Winning/Losing at States

TENNIS E-News

May. 10, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 50
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Early Risers Fall

A Women's #3 Moves to the Top; Men's 3.0s Rolling in Senior State Championships

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Three Hilton Head Island Men's 3.0 teams are 2-0 and a Women's #3 seed also is 2.0 after the first two days of play in the USTA League South Carolina Senior State Championships being played all over the island but with headquarters at Sea Pines Racquet Club. The HHI #1 Women's 4.5s and Men's 3.5s likewise are 2-0.

With 109 teams and more than 1,000 players from throughout South Carolina competing, HHI league teams showed that they don't like getting up really early in the morning. Once up, look out. Four of five Island teams lost 8 a.m. matches against off-islanders. A sixth match was between two HHI teams, so …

Once the sun got up in the sky a bit more, so did the local teams' play. The Women's 4.5 #1 Indigo Run Golden Bearnaked Ladies took all three courts in a 9:30 match and added another win in the afternoon. HHIs won six of eight team matches at that time slot and seven of eight at 1:30 start times.

In Men's 3.0, HHI #1 Sun City Court Jesters, #3 Shipyard Rockets and #4 Sea Pines Cardinals each stand at 2-0. Men's 3.5 #1 Indigo Run Golden Bear Claws and #4 Dataw Hurricanes have the same record for the day.

Eye-opening HHI team of the day was the Women's #3 seeded PD Dynamo Duos, sweeping the UPTA #1 Cardinal 3-0 and then taking a 2-1 afternoon match over Columbia's top team, the Parklane Dropshots.

The pop-out individual match was in Men's #4 seed Dataw's win over Columbia Parklane Jobu. After Courts 1 and 2 split, Hurricanes' #3 doubles Bernie Chambers and Jerry Wayne went down 6-0 in the first set, but won the second 6-3 and took the match tiebreak for a 2-1 team win. The tiebreak was probably 20-18 or 15-13 or something like that, but, because USTA insists on not showing real scores in match tiebreaks, the deciding breaker was "1-0". Oh.

The third day of in-group round robin play is set for Sunday to decide which teams will meet in Monday semifinals, the only exception being the Women's 4.5 that is a straight round robin.

SORRY, 2.5s, But …

no scores to report. All four Men's 2.5s and two Women's 2.5s at States are Hilton Head Island league teams. None of the scores have been posted and are likely not to be posted until the USTA SC tournament staff catches up with all the other rating divisions, all of which have teams from throughout the state. S.A.T.

Here are Friday and today's matches as posted and the schedule of HHI league teams for Sunday:

(Key to abbreviations: AATL = Aiken Area; CTL = Columbia; FTA = Foothills/Greenville; GATA = Greenwood; GSTL = Grand Strand/Myrtle Beach; LATA = Lexington Area; LCTA = Lowcountry/Charleston Area; MCTL = Mid-Carolina/York County/Rock Hill; PD = PeeDee/Florence; SATA = Spartanburg Area; UPTA = Upper Piedmont/Greenville}

Friday the 9^th

1 p.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #2/Spring Lake Roaring Rackets 2, MCTL/Tega Cay 1

2:30 p.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #3/Sun City Swingers 1, CTL #1/Cliffhangers 2

2:30 p.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #1/Port Royal Glory Girls 2, GSTL #2/Grande Dunes 1

Saturday the 10^th

8 a.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #2/Long Cove Club Runners 1, GSTL/Dunes 2

8 a.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #3/Shipyard Rockets 3, LATA #2/Topspin Grey Matter 0

8 a.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #4/Sea Pines Cardinals 2, HHI #5/Sun City Challengers 1

8 a.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #1/Port Royal Glory Girls 1, LCTA #3/Family Circle Lady DIs 2

8 a.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #2/Spring Lake Roaring Rackets 0, GATA/Gatewood Senior Twinkies 3

8 a.m. -- M4.5 -- HHI #1/Springlake Aces 1, GSTL/Grande Dunes 2

9:30 a.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #1/Sun City Court Jesters 3, LCTA #2/St. Andrews Senior Gold 0

9:30 a.m. -- W3.0 -- HHI #1/Beaufort Low Country Lobsters 1, LATA/Lexington Rusty Racquets 2

9:30 a.m. -- W3.0 -- HHI #2/Dataw Darlins 2, LCTA #1/Farmfield Super Ladies 1

9:30 a.m. -- W3.0 -- HHI #3/PD Dynamic Duos 3, UPTA #1/Cardinal 3.0s 0

9:30 a.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bear Claws 2, UPTA #2/Cardinal Andy 1

9:30 a.m. -- W4.0 -- HHI #2/Indigo Run Racquettes 2, LCTA #1/Mount Pleasant 1

9:30 a.m. -- W4.5 -- HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bearnaked Ladies 3, LATA/Just a Number 0

9:30 a.m. -- W4.5 -- HHI #2/Long Cove 1, LCTA/Carolina Girls 2

11 a.m. – W2.5 -- HHI #1/Sun City Rally Girls vs. HHI #2/Sun City Slice Girls at Moss Creek

11 a.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #2/Palmetto Dunes Wannabees 3, PD/Darlington CC 0

11 a.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #3/Sea Pines Cardinals 1, UPTA #1/Brookstone Seniors 2

11 a.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #4/Dataw Hurricanes 2, SATA/Westside 1

11 a.m. -- W4.0 -- HHI #1/Sun City Sunsationals 1, GSTL #2/Girls Gone Wild 2

11 a.m. -- M4.5 -- HHI #2/Indigo Run Hogg Doggs 2, LCTA/Low Country Senior 4.5s 1

Noon -- M4.5 -- HHI #1/Springlake Aces 1, LATA/fiftyminutemen 2

1:30 p.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #2/Long Cove Club Runners 1, LATA #1/Lexington Stringers 2

1:30 p.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #3/Shipyard Rockets 2, PD/Timrod 1

1:30 p.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #4/Sea Pines Cardinals 2, CTL/Parklane Oldies 1

1:30 p.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #5/Sun City Challengers 2, AATL/ at CC 1

1:30 p.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #1/Port Royal Glory Girls 2, UPTA #1/Cardinal Rackettes 1

1:30 p.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #2/Spring Lake Roaring Rackets 2, LCTA #2/Miler Lunch Bunch 1

1:30 p.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #3/Sun City Swingers 3, UPTA #3/Tryon Park Rockers 0

1:30 p.m. -- M4.0 -- Port Royal 3, LATA #2/Rawls Creek 0

3 p.m. – M2.5 -- HHI #1/CC of Hilton Head Court Jesters vs. HHI #4/Sun City FBI at South Beach RC

3 p.m. -- M2.5 -- HHI #3/Sea Pines CC Falcons vs. HHI #2/Moss Creek Raging Bulls at South Beach RC

3 p.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #1/Sun City Court Jesters 3, MCTL/Sun City Carolina Lakes Racqueteers 0

3 p.m. -- W3.0 -- HHI #1/Beaufort Low Country Lobsters 3, GSTL/Kingston Plantation 0

3 p.m. -- W3.0 -- HHI #2/Dataw Darlins 0, PD/Timrod 3

3 p.m. -- W3.0 -- HHI #3/PD Dynamic Duos 2, CTL/Parkland Dropshots 1

3 p.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bear Claws 3, GSTL/Litchfield Oyco Ocelots 0

3 p.m. -- W4.5 -- HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bearnaked Ladies 2, HHI #2/Long Cove 1

4:30 p.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #2/Palmetto Dunes Wannabees 1, LCTA #1/Walterboro Silver 2

4:30 p.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #3/Sea Pines Cardinals vs. MCTL/Sun City Lakers at SP Country Club

4:30 p.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #4/Dataw Hurricanes 2, CTL/Parklane Jobu 1

4:30 p.m. -- M4.5 -- HHI #2/Indigo Run Hogg Doggs vs. CTL/Senior Rockers at Sea Pines RC

Sunday the 11^th

8 a.m. -- M2.5 -- HHI #4/Sun City FBI vs. HHI #2/Moss Creek Raging Bulls at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. -- M2.5 -- HHI #3/Sea Pines CC Falcons vs. HHI #1/CC of Hilton Head Court Jesters at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. -- M4.0 -- Port Royal vs. SATA/Peach Tree United at CC of Hilton Head

8 a.m. -- W4.0 -- HHI #2/Indigo Run Racquettes vs. LATA/Murraywood Hotflashers at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. -- M4.5 -- HHI #1/Springlake Aces vs. LATA/fiftyminutemen at Sea Pines RC

8 a.m. -- W4.5 -- HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bearnaked Ladies vs. LCTA/Carolina Girls at South Beach RC

8 a.m. -- W4.5 -- HHI #2/Long Cove vs. LATA/Just a Number at South Beach RC

9:30 a.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #4/Sea Pines Cardinals vs. AATL/Woodside at Sea Pines RC

9:30 a.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #5/Sun City Challengers vs. CTL/Parklane Oldies at Sea Pines RC

9:30 a.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #3/Sea Pines Cardinals vs. LATA/Topspin Sultans of String at Sea Pines RC

9:30 a.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #3/Sun City Swingers vs. FTA/Sportsclub Aces at South Beach RC

9:30 a.m. -- W4.0 -- HHI #1/Sun City Sunsationals vs. PD/Manning City Court Cougars at SP Country Club

9:30 a.m. -- M4.5 -- HHI #2/Indigo Run Hogg Doggs vs. UPTA/Riverside Bucket Kickers at Sea Pines RC

11 a.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #1/Sun City Court Jesters vs.GATA/Savannah Lakes Village at SP Country Club

11 a.m. -- W3.0 -- HHI #1/Beaufort Low Country Lobsters vs. SATA/SAC Chicks at Sea Pines RC

11 a.m. -- W3.0 -- HHI #3/PD Dynamic Duos vs. AATL/Woodside at Long Cove

11 a.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #2/Palmetto Dunes Wannabees vs. GATA/Hunters Creek Tennis Bums at Sea Pines RC

1:30 p.m. – W2.5 -- HHI #2/Sun City Rally Girls vs. HHI #1/Sun City Slice Girls at Sea Pines RC

1:30 p.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #4/Dataw Hurricanes vs. LCTA #2/Crowfield Pterodactyls at Sea Pines RC

1:30 p.m. -- W3.0 -- HHI #2/Dataw Darlins vs. GATA/Laurens at SP Country Club

1:30 p.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #2/Spring Lake Roaring Rackets vs. CTL #3/Scott Park Cheap Shots at Long Cove

1:30 p.m. -- W4.0 -- HHI #2/Indigo Run Racquettes vs. FTA/Sportsclub at Sea Pines RC

1:30 p.m. -- W4.5 -- HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bearnaked Ladies vs. LATA/Just a Number at South Beach RC

1:30 p.m. -- W4.5 -- HHI #2/Long Cove vs. LCTA/Carolina Girls at South Beach RC

3 p.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #2/Long Cove Club Runners vs. UPTA/Keowee Key Killshots at Sea Pines RC

3 p.m. -- M3.0 -- HHI #3/Shipyard Rockets vs. LCTA #1/ at Sea Pines RC

3 p.m. -- M3.5 -- HHI #1/Indigo Run Golden Bear Claws vs. AATL/Woodside at Sea Pines RC

3 p.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #3/Sun City Swingers vs. AATL/Woodside at South Beach RC

3 p.m. -- W4.0 -- HHI #1/Sun City Sunsationals vs. CTL/Just Play Tennis at SP Country Club

4 p.m. -- M4.5 -- HHI #1/Springlake Aces vs. GSTL/Grande Dunes at Sea Pines RC

4:30 p.m. -- M4.0 -- Port Royal vs. GATA/Gatewood Bulls at SP Country Club

4:30 p.m. -- W3.5 -- HHI #1/Port Royal Glory Girls vs. LATA/Lexington Set in Our Ways at South Beach

Upcoming Tournaments:

May 9-12 -- USTA League South Carolina State Senior Championships with Sea Pines R.C. as headquarters

May 16-18 -- 3^rd annual Bluffton Today Open Tennis Tournament at Bluffton High School. 290-2833.

May 17 -- 1^st annual Rising Stars at Beaufort Academy (Novice) Tennis Tournament.

May 23-25 -- 2^nd annual PTI Woody Tournament at Chaplin Public Tennis Center. 682-3504.

May 24 -- Tennis Block Party celebrating National Tennis Month at Chaplin Public Tennis Center. 682-3504.

June 1-8 – Women’s Satellite Tour $10,000 Kaelin Championships at Van der Meer Tennis Center. 785-8838.

June 6-8 -- The Banana Open at Palmetto Dunes T.C./rated men's/women's singles/doubles & mxd. 785-1152.

June 12-15 -- Sun City Senior Doubles Tournament -- USTA-sanctioned age/rated; Tournament ID# 704100908

June 27-29 – Beaufort Summer Splash!! USTA-sanctioned rated divisions in Adults (ID# 704110608); age divisions in Juniors (ID# 704116008)

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