There are times where situations call for a change, and after that switch everything falls into place.

That was the case for senior Ottawa girls tennis players Zulee Moreland and Yaquelin Hernandez-Solis early this past season when they were teamed up by Pirates coach Steve Johnson to be the No. 1 doubles team.

“I had a rough summer in terms of tennis,” said Moreland, who as a junior was the Times Girls Tennis Player of the Year as a singles player. “I was really struggling with my forehand, and that inconsistency wasn’t ironing out at the start of the season. Teaming up with Yaquelin really boosted my confidence.”

Hernandez-Solis also played singles as a junior, but said it wasn’t a good fit for her.

“[My junior year] was the first time playing singles, and I’d worked on being a sin

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