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Talk about finishing the season STRONG! - Local favorites Cindy Prendergast (Wilmington CC) and Lauren Zink (Lancaster CC) WON the National's in fine fashion to take their 2nd National Championships! - Well done Ladies!!!!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WOMEN's Interclub RESULTS: CUP 1: MERION WINS THE CUP!
CUP 2: PHILLY COUNTRY WINS THE CUP! CUP 3: PICKET POST WINS THE CUP! CUP 4: ARONIMINK WINS THE CUP! CUP 5: PICKET POST WINS THE CUP! CUP 6: LEHIGH WINS THE CUP! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MIXED MAPTA: The rich just keep getting richer: The brother and sister team of Tim McAvoy and Laurie Hissey outlasted the Husband/Wife team and defending champions Jeff & Cooey Lyon in a thrilling 3 set final to the 39th Annual Mixed Mapta tournaments. Under the very capable charge of Keith & Denise Studnick, the tourney went off without a hitch..They even kept the bad weather away! NICE JOB GUYS! When all the dust settled and the music, dancing and libations were all finished, Tim & Laurie once again stood tall - BUT they were not the only ones! In the B' Consies Bruce and Karen Sopko defeated Peter Monaghan and Allison Miller in a tight three setter. In the A's- Tom Fitzmaurice and Colleen Baker defeated Jim Riley and Margaret Evangalista. In the AR consolation Brennan Torregossa and Carolyn Haury defeated Gary and Brooke Fritz. In the E consolation, the team of Rich Devine and Lynee Bruder defeated Mike and RB Stanley and in the "double elimination secret probation" draw the team of Fred and Pam Jacobs defeated Dan and Sharon Yonker. For Pictures try this link: MIXED MAPTA PICTURES PHILLY OPEN: 9 of the top 10 men's teams and 14 of the top 15 women's teams wowed the crowds at this weekends event held at Waynesborough CC. The lure of $22,000 in prize money offered by lead sponsor - MARVIN & PALMER ASSOC brought them in from all parts of the country. Though friday's weather meant a day off from school, it threatened to hammer those traveling in for this, the highest money tournament in APTA history. By gametime saturday morning, the airport delays had been settled and the weary travelers took to the courts. For those brave local soles who wanted to compete against the best, they were not disappointed. The local highlight of the day was #1 local team Todd Marvin and Scott Falatek knocking off #3 seed and 3 time National Champion David Ohlmuller and Chris Gambino in a thrilling, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 rd of 16's. The quarters proved a bit tough for the local boys, but it proved even tougher for the #1 & #2 seeds as they were ousted by displays of skills unseen in the history of Philadelphia paddle. The blitzing, banging, driving, dodging of the players shows that this is not your momma's paddle game any longer, Sunday saw #7 Mike Stulac & Mike Marino finishing off the 4th seed Anthony Cosimano and Steve Haller 6-0, 7-5. On the women's side the seeds faired no better. #1 & #2 went down in the quarter finals when locals Cindy Prendergast and Lauren Zink knocked off the #2 seed's in a 3 set thriller. Like Falatek & Marvin before them, they couldn't muster the same magic in the semi's losing to eventual Champions (& sister in laws) Bobo Delaney and Tonya Mangan. Many locals did well in the back draws, though at the time of this writing results were not available. Needless to say a good time was had by all, and based upon the number of spectators that came out - many are anxious to try some of the new shots they learned! GREAT pictures are available - Thanks to Studnick Photography! - CLICK HERE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Division 1 Round Up - Week 16-
by Keith Studnick- MAPTA Staff writer Waynesborough
Completes the SWEEP!!!!! The
Philly Country team and their revelers were poised and ready for action as there
seemed to be a rather large tailgating contingent in the Aronimink parking lot
looming ready to make some noise and cheer on their squad. The Waynesborough
squad was also ready for action and did not leave much room for the Philly
contingent to get excited about after the first ball was served during the first
matches which were courts 3 and 4. First
off the courts was the team of Steve Beers and yours truly, we continued our
path of destruction and revenged a loss earlier in the year to Brain Crochiere
who this time was playing with Justin Poletti, taking all three sets in the
process and only dropping 6 games. Next off the court were Waynesborough’s
Captain Tom Safford and Jim Ryan who despite a very tight match also pulled out
three straight sets leaving the Waynesborough squad one set away from the D1
tournament championship. The
tournament suspense was short lived as the Waynesborough team of Bruce Sopko and
Vlatko Najdek dismantled Philly’s Pat Nowlan Jr. and Peter Hill in the first
set 6-1 sealing the victory for the Waynesborough squad. This left the team of
Tim McAvoy and Hank “Don’t Tell me any Scores” Oberly’s match against
Philly’s Andrew Hocker and Pat Nowlan, Sr. academic. The
partying begun with the conclusion of the final match and both teams celebrated
their successful seasons. Special thanks to Andy Sorrentino for hosting the
finals and allowing the Waynesborough squad to close the place for the second
week in a row. Andy was overheard talking to fellow teammate Drew Friel, “I am
thankful for the 2 weather cancelled matches with Waynesborough earlier this
season which prevented us from losing to Waynesborough 3 times this year and
having to restock the refrigerator AGAIN”. Waynesborough’s players next year
will all be wearing a target on their back’s as almost every match will be a
revenge match for some team. At
the conclusion of the tournament, a MAPTA representative awarded Vlatko Najdek
with the most prestigious “9th Man Award” for his stellar play
off the bench through the play-offs while Dick Dunkel traipsed around The
match scores were as follows: #1
Tim McAvoy/ Hank Oberly (Way) def. Andy Andrew Hocker/ Pat Nowlan, Sr. (6-2,
6-4, DNF) #2
Vlatko Najdek/ Bruce Sopko (Way) def. Pat Nowlan, Jr./ Peter Hill (6-1, 6-4,
6-2) #3
Keith Studnick/ Steve Beers (Way) def. Justin Poletti / Brian Crochiere (6-3,
6-2, 6-1) #4
Tom Safford/ Jim Ryan (Way) def. Clay Hardon/ JD (7-5, 6-3, 7-5)
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