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2018 USTA League National Mixed 40 & Over 6.0/7.0/8.0/9.0 Championships

Sunday's Matchups Set

November 17, 2018
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The 2018 USTA National League Mixed 40 & Over 6.0/7.0/8.0/9.0 Championships are down to the divisional semifinals following the completion of play Saturday evening. The Southern Section will be well-represented on Sunday, sending a team into each of the four divisional semifinals. Three other Sections (Caribbean, Missouri Valley, and Southern California) will be in the running for two divisional titles on championship day.

In a change to this year’s format, teams will compete in a total of four unflighted matches against randomly selected opponents. Every team played two dual matches on Friday and two more on Saturday. On Sunday, the top four teams (based on TennisLink standings) in each division will take part in the semifinal round.

For the 6.0 competition, a trio of teams navigated through Friday and Saturday unscathed while a fourth needed the games-lost tiebreaker to move on to Sunday. Finishing atop the division was the team from Southern (Cedar Bluff Racquet Club – Knoxville, Tenn.), winning 11 of the 12 individual matchups they competed in on the strength of only four sets and 71 games lost. Grabbing the No. 2 seed in the semifinals was Caribbean (Independent – Puerto Rico), coming in a mere four games lost (75) behind Southern. The third unbeaten squad, thanks to their nine court wins, was Northern Life Time Fitness- Bloomington South – Bloomington, Minn.); they will go head-to-head with Caribbean on Sunday. The fourth seed went to Pacific Northwest (Eastside Tennis Center – Kirkland, Wash.), which survived a loss to Mid-Atlantic to turn in the best overall effort of the one-loss teams in the division.

Heated competition in the 7.0 division saw only Hawaii Pacific (Keehi Lagoon – Honolulu) post a perfect 4-0 record over the two days of action. The standings behind the top seed ended with a jumble of seven squads at 3-1, with Southern (Germantown Country Club – Memphis, Tenn.) producing the best numbers of the bunch to earn the No. 2 seed. They will go up against Texas (The Club at Sonterra – San Antonio) on Sunday, a team they actually finished tied with but the games-lost tiebreaker went in their favor by a healthy margin of 17 games. The No. 4 seed and opposition for Hawaii Pacific will be Caribbean (Independent – Puerto Rico), a team which gave away the most games of any one-loss team but still fought their way nine individual matchup wins.

It was clear cut which teams would be advancing to the 8.0 semifinals. Missouri Valley (Aspen Athletic Club – Des Moines, Iowa) was a dominant force in group play, easily finishing 4-0 after collecting 11 individual matchups while dropping a mere four sets. Southern California (Whittier College Richard Ettinger Tennis Center – Whittier) slotted in just behind them for the second seed with their 10 court victories. Their semifinal opponent will be Intermountain (Independent – Nevada), which did suffer a loss but still clawed their way to a third-place finish overall. Rounding out the final four was Southern (City of Benton – Benton, Ark.), which equaled Intermountain’s 3-1 record but lost 113 games while Intermountain gave away 98. The remaining 13 squads in the division suffered at least two dual losses.

Missouri Valley (Lafortune Tennis Center – Tulsa, Okla.) will enter the 9.0 semifinals as the only team in the division to finish group play at 4-0 with 10 individual victories. However, 3-1 Southern California (Balboa Tennis Center – Encino) looks to be a dangerous No. 2 seed after they also collected 10 court wins and actually managed to lose fewer sets (five) and games (72) than top seed Missouri Valley. Southern California will first be locked in an intrastate battle with Northern California (Bay Club – Santa Clara), who placed third following the completion of group play; Missouri Valley has drawn No. 4 seed Southern (Capitano’s Tennis & Athletic Center – Metairie, La.), which just edged out the squad from Eastern thanks to the games lost tiebreaker, dropping only 86 compared with Eastern’s 109.

Semifinals will get underway at 7 a.m. with the championship and third-place matches to follow. A full listing of all team results in each division can be found at the following links: 6.0 division; 7.0 division; 8.0 division; 9.0 division.

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