,â said Hussey. âHe played really great. I was just trying to figure out how to win.â
Covington Catholic coach Al Hertsenberg said Hussey told him earlier in the day that he was too nervous to even eat and that he could see those nerves affect Hussey early in the first set.
âDeuce pushed him and took advantage of Austinâs nerves,â said Hertsenberg. âDeuce won a lot of points, but Austin gave away a lot of points he usually doesnât. He did not adjust to the crosscourt wind, especially early in the first set. He knew it, but he was so nervous it didnât come to him as quickly as it should have. Austin also got Deuce moving at his pace. Once Austin buckled down he was able to kind of control the match.â
Husseyâs arrival at CovCath this season allowed Hertsenberg to move senior Stephen Schafer to the No. 1 doubles team where he and partner Scott Drees beat teammates Joe Kendall and Ryan Cunningham in the doubles championship match, 6-3, 7-5.
Schafer won the regional singles title last year and was the Enquirerâs Northern Kentucky Tennis Player of the Yearhttp://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20120509/SPT0302/305090157/
Hussey, whose mother Kara (Molony) Hussey was a standout at Notre Dame Academy and went on to play on the Womenâs Tennis Association Tour and whose aunts Lindsay and Molly both played Division I college tennis, defeated Villa Madonna Academy junior Deuce Gibson, 6-3, 6-2, in the Ninth Region Tournament singles championship match at Boone Woods Park.
âMy mom was a great player and my aunts were great players so itâs nice to be in the spotlight for once,â said Hussey. âIt feels awesome.â
He hadnât lost a single game in the tournament heading into the championship match, but the No. 1-seed was pushed in the first set by Gibson, the No. 2 seed, who broke Husseyâs service in the very first game and had a chance to go up 4-3 in the set before Hussey rallied to take a 4-3 lead and then settled in from there.
âI was nervous,â said Hussey. âHe played really great. I was just trying to figure out how to win.â
Covington Catholic coach Al Hertsenberg said Hussey told him earlier in the day that he was too nervous to even eat and that he could see those nerves affect Hussey early in the first set.
âDeuce pushed him and took advantage of Austinâs nerves,â said Hertsenberg. âDeuce won a lot of points, but Austin gave away a lot of points he usually doesnât. He did not adjust to the crosscourt wind, especially early in the first set. He knew it, but he was so nervous it didnât come to him as quickly as it should have. Austin also got Deuce moving at his pace. Once Austin buckled down he was able to kind of control the match.â
Husseyâs arrival at CovCath this season allowed Hertsenberg to move senior Stephen Schafer to the No. 1 doubles team where he and partner Scott Drees beat teammates Joe Kendall and Ryan Cunningham in the doubles championship match, 6-3, 7-5.
Schafer won the regional singles title last year and was the Enquirerâs Northern Kentucky Tennis Player of the Yearhttp://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20120509/SPT0302/305090157/
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