SUN CITY HOT SHOTS NATIONAL SEMIFINALISTS -- See below
TENNIS E-News
Oct. 28, 2007 Vol. VI, No. 113
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC
2 for Hunt, Child, Whitlow
Local Players Capture Singles, Doubles Titles in Vacation Co. Adult Championships
HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The USTA-sanctioned Vacation Co. Adult Championships recovered from a rainy beginning to wrap up its finals action in the sunshine -- or at least fleecy clouds -- at Van der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club. Locals Pat Child and Keith Whitlow won singles and doubles championships and Ann Hunt won two doubles titles.
Match-of-the-Day honors had to go to the Men's 70 doubles final in which Neil Vroegop of Rembert SC and HHIslander Lee Butler won 7-5; 6-7(5); 7-6(6) over HHI's Frank Meade and Jim Norton. (Noting that listing 8-6 in the third-set tiebreak is much, much more informative of how close the match was than the USTA League's use of 1-0 in its match tiebreak reporting.)
Here are results from today's matches as posted so far on TennisLink:
Men's Open Singles -- Final: (3) Wojtek Bratek (Savannah) vs. (1) Robert Gates (Kankakee IL)
Women's Open Singles -- Final: (1) Erina Kikuchi (HHI) def. (2) Mariana Melo (Boiling Springs SC) 7-6(5); 7-5
Men's 40 Singles -- Final: John Prokity (Charleston WV) def. John Christensen (Bluffton) 6-3; 6-1
Men's 45 Singles -- Final: Bob Cooke (HHI) def. Mark Sheaffer (Bluffton) 6-2; 6-2
Men's 50 Singles -- Final: (1) Patrick Child (HHI) def. Alex Goldis (Dunwoody GA) 6-2; 6-3
Men's 55 Singles -- Final: (1) Bob Scott (Cutchogue NY) def. (3) Rolfe Schnur (Charlotte NC) 6-3; 6-3
Men's 60 Singles -- Final: (1) Keith Whitlow (HHI) def. (2) Joseph Daniel (HHI) 6-2; 6-1
Men's 65 Singles -- Final: (1) Dewey Varn (Greenville) def. Joseph Keenan (HHI) 6-2; 6-1
Men's 70 Singles -- Round Robin -- Santiago Benites (Poquoson VA) def. Neil Vroegop (Rembert SC) 6-4; 6-4; Benites winner of round robin
Men's 75 Singles -- Final: (2) Raymond Easterbrook (Seabrook Is.) def. (1) Frank Meade (HHI) 6-2; 6-2
Women's 55 Singles -- Round Robin -- Shannon Grossi (HHI) def. Rita Marnell 6-0; 6-1; Grossi winner of round robin
Women's 65 Singles -- Final: Barbara Rorick (Savannah) def. Mary Dick (Cincinnati OH) 6-7(8); 6-1; 6-1
Men's Open Doubles -- Final: (1) Robert Gates/Brijesh Lodha (HHI) def. (2) Christophe Bonadona (Babson Park FL)/Wojtek Bratek (Savannah) 7-6(2); 6-1
Men's 40 Doubles -- Final: Nick Morris (Alexandria VA)/Mitch Walker (Bonaire GA) def. Scott Hosick (Statesboro GA)/JR Robinson (HHI) 6-3; 6-2
Men's 45 Doubles -- Final: (1) Steve Brady (Bluffton)/Tom Jilly (HHI) def. Arthur Maroscher (Salem OH)/Rick Rowlands (Cortland OH)6-2; 6-2
Men's 50 Doubles -- Round Robin -- (1) Pat Child (HHI)/Keith Whitlow (HHI) def. Rickard Ihlendorf (Dublin OH)/George Mohney (HHI) 6-2; 6-2; Child/Whitlow winner of round robin
Men's 55 Doubles -- Final: Eddie Goodson (HHI)/Steve Smith (Milwaukee WI) def. Michael Crider (Bay Village OH)/Dan Spar (HHI) 7-5; 1-6; 6-4
Men's 60 Doubles -- Final: (1) Hank Iannuzzi (HHI)/Bryce Young (HHI) def. Doug Luba (HHI)/Warren (HH) 6-3; 6-7(5); 6-1
Men's 65 Doubles -- Final: David Hodson (Centerville OH)/Steven Hull (Dayton OH) def. Vinnie Cook (HHI)/Bill Haviland (HHI) 6-3; 6-4
Men's 70 Doubles -- Final: Lee Butler (HHI)/Neil Vroegop (Rembert SC) def. Frank Meade (HHI)/Jim Norton (HHI) 7-5; 6-7(5); 7-6(6)
Women's 40 Doubles -- Round Robin -- Julie Child (HHI)/Ann Hunt (HHI) def. Lori Bergmann (HHI)/Shelley Humes (HHI) 6-1; 6-1; Child/Hunt winner of round robin
Women's 50 Doubles -- Final: (1) Ann Hunt (HHI)/Mary Jackson (HHI) def. Nanci Fitzpatrick (HHI)/Janet Watanabe (Bluffton) 6-0; 6-0
Women's 55 Doubles -- Round Robin -- Donna Binder (HHI)/Athena Whitlow (HHI) def. Mary Dick (Cincinnati OH)/Marianne Long (Union KY) 6-4; 6-0; Amale Allen (HHI)/Janet Watanabe (Bluffton) def. Chris Littell (HHI)/Susan Taylor (HHI) 6-4; 6-2; Allen/Watanabe winner of round robin
Southern's Champion 3.0 Women Drop Semifinal
Sun City Hot Shots Long Victory String Runs Out at National Championships
INDIAN WELLS CA (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- The Sun City Hot Shots went unbeaten through the Hilton Head Island league, the South Carolina States and Southern playoffs plus two rounds of the National Senior 3.0 Women's Championships before encountering their first defeat Saturday.
That loss, however, didn't keep the Hot Shots from winning their group and advancing to the semifinals. There the trail did end at the hands of Caribbean/Puerto Rico 2-1. All you have to do was check the final set scores to see how close the matches were. The #1 court ended in a third-set match tiebreak; #2 court's second set was a tiebreak and on #3 court it was 7-5.
The Sun City came that close to the Puerto Ricans who smacked Pacific Northwest 3-0 in the division finals.
Here is the match succession of how the Hot Shots made it through the Nationals:
Southern/Sun City Hot Shots 2, Midwest/Five Seasons Sports Country Club, Indianapolis 1
Ct. 1 -- Karen Benedict/Diane Craig won 6-2, 6-1
Ct. 2 -- Sandra Maylen/Joyce McGaughan lost 6-3, 4-6, 1-0
Ct. 3 -- Jerrilyn Brennan/Toni Valenstein won 6-4, 4-6, 1-0
Southern/Sun City Hot Shots 2, Florida/Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club 1
Ct. 1 -- Joyce McGaughan/Jean Bergenthal lost 7-5, 6-7, 1-0
Ct. 2 -- Karen Benedict/Diane Craig won 6-3, 5-7, 1-0
Ct. 3 -- Jerrilyn Brennan/Toni Valenstein won 6-4, 6-4
Southern/Sun City Hot Shots 1, Northern California/La Cantera 2
Ct. 1 -- Joan Eckhardt/Jean Bergenthal lost 6-4, 6-4
Ct. 2 -- Karen Benedict/Diane Craig won 6-3, 6-2
Ct. 3 -- Toni Valenstein/Jerrilyn Brennan lost 1-6, 6-2, 1-0
3.0W Semifinal -- Southern/Sun City Hot Shots 1, Caribbean/Puerto Rico 2
Ct. 1 -- Karen Benedict/Diane Craig lost 6-0, 5-7, 1-0
Ct. 2 -- Toni Valenstein/Jerrilyn Brennan won 6-2, 7-6
Ct. 3. -- Sandra Maylen/Joyce McGaughan lost 6-1, 7-5
3.0W Final -- Caribbean/Puerto Rico 3, Pacific Northwest/Bellevue WA 0
Sole HHI Team to Advance (We think)
Spanish Wells Women in 5.5 Finals at SC Combo States Championships
DANIEL ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) -- The rain-wracked South Carolina Combo State Championships crammed its way through a backed-up schedule toward Monday finals, with Hilton Head Island's Spanish Wells Combo going 3-0 in group play and then taking a 2-1 semifinal win.
With 158 teams entered, the weather upset scheduling that included 10 HHI league teams competing in Adult, Senior and Super Senior levels. The Spanish Wells gals, captained by Bethanne Carroll, defeated PeeDee/Oakdale Country Club of Florence in the semis and go to the finals against the Pine Forest Azalea Chicks of Summerville.
Semifinal: Spanish Wells Combo 2, PD/Oakdale CC 1
#1 -- Lynne Button-Zachrich/Valerie Muehleman lost 6-0, 6-4
#2 -- Laura Reilley/Gena Kobleur won 6-4, 6-4
#3 -- Bethanne Carroll/Kimberly Caroline Boyce won 6-1, 7-5
(Actually, we don't think those were the real scores of the matches. We are guessing the teams played pro sets as in the earlier rounds to make up for rain-delayed scheduling. Those were the scores as entered in TennisLink.)
Here's our best guess at results. The times are probably all incorrect and rescheduled, this shows what matches are yet to be played:
(Abbreviations: AATL = Aiken Area; CTL = Columbia; FTA = Foothills/Greenville; GATA = Greenwood; GSTL = Grand Strand/Myrtle Beach; LATA = Lexington Area; LCTA = Lowcountry/Charleston Area; PD = PeeDee/Florence; UPTA = Upper Piedmont/Greenville; YCTA = York County/Rock Hill)
Saturday the 27th
8 a.m. -- A6.5M -- Bluffton Aces 1, LCTA #2 2
9:30 a.m. -- A7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs 2, LATA 1
9:30 a.m. -- SS6.5W -- Wexford Ladies of the Net 1, CTL 2
9:30 a.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 1, AATL 2
12:30 p.m. -- A5.5W -- Spanish Wells Combo 2, UPTA 1
12:30 p.m. -- S6.5W -- PD G.R.I.T.S. 3, GSTL 0
12:30 p.m. -- S7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs 2, LATA #2 1
2 p.m. -- A6.5W -- Palmetto Dunes Net Jets 0, LATA #2 3
2 p.m. -- A7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs 1, UPTA 2
2 p.m. -- S7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 1, GATA 2
2 p.m. -- SS6.5W -- Wexford Ladies of the Net 1, LCTA 2
3:30 p.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 1, GSTL 2
5 p.m. -- A6.5M -- Bluffton Aces 1, LATA #2 2
6:30 p.m. -- A7.5W -- Wexford 7.5 Smash 3, FTA 0
Sunday the 28th
8 a.m. -- A7.5W -- Wexford 7.5 Smash 1, CTL 2
8 a.m. -- A7.5M -- Port Royal Hogg Doggs 2, CTL 1
11 a.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 3, CTL 0
12:30 p.m. -- A7.5W -- Wexford 7.5 Smash 0, PD 3
12:30 p.m. -- A6.5M -- Bluffton Aces 3, PD 0
2 p.m. -- SS6.5W -- Wexford Ladies of the Net 1, UPTA 2
5 p.m. -- SS7.5W -- Indigo Run Hot Shots 3, LATA 0
Monday the 29th
Semifinals and finals
Results of the 36/60 Novice Junior Tennis Tournament
BLUFFTON SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Here are results of the Novice Junior Tournament held at the Bluffton High School courts Saturday.
Boys 8 & under -- Mathew Ball d. Joshua Cristancho 8-0; Nace Groshon d. Joshua Cristancho 8-0; Mathew Ball d. Nace Groshon 8-0; Mathew Ball – Champion; Nace Groshon – Finalist
Girls 8 & Under -- Grace Pavan d. Henry Claire Cram 5-4 (4); Grace Pavan – Champion; Henry Claire Cram – Finalist
Boys 10 & under -- William Sease – Champion
Girls 10 & under -- Chloe Thomas d. Kelsey Robertson 8-0; Lauren Bierschenk d. Kelsey Robertson 8-0; Lauren Bierschenk d. Chloe Thomas 6-2; Lauren Bierschenk – Champion; Chloe Thomas – Finalist
Boys 12 & under -- Robert Stochfisch d. Brantley Groshon 6-2; Phillip Tong d. Timothy O’Brien 5-3; Timothy O’Brien d. Brantley Groshon 6-2; Robert Stochfisch d. Phillip Tong 6-2; Phillip Tong d. Brantley Groshon 7-1; Robert Stochfisch d.Timothy O’Brien 6-2; Robert Stochfisch – Champion; Phillip Tong – Finalist
Girls 12 & under -- Elouise Cram d. Marilyn Stochfisch 7-1; Kate Cram d. Marilyn Stochfisch 5-4 (5); Kate Cram d. Elouise Cram 5-3; Elouise Cram – Champion; Kate Cram - Finalist
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