Hitting Your Partner With A Serve

My high school team made it to the state tournament. I was serving a first serve when I accidentally hit my partner in the back on my serve. As I went to serve my second serve, the other team's coach stopped me and said that we lost the point. He said once you hit someone with a serve, the point ended. None of the other coaches agreed so I went ahead and attempted my second serve. But was the other coach right?

-Errant Server

Dear Errant Server,

Although high school athletics often have rules that differ from USTA rules, I was not able to find anything anywhere that supported what the other coach said. You were entitled to a second serve. Your first serve was simply a "fault".