The final event of the 2017 USTA League National Adult schedule is taking place at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla., this weekend, as men’s and women’s squads in the 55 & Over 7.0 and 9.0 divisions began battling for national supremacy on Friday. After two complete days of flight play, the semifinal matchups are set for Sunday; by the end of the day, four teams will earn national titles.

In the women’s 7.0 competition, three of the four semifinalists went undefeated in round robin flight action. Northern California handled Flight 1, the only to feature five squads, with ease. They were able to secure a 4-0 team record behind 10 wins on the 12 individual courts they contested. Awaiting Northern California in the semifinals is Hawaii, winner of Flight 3. Hawaii was challenged in their flight, losing 10 total sets and 79 games, but still managed a 3-0 overall record.

The other women’s 7.0 semifinal will see Flight 2 champion Texas taking on Flight 4 representative Eastern. Texas cruised through their matches on Friday and Saturday, the only team in the flight to not lose double digit sets. Meanwhile Eastern and Florida finished tied atop Flight 4, and although the Sunshine State squad won the head-to-head encounter, it was Eastern advancing on to Sunday with more individual match victories (six) than Florida (four).

All four of the teams in the hunt for the men’s 7.0 title enter Sunday unscathed. Southern (Flight 5) and Middle States (Flight 7) will be across the net from each other in one dual while Southern California (Flight 6) and Missouri Valley (Flight 8) make up the other.

Southern California and Middle States both surrendered just a single individual matchup and four sets in their three flight duals. Southern and Missouri Valley won six of the nine courts that made up their trio of team matches; additionally, Southern lost only six sets and 68 games while Missouri Valley dropped seven sets and 78 games.

The women’s 9.0 division featured three flights, meaning the top finishers in those flights plus one wild card team would make up the semifinal field. Florida (Flight 9), Middle States (Flight 11) and Southern California (Flight 10) posted unblemished 4-0 team records to secure their place; Southwest earned the wild card spot with a second-place finish in Flight 10.

The Middle States team was the most impressive of the quartet, emerging victorious on 10 courts compared to just two losses. They also let a mere six sets and 72 games slip away. Southwest will be their opponent Sunday morning, as the Albuquerque representatives actually lost fewer courts, sets and games than Southern California but came up short when the two teams squared off.

Southern California was the only flight champion to not claim 10 of the individual matchups, finishing with nine wins and three defeats. They also dropped eight sets, the highest of the semifinalists. Florida, the foe for Southern California on Sunday, lost a combined 83 games, which is more than the other three teams that will be competing on for the title.

For the men’s 9.0 division, the final four pits Southern versus Southern California and Texas battling Eastern. Southern toughed out a clash with Mid-Atlantic in Flight 12 to advance to Sunday, as the two squads were far and away the class of the five-team flight. They swept the other three squads, and Southern was able to overcome Mid-Atlantic by a slim 2-1 margin. Southern California faced little resistance in Flight 14, taking eight of nine courts behind the loss of just three sets.

Texas came through Flight 13 easily as well, also taking eight court victories with four sets given away. In Flight 15, Eastern suffered a dual defeat at the hands of Hawaii to finish with a 2-1 team record. That left them tied with the Northern squad which got into the tournament via a wild card, and as Eastern took the head-to-head match, they secured a semifinal berth.

Sunday’s semifinals are slated for a 7 a.m. start. The four championship matches are scheduled to follow later in the morning. For complete match results, click here.

Established in 1980, USTA League has grown from 13,000 players in a few parts of the country in its first year to more than 900,000 players across the nation today, making it the world’s largest recreational tennis league.

USTA League was established to provide adult recreational players throughout the country with the opportunity to compete against players of similar ability levels. Players participate on teams in a league format, which is administered by the USTA through its 17 sections. The league groups players by using six National Tennis Rating Program (NTRP) levels, ranging from 2.5 (entry) to 5.0 (advanced). USTA League is open to any USTA member 18 years of age or older.