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TENNIS E-News

Oct. 18, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 111
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Vacation Co. Championships Entry Deadline Sunday – Register online or at VDM

Go to www.usta.com, then select TennisLink, then Tournaments, then use ID#704138108

2 SC Teams Atop Adult 5.0s

Wexford Dream Team Tied for First Place Going Into Final Day at Southern Mixed Doubles Sectionals

NEW ORLEANS LA (TENNIS E-News via TennisLink) – Hilton Head Island’s Wexford Dream Team lost one of those third-set match tiebreaks that resulted in a team loss this morning, but won its second match to finish the day in a first-place tie heading into Sunday’s final round at the Southern Section Mixed Doubles Championships.

The Adult 5.0 Dream Team, the South Carolina “A” champions captained by Cal Navis, dropped a morning match to the SC “B” team that finished second in the state playoffs last month. Both teams have two matches Sunday in the round robin of seven teams.

Meanwhile, the Senior PDTC 8.0s of Captain Tim Arr won their South Carolina championship last month through success in third-set match tiebreaks. Today they lost just one, but it was the deciding court in a 2-1 loss in the morning. They came back with a 3-0 sweep in the afternoon, but now must win in the morning and get some help from another team in order to reach the afternoon finals.

Here are the results of matches involving the HHI league teams:

Friday the 17^th

8:30 a.m. – A5.0 – Wexford Dream Team 2, LA(b)/Pelican A.C., Mandeville 1

11:30 a.m. – S7.0 -- Port Royal Topspinners 3, LA(b)/the crips, Natchitoches 0

12:30 p.m. – A5.0 -- Wexford Dream Team 3, AR/Hot Springs 0

2:30 p.m. – S8.0 -- Senior PDTC 2, NC/Crossdale CC Old Crows, Durham 1

4 p.m. – S7.0 -- Port Royal Topspinners 1, GA/Macon 2

Ct. 1 – Dave Dockum/Pat Leinberger lost 6-4, 6-4

Ct. 2 – Steve Shipka/Dorothy Taylor lost 6-2, 5-7, 1-0

Ct. 3 – Rick Rickenbach/Peggy King won 7-6, 6-3

Saturday the 18th

8:30 a.m. - A5.0 -- Wexford Dream Team 1, SC(b)/Spartanburg Westside Blue 2

Ct. 1 -- James Sewell/Lynsey Rini lost 2-6, 6-4, 1-0

Ct. 2 -- Les Jones/Carrie Vormohr won 6-1, 6-1

Ct. 3 -- Steve Hall/Linda Long lost 7-6, 6-4

8:30 a.m. - S8.0 -- Senior PDTC 1, AL/Mobile Senior Party Animals 2

Ct. 1 -- Sally Harvey/Roscoe Chambers lost 3-6, 6-2, 1-0

Ct. 2 -- Kathy Jenson/Bobby Tillison won 6-4, 6-0

Ct. 3 -- Nancy Warner/Wes Breinich lost 6-2, 6-4

11:30 a.m. - S7.0 -- Port Royal Topspinners 1, TN/Tyson Park, Knoxville 2

Ct. 1 -- Rick Rickenbach/Peggy King lost 6-2, 7-6

Ct. 2 -- Steve Shipka/Pat Leinberger lost 6-3, 6-2

Ct. 3 -- Dave Dockum/Dorothy Taylor won 7-6, 6-7, 1-0

12:30 p.m. - A5.0 -- Wexford Dream Team 3, MS(b)/Roswell 0

Ct. 1 -- Cal Navis/Carrie Vormohn won 6-3, 6-4

Ct. 2 -- Les Jones/Elisa Hall won 6-3, 6-2

Ct. 3 -- James Sewell/Lynsey Rini won 6-7, 7-6, 1-0

1 p.m. - S8.0 -- Senior PDTC 3, KY(b)/Hopkinsville 0

Ct. 1 – Tim Arr/Jill Swanker won 6-2, 6-3

Ct. 2 – Roscoe Chambers/Sally Harvey won 6-7, 7-6, 1-0

Ct. 3 – Bobby Tillison/Kathy Jenson won 6-2, 6-3

4 p.m. - S7.0 -- Port Royal Topspinners 1, KY/Mayfield 2

Ct. 1 – Dave Dockum/Andrea Purple lost 6-4, 6-3

Ct. 2 – Rick Rickenbach/Peggy King lost 7-5, 7-6

Ct. 3 – Steve Stipka/Pat Leinberger won 6-3, 5-7, 1-0

Sunday the 19th

10 a.m. - A5.0 -- Wexford Dream Team vs. LA(a)/Baton Rouge In Mixed Company

11:30 a.m. - S8.0 -- Senior PDTC vs. GA/Southbridge, Savannah

1 p.m. - A5.0 -- Wexford Dream Team vs. MS(a)/Beizoni

2 p.m. - S7.0 - Final --

3:30 p.m. - S8.0 - Final -

Top Southeast Players

Sea Pines/Rosie Gwynn Junior Championships Get Late Start, But Set for Full Day of Matches Sunday

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – The rain was a nasty wakeup call for the crews at Sea Pines Racquet Club and its satellite sites, delaying the start of the Sea Pines/Rosie Gwynn Junior Championships that has 250 top Southeast players in its draws. Matches will resume early Sunday and continue through the day at Harbour Town and Sea Pines Country Club, South Beach and Palmetto Dunes. Admission to the matches is free to spectators (except for the Sea Pines pass).

Eight area juniors are seeded in the all-singles USTA-sanctioned tournament, led by Michelle Green of HHI as the #2 seed in Girls’ 18s. Also seeded are Lindsey Burke, #4 in Girls’ 16s and these with #5 seeding: Jared Woodson, Boys’ 14s; Ksenia Laskutova, Girls’ 12s; Brooke Busby, Girls’ 14s; Ansley Kitchen, Girls’ 16s, and Leyla Erkan and Hayley Carter in Girls’ 18s.

For tournament information, call the Sea Pines pro shop at 363-4495. Draws are posted online by going to www.usta.com, then selecting TennisLink, then Tournaments, then using ID#704102108.

Here are results as posted on TennisLink by our deadline time:

Boys' 18 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Randall Heffron d. (5) John Banks 6-2; 6-1; (4) Andrew McKinnon d. Tyler Burnett 6-3; 6-0; (5) Jacob Behal d. Erik Halaj 7-5; 6-0; (1) Ronald Powell d. John Woodard 6-3; 6-2; Consolation: Round 1 Sam Jankovich d. Mo Hookaylo Def (ns); Tripp Hawkins d. Stephen Woodall 6-0; 6-1; Ethan Motz d. Brian Bullock 6-3; 6-1; Gordon Lucas d. Joshua Cook 6-2; 6-2

Boys' 16 Singles – Round of 32 -- (2) Joel Cook d. Kyle Johnson Jr. 6-4; 6-3; Dana Parziale d. Christopher Lawdahl 7-5; 6-2; Round of 16 -- (5) Michael Reilly d. Keelan Klarl 6-1; 6-2; (1) Becker O'Shaughnessey d. Wes Counts 6-0; 6-0; Consolation: Round 1 -- Kyle Johnson Jr. d. Christopher Lawdahl 6-4; 6-2; Wilson Mathewes d. William Jamieson 6-1; 6-1; Tomas Debinski d. Kassim Alani 6-4; 7-5; Madison Daly d. George Handy 6-2; 6-1

Boys' 14 Singles – Round of 32 -- Andrew Waddell d. (2) Ben Horst 7-5; 4-6; 6-3; Thomas Low d. Jordan Dingle 6-4; 6-1; Round of 16 -- (5) Jared Woodson d. Reid Dillon 6-0; 6-1; (1) Christian Harris d. Adam Steryous 6-0; 6-3

Boys' 12 Singles – Round of 16 -- (2) Korey Lovett d. Austin Cobb 6-2; 1-6; 6-2; (5) Julian Hawkins d. Carsten Fisher 6-3; 6-4; (4) Christian Hess d. Spencer Whitmire 6-4; 6-2; (5) Matthew Fahys d. Evan Pelavin 3-6; 6-4; 6-4

Girls' 18 Singles – Round of 32 -- (2) Michelle Green d. Alexandra Sheeran 6-2; 6-1; Lauren Trumbull d. Sonya Stover 6-0; 6-2; (5) Misha Testerman d. Anna Marie McClintock 6-2; 6-1; Avery Owens d. Taylor Jones 6-4; 6-0

Girls' 16 Singles –Round of 32-- Leah Pridgeon d. Shena Joseph 6-1; 6-1; (5) Madison Walters d. Polly Poulnot 6-1; 6-0; Jane Lucas d. Roxy Bartz 6-4; 4-6; 6-1; (3) Katie Fosnacht d. Christie Nunnemann 6-0; 6-2

Girls' 14 Singles – Round of 16 -- Victoria Laskutova d. (2) Ansley Speaks 6-1; 6-1; Annie Hay d. (5) Sarah McDonald 6-3; 2-6; 6-2; (3) Ivey Welborn d. Kayla Price 6-2; 6-0; (5) Brooke Busby d. Emily Erickson 6-4; 6-0; Consolation: Round 1 -- Shannon Deloach d. Samantha Russell 6-3; 6-3; Carissa Steichen d. Charlotte Bellomy 6-1; 6-0; Kirsten Renz d. Elizabeth Jamieson 6-1; 6-0; Hayley Behal d. Chelsea Bellomy 6-2; 6-2

Girls' 12 Singles – Round of 16 -- (5) Ksenia Laskutova d. Ellie Czura 6-0; 6-0; (3) Terri Fleming d. Cassidy Shell 6-2; 6-0; (5) Kaitlyn McCarthy d. Grace Garrott 6-1; 6-0; (1) Ellie Halbauer d. Kayla Calvert 6-3; 6-4; Consolation: Round 1 -- Kristen Farmer d. Kimberly Schubel 6-0; 6-1; Abbi Loftis d. Akela Bryant 6-0; 6-1; Sara McBride d. Sydnee Wheeler 6-3; 6-2; Elyse Lavender d. Erica Oosterhout 7-5; 6-3

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COLUMBIA SC (USTA SC) -- U.S. #1 player Andy Roddick and 2008 US Open Champion Serena Williams will be in Columbia for Rock-N-Racquets Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. They will be joined by rising American, 6’9” John Isner, and a WTA’s new sensation, Caroline Wozniacki, currently ranked in the Top 15 on the world tour. USTA members can purchase tickets to Rock-n-Racquets before the general public has the chance. Ticket prices range from $17 to $87. The pre-sale offer, valid from now through Thursday, Oct. 23, is available at the Colonial Life Arena Box Office, charge-by-phone (866) 4SC-TIXX (472-8499) or online at www.coloniallifearena.com/promotions. To take advantage of this opportunity, enter the following password below or mention it to your sales associate when ordering: USTASOUTH.

Upcoming Tournaments:

Oct. 17-19: USTA League Southern Sectional Mixed Doubles Championships in New Orleans LA; HHI teams competing

Oct. 18-20: Sea Pines/Rosie Gwynn Junior Championships at Sea Pines Racquet Club. Call 363-4496

Oct. 22-26: The Vacation Co. Adult Championships. USTA-sanctioned Level 2. Open and age divisions. Call Justyn Schelver 785-8388 ext 119

Oct. 24-27: USTA League South Carolina Combo State Championships at Daniel Island, Charleston

Oct. 31-Nov. 2 -- The Island Championship. TAHHI's annual tournament for Islanders and visitors. Go to www.tahhi.org.

Nov. 3-7: Beaufort County Senior Games 2008 including men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles.

Nov. 6-9: South Carolina USTA League Super Senior Championships at Wild Dunes, Isle of Palms

Nov. 7-9: 14^th annual Wild Wing Café Nutty Buddy Tennis Classic at Palmetto Dunes. Men’s, women’s, mixed doubles 2.5 through open. Call 785-1152.

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