Southern Section Adopts 18s, 40s, 55s, 65s for 2013

THIS JUST IN: Again, USTA League Restructuring Chart Now Posted on www.southerntennis.com

On the right of the webpage, click on "USTA League Announces Restructuring" for the just-released  update.

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Super Senior States Schedule Is Up: Go to www.sctennis.com and click on "Super Senior Draws"

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HHI Juniors Harris, Woodson, Carter, Kitchen, Boulais Win VDM Southern Championships -- story below

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Titlists Advance to Sectionals in March

     Palmetto Dunes Reunited, Spring Lake Smash Gals Carry HHI in BMW Combo State Championships

$$$ -- HHI, CCTA Players Drop $114,000 into Charleston Economy -- see below --- $$$

        DANIEL ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Adult Women's 9.5 Palmetto Dunes Reunited Sunday won Hilton Head Island its second championship, sweeping through a final round robin match at the USTA South Carolina BMW Combo States. Super Senior Spring Lake Smash Gals captured the Women's 7.5 title Saturday. Adult Men's semifinals and finals are today, but no HHI or Coastal Carolina teams made it to the final day's rounds. 

    Led by Captain Michelle Clark, the PD women lost only one court in three days of matches, taking two of today's courts in third-set match tiebreaks over the Low Country Ace Kickers. The Smash Gals paved that path Saturday, winning all three courts, including a pair of third-set match tiebreaks, over Low Country's Family Circle Senior Senoritas. The HHI teams will join other South Carolina champions advancing to Southern Sectionals in early 2012. 

    The Smash Gals, captained by Donna Smorol, held together for three tightly contested matches to get to the finals. On Saturday, they lost opening set 1-6 on Court One and 5-7 on Court Two, but came back in both cases to win in the testy third-set match tiebreaks.

    In Adult Women's 8.5, SPCC Fun Guns outhit their first two opponents and faced a final in-group match Saturday night against Low Country to decide which team advances to today's semifinals.  The HHI Guns pulled off a third-set match tiebreak on Court Three to clinch the group over LCTA 2-1. Sunday, the SPCC Gunners won two critical third-set match tiebreaks on the way to a 2-1 semifinal win over Rock Hill. In the final, however, a TSMT went the wrong way and the HHIslander dropped a 2-1 match to Grand Strand. 

    The South Beach GunaGuys beat LATA 2-1 in their first Senior Men's 7.5 match, but it came down to both teams finishing with 2-1 records in group. Both were 5-4 in courts won-lost, but Lexington lost only nine sets, while the GunaGuys lost 10. LATA advances and South Beach awaited word on a possible wild card into the semifinals. All three groups in the Senior 7.5s ended with two teams tied at 2-1 for first. Alas, the GunaGuys did not get the wild card.

    In the Adult Women's 7.5s, HHI's Long Cove Fence Jumpers scored a late Friday win to go 2-0 into their final group match today against similarly unbeaten Upper Piedmont/Sugar Creek. However, the UPTA women prevailed 2-1 in the face-off of unbeatens and advanced to the category semifinals.

    The Super Seniors started Thursday and the Senior and Adult divisions opened play Friday. In-group round robins are set through the weekend, concluding with the final finals on Monday.

    HHI has 18 teams and CCTA has seven in the weekend competition aiming for championships that will qualify them for Southern Sectionals in Mobile AL March 2-5, 2012. The complete schedule is on www.sctennis.com.

Saturday the 22nd

12:30 p.m. -- SSW7.5 Final -- HHI/Spring Lake Smash Gals 3, LCTA/Family Circle Senior Senoritas 0

    Ct. 1 -- Ginny Carter/Sue Blake def. Christine Luesebrink/Judith Fillinger 1-6, 6-3, 1-0

    Ct. 2 -- Helen Hinds/Dianne Ghent def. Joette Creager/Beverly Speer 5-7, 7-5, 1-0

    Ct. 3 -- Pat Kenworthy/Caroline Tucker def. Frances Bath/Dianne Black 6-2, 6-2

Sunday the 23rd

8 a.m. -- SW7.5 Semifinal -- UPTA #2/Keowee G.R.I.T.S. 2, LATA #1/Many Happy Returns 1

8 a.m. -- SW7.5 Semifinal -- LATA #2/Return to Sender 3, GSTL/Grande Stranders 0

8 a.m. -- SM7.5 Semifinal -- LATA #1/The Usual Suspects 2, PD/Darlington Racqueteers 1

8 a.m. -- SM7.5 Semifinal -- UPTA/Brookstone Bashers 2, LATA #2/Keg Killers 1

8 a.m. -- SW6.5 Semifinal -- MCTL/smash girls (the sequel) 2, LATA/Murraywood Golden Girls 1

8 a.m. -- SW6.5 Semifinal -- FTA/Brookstone Gals 3, UPTA/Spindle Tree Tigers 0

8 a.m. -- AW6.5 Semifinal -- GSTL/Gator Girls 2, LATA/No Drama Mamas 1

8 a.m. -- AW6.5 Semifinal -- LCTA #2/Shake-N-Bake 2, LCTA #1/Daniel Island Club 1

8 a.m. -- AW5.5 Semifinal -- GSTL #2/Ball Busters 2, LATA/LATA/High Strung 1

8 a.m. -- AW5.5 Semifinal -- LCTA #1/Daniel Island Club 3, CTL #2/Takes Two to Combo 0

8 a.m. -- AM6.5 -- HHI/SCYC The Fighting Snowflakes 0, SATL/Duncan Terminators 3

9:30 a.m. -- AW8.5 Semifinal -- HHI/SPCC Fun Guns 2, MCTL/Rock Hill 1

    Ct. 1 -- Carrie Mason/Laura Bracken (Fun Guns) def. Tracy Cobb/Barbara Goebel 6-7, 6-3, 1-0

    Ct. 2 -- Courtney Luce/Kelly McCarney (Rock Hill) def. Jill Swanker/Deborah Bonser 6-2, 7-6

    Ct. 3 -- Sandy Gillis/Donna Bierschenk (Fun Guns) def. Katy Heide/Lalonda Graham 6-7, 6-0, 1-0

9:30 a.m. -- AW8.5 Semifinal -- GSTL/Prestwick 2, UPTA/Holly Tree Winning Combo 1 

9:30 a.m. -- AW7.5 Semifinal -- UPTA/Sugar Creek vs. LCTA #2/Maybank Mojitos

9:30 a.m. -- AW7.5 Semifinal -- LCTA #1/Legend Oaks Racqueteers 2, LATA #1/Scrappy Scramblers 1

9:30 a.m. -- AM7.5 -- HHI/PRRC Stringbreakers 0, AATL/Houndslake Big Dawgs 3

11 a.m. -- SM8.5 -- HHI/Port Royal NO Hogg Doggs 0, UPTA/Butler Old School 3

11 a.m. -- AM8.5 -- CCTA/Beaufort Mega-Goliath Tigerfish 1, SATL/Carolina CC 2

12:30 p.m. -- SW7.5 Final -- LATA #2/Return to Sender 3, UPTA #2/Keowee G.R.I.T.S. 0

12:30 p.m. -- SM7.5 Final -- UPTA/Brookstone Bashers 2, LATA #1/The Usual Suspects 1

12:30 p.m. -- SW6.5 Final -- FTA/Brookstone Gals 2, MCTL/smash girls (the sequel) 1

12:30 p.m. -- SM6.5 Final -- GATA/Gatewood vs. UPTA #1/Brookstone No Faulters

12:30 p.m. -- AW9.5 -- HHI/Palmetto Dunes Reunited 3, LCTA/Low Country Ace Kickers 0

    Ct. 1 -- Kristen Finlen/Michelle Clark def. Deanna Vroman/Laura Pearce 6-2, 0-6, 1-0

    Ct. 2 -- Zsofi Golopencza/Jill Wilson def. Diane Fishburne/Ann Harrah 7-5, 6-2

    Ct. 3 -- Tammy Zawacki/Julie Child def. Marissa Gildemeister/Moriah Utley Brown 5-7, 6-4, 1-0

12:30 p.m. -- AW5.5 Final -- LCTA #1/Daniel Island Club 2, GSTL #2/Ball Busters 1

12:30 p.m. -- AM8.5 -- HHI/PRRC BT Express 1, LATA/BC Nation 2

2 p.m. -- AW8.5 Final -- HHI/SPCC Fun Guns 1, GSTL/Prestwick 2

    Ct. 1 -- Doreen Cribb/Lisa Moyer (Prestwick) def. Carrie Mason/Christine Clark 2-6, 6-3, 1-0

    Ct. 2 -- Tonya Barr/Marie Wade (Prestwick) def. Jill Swanker/Deborah Bonser 7-6, 6-3

    Ct. 3 -- Sandy Gillis/Donna Bierschenk (SPCC) def. Milva Masur/Beth Warstler 7-6, 6-4

2 p.m. -- AW7.5 Final -- LCTA #1/Legend Oaks Racqueteers 3, LCTA #2/Maybank Mojitos 0

2 p.m. -- AW6.5 Final -- LCTA #2/Shake-N-Bake 2, GSTL/Gator Girls 1

2 p.m. -- AM7.5 -- HHI/PRRC Stringbreakers 2, LCTA #1/St. Andrews Badgers 1

2 p.m. -- AM6.5 -- HHI/SCYC The Fighting Snowflakes 1, AATL/Smokin Aces 2

3:30 p.m. -- SM8.5 -- HHI/Port Royal NO Hogg Doggs 1, GSTL/Conway over achievers 2

3:30 p.m. -- AM8.5 -- CCTA/Beaufort Mega-Goliath Tigerfish 2, LCTA #3/Tour Tennis 1

5 p.m. -- AM8.5 -- HHI/PRRC BT Express 1, CTL #2/Crunk and a Half 2

Monday the 24rd

8 a.m. -- AM8.5 Semifinal -- UPTA/Kroc's First 3, LCTA #2/Maybank Game On 0

8 a.m. -- AM8.5 Semifinal -- LCTA #3/Tour Tennis 3, CTL #1/knuckleheads 0

8 a.m. -- AM7.5 Semifinal -- LCTA #1/St. Andrews Badgers 2, UPTA/Butler Springs Phanatics 1

8 a.m. -- AM7.5 Semifinal -- PD/FTC PD Ballers 2, MCTL/Hard Court Poach 1

8 a.m. -- AM6.5 Semifinal -- SATL/Duncan Terminators 3, LATA #1/Wolfpack 0

8 a.m. -- AM6.5 Semifinal -- UPTA/Brookstone 3, LCTA/CTC Volleyers 0

12:30 p.m. -- AM8.5 Final -- UPTA/Kroc's First 3, LCTA #3/Tour Tennis 0

12:30 p.m. -- AM7.5 Final -- LCTA #1/St. Andrews Badgers 2, PD/FTC PD Ballers 1

12:30 p.m. -- AM6.5 Final -- SATL/Duncan Terminators 2, UPTA/Brookstone 1

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$$$ -- HHI, CCTA Players Drop $114,000 into Charleston Economy -- see below --- $$$

        CHARLESTON SC -- Family Circle Tennis Center, host of the BMW State Combo Championships, anticipates a $941,970 economic impact from the event for the Daniel Island and Charleston area.

    Let’s see. Good ole stats. $941,970 total divided by 206 teams entered = $4,572/team … by 2,221 players = $424/player. The Hilton Head Island and Coastal Carolina leagues have 25 teams competing and that would figure to $114,316.81 being dropped into Charleston just by those players. The per-team and per-player figures would be skewed downward because in that average would be included the Charleston people who aren’t paying any lodging.
 

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Nov. 1-6 States for 3 Age Levels

     PD Slice Girls Take #3 Seed for States; Sea Pines CC vs. Spring Lake & Moss Creek vs. PR Royals Wednesday  

        HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- As should be the case, three-set matches decided the two first-round playoffs Wednesday in the Super Senior 60s Men's flights. Sea Pines CC went the three-set route for a 2-1 win over the CCHH Barbarians, while Spring Lake Remnants took two courts in three sets to defeat Spring Lake Spin Doctors 2-1. Sea Pines and the Remnants will meet next Wednesday to determine #1 and #2 seeding for the Nov. 1-6 Super Senior State Championships. 

    Wrapping up the regular season in SS 60s Women's 3.5s, the final four pairing was partially set when the Palmetto Dunes Slice Girls took three courts from Spring Lake Net Assets. Though tied in team record at 4-2, the Slice Girls have the better courts won-lost count and finish in second place. Meanwhile, the Moss Creek Aces' Wednesday night win over the PD Belles of the Ball silenced the Belles chances of staying in second place in that flight. The Spring Lake Lady Lakers swept all three courts from Wexford and clinched the second spot with a one-court-win margin.

   The two flight #2 teams -- PD Slice Girls and SL Lady Lakers -- played off today at Palmetto Dunes and the Slice Girls did just that in taking two courts and captured the #3 seeding for Wild Dunes championships next week. The Women's two first place teams -- Moss Creek Aces and Port Royal Royal Ladies -- will play Wednesday the 26th to determine #1 and #2 spots at States.

    The USTA League South Carolina State Championships will have 26 teams competing from Hilton Head Island and 16 Coastal Carolina. The 60s, 70s and 75s state playoffs will run Nov. 1 through 6 at Wild Dunes Resort on Isle of Palms.

   
Wednesday, Oct. 19 – 2:30 p.m.

    Men's 3.5 -- Spring Lake Remnants 2, Spring Lake Spin Masters 1

                        Sea Pines CC 2, CCHH Barbarians 1

Monday, October 24 -- 2:30 p.m. at Palmetto Dunes

    Women's 3.5 -- Palmetto Dunes Slice Girls 2, Spring Lake Lady Lakers 1
 

Wednesday, Oct. 26

    Men's 3.5 -- Sea Pines CC vs. Spring Lake Remnants 2:30 p.m. at Port Royal Racquet Club for #1 and #2 seeding to States

                Spring Lake Spin Masters vs. CCHH Barbarians at 2:30 p.m. at Spring Lake for #3 seed going to States

    Women's 3.5 –      

            Moss Creek Aces vs. Port Royal Royal Ladies to determine #1 and #2 for States

    While some entire states can't seem to come up with such numbers, the HHI/CCTA contingent at the South Carolina Championships will travel with about 400 players, encountering those from throughout the Palmetto State's tennis world.

    USTA SC Super Senior Coordinator Bonnie Sue Duncan has set the tournament play to begin for all 75s levels Tuesday morning, Nov. 1, except for the Men's 3.0s. The latter has only two teams entered and that championship will be decided locally between HHI and CCTA teams. All 70s levels will begin Wednesday. All 60s levels will begin Friday morning. The tournament schedule will be published and posted on the USTA South Carolina website (www.sctennis.com) approximately Oct. 26.
 

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So, you want to know all about the 2013 League Age Restructuring -- The format, the process, the reasoning. Click on this link:

http://assets.usta.com/assets/536/15/Age%20Restructuring%20-%20USTA%20Leagues%202013.pdf

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222 in Sanctioned Draws

     HHI Juniors Harris, Woodson, Carter, Kitchen, Boulais Win VDM Southern Championships

        HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Three unseeded Hilton Head Island juniors won championships today, while two seeded HHI juniors also took finals at the Dennis Van Der Meer Southern Junior Championships. Spectators were admitted free and were treated to 222 of the top juniors from throughout the East Coast. 

    Local champions were Christian Harris, #5 seed in Boys 18s; Jared Woodson, unseeded in Boys' 16s; Hayley Carter, #1 in Girls' 18s; Natalie Kitchen, unseeded in Girls' 16s, and Isabelle Boulais, unseeded in Girls' 14s.

    Harris defeated top-seeded Daniel Strawn of Macon GA 6-1, 7-5 in the final. Woodson upset #2 seed Grey Hamilton of Southern Pines NC 6-0, 6-7(3), 6-1. Carter defeated fellow Islander and #2 seed Barbara Rodriguez 6-1, 6-0. Kitchen won the final over #2 Ariadna Riley of Macon GA 6-3, 6-4. Boulais took her final from topseed Jordan Strickland of Cary NC 6-2, 0-6, 6-2.

    Here are semifinal and final results as posted on TennisLink -- HHI area juniors in BOLD type:

 Boys' 18 Singles
Semifinals -- (5) Christian Harris d. (2) Brent Lett 6-2; 0-1Ret (ill); (1) Daniel Strawn d. Korey Lovett 6-4; 6-7(6); 6-3
Final -- (5) Christian Harris d. (1) Daniel Strawn 6-1; 7-5
Place -- Korey Lovett d. (2) Brent Lett Wo (ill)
Consolation:
Semifinals -- Carsten Fisher d. Joseph Hatala 7-6(2); 6-3

Boys' 16 Singles
Semifinals -- (2) Grey Hamilton d. Hufelder Duarte 6-3; 6-3; Jared Woodson d. (5) Alex Phillips 6-3; 6-3
Place -- (5) Alex Phillips d. Hufelder Duarte Wo (ill)
Final -- Jared Woodson d. (2) Grey Hamilton 6-0; 6-7(3); 6-1
PL (5) Alex Phillips d. Hufelder Duarte Wo (ill)
Consolation:
Final -- (3) Kyle Barr d. (5) Blaine Boyden Wo (ill)

Boys' 14 Singles
Semifinals -- (5) Matthew Fahys d. (2) George Lovitt 7-6(3); 6-7(4); 6-3; Paul Hendrix d. (1) Jeffrey Dayton 6-2; 7-5
Final -- Paul Hendrix d. (5) Matthew Fahys Wo (ill)

Place -- (1) Jeffrey Dayton d. (2) George Lovitt 6-1; 6-1
Consolation:
Final -- Joel Dunlap d. Ryan Pridgeon 6-3; 6-0

Boys' 12 Singles
Semifinals -- (5) Oliver Crawford d. (2) Jack Wylly 6-2; 6-1; (5) Sean Nguyen d. (5) Will Danzell 6-1; 6-0
Final -- (5) Sean Nguyen d. (5) Oliver Crawford 6-4; 6-0
Place -- (5) Will Danzell d. (2) Jack Wylly 7-5; 6-1
Consolation:
Final -- (1) Justin Boulais d. Alex Likins 6-2; 6-1

Girls' 18 Singles
Semifinals -- (1) Hayley Carter d. (3) Samantha Droop 6-2; 6-2; (2) Barbara Rodriguez d. (4) Ansley Speaks 7-6(3); 6-0
Place -- (3) Samantha Droop d. (4) Ansley Speaks Wo (inj)
Final -- (1) Hayley Carter d. (2) Barbara Rodriguez 6-1; 6-0
Place -- (3) Samantha Droop d. (4) Ansley Speaks Wo (inj)
Consolation:
Final -- Chloe Ouellet-Pizer d. Laura Dean 7-6(3); 6-1

Girls' 16 Singles
Semifinals --(2) Ariadna Riley d. (3) Scarlett Walston 6-2; 6-0; Natalie Kitchen d. (4) Ivey Welborn 6-4; 7-6(5)
Final -- Natalie Kitchen d. (2) Ariadna Riley 6-3; 6-4
Place -- (4) Ivey Welborn d. (3) Scarlett Walston 3-6; 6-1; 6-4
Consolation:
Final -- Brooke Croxton d. Julia Farrell 6-1; 6-4

Girls' 14 Singles
Semifinals -- Isabelle Boulais d. Julia Adams 6-3; 6-0; (1) Jordan Strickland d. Sarah Jiang 6-2; 6-1
Final -- Isabelle Boulais d. (1) Jordan Strickland 6-2; 0-6; 6-2
Place -- Julia Adams d. Sarah Jiang 3-6; 6-1; 6-3
Consolation:
Final -- Mary McNeal d. (2) Hannah Francisco 6-4; 6-3

Girls' 12 Singles
Final -- (2) Nicole Stephens d. (3) Marium Raza 6-2; 6-0

Place -- (1) Elise Mills d. Lillian Conant 6-4; 4-6; 6-4
Consolation:
Final -- Elle Christensen d. Adelaide Lavery 6-3; 6-7(2); 1-0(8)

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Loses to World's #66 on European Tour

     HHI's Riske Follows Joue-Les-Tours Title With Semifinalist Spot in Limoges $50,000 French Championships

        HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- Following up on last Sunday's Joue-Les-Tours Championship, Alison Riske, the Pittsburgh area native who is lives and trains on Hilton Head Island, defeated the #4 seed Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic Wednesday in the $50,000 Limoges Championships in France.

    On Thursday, Riske advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-6(3), 6-1 win over Patrycja Sanduska of Poland. Then Friday, she took out Irina Ramialison of France 6-4, 6-2 to move into today's semifinals against #1 seed Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden, who is currently World No. 66. Arvidsson won the semifinal 6-3, 6-4.

    Last Sunday's championship came on a string that began by winning her first two rounds as could be expected in Joue-Les-Tours. As the #5 seed who has been as high as 104 in the Women's Tennis Association world rankings, Riske took her first round match against Tatjana Malek of Germany 6-3, 6-4 and then defeated Lou Brouleau of France 6-2, 6-0 in the second round. In the Friday quarterfinals, however, she went the distance with #2 seed Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic, winning 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-3.

    Next up for Riske in the Saturday's semifinals was Michaella Krajicek, the 4th seed of the Netherlands now world-ranked at #112.  The Hilton Head Islander jumped off to a quick start and won 6-1, 7-5, advancing to Sunday's final against #6 Akgul Amanmuradova of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This time, Riske fell behind in the first set but recovered to win the championship 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.

    Riske did well in doubles, too, teaming with Johanna Konta of Sydney, Australia, to win round of 16 and quarterfinals, before losing 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 in the semis to Eirini Georgaton of Greece and Irena Pavlovic of France.

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