TENNIS E-News * WEEKEND  

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Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010         Vol. IX,  No.153                          Winner of the South Carolina Media of the Year Award                                    Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

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Sun City def. Spring Lake in Sr. 3.5 Final

     Swinging Singles, Singles Ladies, Hampton Lakers Win State Championships

        ISLE OF PALMS SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- Hilton Head Island's Singles Ladies and Swinging Singles and Coastal Carolina Hampton Lakers finished off their run of unbeaten matches today, winning championships in the inaugural USTA League South Carolina Singles States at Wild Dunes Resort. Both women's teams won morning semifinals, then took the finals early afternoon. The Lakers, meanwhile, were taking care of business, winning their fourth straight match in the Senior Men's 4.0 round robin.

    HHI's Singles Ladies defeated Lexington's Swinging Singles in the Adult 4.0 semis, then, although losing their first court of the weekend, came through with a 2-1 final over UPTA #2/Cleveland Park, which had upset UPTA #1 in the semis.

    The SC Yacht Swinging Singles won their fifth straight 2-1 match in the Adult Women's 3.5 final, defeating UPTA #2/Brookstone Serves and Curves. Vi Hoisington and Carrie Vormohr each won two matches today to carry the day. Wins in those pesky third-set match tiebreaks were crucial to both teams' unbeaten runs.

     The Hampton Lakers won twice Saturday, putting them on top of the Senior Men's 40s double round robin. Then they closed it out with a second win of the weekend over Grand Strand's Larry's Team, which both went to 2-1.

    Meanwhile, in the Senior Men's 3.5s, the only two teams entered -- Spring Lake and Sun City -- squared off in the final of a best-of-three round robin. Sun City won the first at Sun City Friday; Spring Lake won the second at Spring Lake Saturday. In the decider this afternoon at Moss Creek Racquet Club, the teams split Courts 1 and 2 and Sun City won the third court on an injury retirement.

    Singles are not very high on the HHI/CCTA league radar, but in the districts teams from the two areas won 10 of 11 team matches at Wild Dunes, then added six wins and one loss today. Seven of the nine levels that are being contested at Wild Dunes are from Adult leagues from throughout the state, including of two Adult teams from HHI and one from Coastal Carolina and one Senior team from CCTA. 

Note: If you are searching for Singles States results on TennisLink, they are listed under "Other" toward the bottom of the long list of 2010 District Championships.

    Here are the results and schedules as posted on sctennis.com and TennisLink for HHI and CCTA teams.  

 (Key to abbreviations: AATL = Aiken Area; CCTA = Bluffton to Beaufort area; CTL = Columbia ; FTA = Foothills/Greenville; GATA = Greenwood ; GSTL = GrandStrand/Myrtle Beach; LATA = Lexington Area; LCTA = Lowcountry/CharlestonArea; MCTL = Mid-Carolina/York County/Rock Hill; PD = PeeDee/Florence; SATL = Spartanburg Area; UPTA = Upper Piedmont/Greenville)

Sunday the 21st

8 a.m. -- A2.5W -- CCTA/Palmetto Bluff 1, LCTA/Charleston Powergirls 2

9:30 a.m. -- A3.5W Semifinals -- HHI/SCYacht Swinging Singles 2, CTL/Summer Swingin' 1

    Ct. 1 -- Tracy Castricone (HHI) lost to Susan Petty 6-3, 6-3

    Ct. 2 -- Vi Tang Hoisington (HHI) def. Lisa Echols 7-6, 6-4

    Ct. 3 -- Carrie Vormohr (HHI) def. Wanda Weaver 5-7, 6-4, 1-0

9:30 a.m. -- A3.5W Semifinals -- UPTA #2/Brookstone Serves & Curves 2, MCTL/All the Single Ladies 1

9:30 a.m. -- A4.0W Semifinals -- HHI/Singles Ladies 3, LATA/Swinging Singles 0

    Ct. 1 -- Michelle Hrabanek (HHI) def. Kathryn Sandifer 6-3, 6-3

    Ct. 2 -- Christine Clark (HHI) def. Theresa Stadler 6-2, 4-6, 1-0

    Ct. 3 -- Liz Purcell (HHI) def. Joelle Herkner 5-7, 6-4, 1-0

9:30 a.m. -- A4.0W Semifinals -- UPTA #2/Cleveland Park 3, UPTA #1/Sportsforce 0

3:30 p.m.  -- S3.5M Final -- CCTA/Sun City 2, HHI/Spring Lake 1

    Ct. 1 -- Donald Douglass (Sun City) def. Neil Strohmaier 6-0, 6-4

    Ct. 2 -- Larry Stoller (Spring Lake) def. Dennis O'Connor 4-6, 6-4, 1-0

    Ct. 3 -- Hozong Robert Lin (Sun City) def. Bob Hart 5-6, inj. ret.

Noon -- A2.5W -- CCTA/Palmetto Bluff 3, SATL/Spartanburg Athletic Club 0

12:30 p.m. -- S4.0M -- CCTA/Hampton Lakers 2, GSTL/Larry's Team 1

    Ct. 1 -- Norm Chryst (CCTA) def. Ken Edwards 6-4, 6-2

    Ct. 2 -- Joe Keenan (CCTA) lost to William Ennis 6-4, 6-2

    Ct. 3 -- Wayne Lilley (CCTA) def. John Ferrell 6-2, 6-2

1:30 p.m. -- A3.5W Final -- HHI/SCYacht Swinging Singles 2, UPTA #2/Brookstone Serves & Curves 1

    Ct. 1 -- Lynsey Rini (HHI) lost to Lisa Cromer 6-2, 2-6, 1-0

    Ct. 2 -- Vi Tang Hoisington (HHI) def. Kimberly Wilkie 6-4, 6-4

    Ct. 3 -- Carrie Vormohr (HHI) def. Kathy Ratterree 7-6, 6-3

1:30 p.m. -- A4.0W Final -- HHI/Singles Ladies 2, UPTA #2/Cleveland Park 1

    Ct. 1 -- Michelle Hrabanek (HHI) def. Tamarah Hagen 6-4, 6-1

    Ct. 2 -- Donna Bierschenk (HHI) def. Christina Grant 6-3, 6-2

    Ct. 3 -- Christine Clark (HHI) lost to Crimora Carter 3-6, 7-6; 1-0

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Beaufort High School Courts

     Edwards, Butler Hometown Junior Winners in Beaufort Fall Challenger

        BEAUFORT SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- Juliet Edwards won the Girls' 18s and Kelsey Butler won the Girls' 16 as hometown champions in the Beaufort Fall Challenger. The USTA-sanctioned event at Beaufort High School was directed by David Riedmayer and had 48 entrants.

    Here are results posted thus far. (Beaufort juniors are in bold type): 

Boys' 18 Singles -- Final
James O'Brien, Hilton Head Is. d. Anthony Williams 6-0; 6-0

Boys' 16 Singles -- Final
Thomas Jones, Savannah d. Hunter Plyant 6-4; 6-2
Consolation: Final
Carl Mesmer, Rincon GA d. Sean Biggs 6-2; 6-1
 

Boys' 14 Singles -- Final

(1) Farron Roberts, Spartanburg d. James Post 6-1; 4-6; 1-0
Consolation: Final
Aaron Newland, Bluffton d. Douglas Cartrette, Guyton GA 6-3; 6-1

Boys' 12 Singles -- Round robin
(1) Thomas Sottile d. (2) Will Bailey 7-5; 6-4

Thomas Sottile, Mount Pleasant, winner of round robin
 

Girls' 18 Singles -- Final
Juliet Edwards d. Stephanie Lee 6-3; 7-6

 
Girls' 16 Singles -- Final

Kelsey Butler d. Alexis Hinnant, Savannah 6-4, 0-6, 1-0

Consolation: Final

Haley Phillips, Lexington d. Austen Stoddard 6-7; 6-4; 1-0

Girls' 14 Singles -- Final

(2) Shannon O'Brien, Hilton Head Is. d. Taylor Soop, Bluffton 6-0; 6-0
Consolation: Final
Dolores Bell d. Sarah Newell 6-4; 6-2

Girls' 12 Singles -- Round robin
(1) Jacquelyn Baxter, Bluffton d. Halle Futch, Mount Pleasant 6-4; 7-6

Baxter winner of round robin
 

Boys' 14 Doubles -- Round robin
Bailey/Forrester d. Jepson/Olin 8-3
Bailey/Forrester winner of round robin

Girls' 14 Doubles -- Round robin
McAuliffe/McNeal d. Bell/Dean 8-3

McAuliffe/McNeal winner of round robin
 

Pre-registration Under Way

     USTA League Level Coordinators Set for 2011 Spring Season

        HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- That cloud forming to the North is the looming 2010 yearend ratings due in a week or so, but USTA League local coordinators are not sitting under an umbrella clicking their mouses (mice?) and waiting. Pre-registration of teams for the Spring league is under way for all Adult and Senior levels. Captains have to take a deep breath, hope another 90,000 players don't get upgraded like last year and email their team intentions now.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Super Senior Sectional Sites Dec. 3-5

    You are saving at least $200/person by having Southern Super Senior Sectionals on Hilton Head Island. Now it's time to volunteer for a couple of hours that weekend to assist at the host and satellite sites. You remember from SS States how nice it was at the sites with volunteers and how not so nice it was at sites that didn't. Champion or regular players can help by contacting volunteer coordinator Mary Ellen Arboe at tennisbeachbums@aol.com.

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YEAR-END RATINGS MESSAGE FROM USTA and TENNIS-LINK: "The 2010 year-end rating calculation process is currently under way. It will include matches played from Nov. 2nd 2009 thru Oct. 31st 2010. The expected date of publication is November 29th 2010."

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