It seemed like a great idea at the time. Erin Larner and Alex Chatt, playing in a summer event at Notre Dame following their senior year of high school decided that they wanted to play doubles together, just for fun.
“We were wearing our Northwestern clothes, thinking we were really cool,” Larner said. “We were so nerdy and excited to be repping our college.”
Then the tournament began.
“We actually started doing quite well, just cruising, and then we got to this one match and just lost five games in a row. Like, we could not play together.