Hey Everyone.
As most of you know, we
held our 2009 Summer USTA Rookie Tournament. We had some
great results from our academy members.
In the Girls 12’s,
congrats to academy member Kristen “Killer” Angilletta, won
her first match in the quarterfinals, defeated the #2 seed
in the semi-finals and lost a close finals match in the main
draw. Great job Killer!!!
Also, congrats to
academy member Leah Meredith, who had to unfortunately draw
the eventual champion in the first round, for winning the
consolation final with a dramatic 8-6 comeback. That’s a
great result for someone’s first tournament.
And congrats to Karina
“Hurricane” Tuohy for playing in and giving her best effort
in her first USTA sanctioned tournament.
In the Girls 14’s,
congratulations to Academy member Katia Khatskevich, who was
the 2nd seed, for winning the tournament over the number the
#1 seed 8-3. Way to bring home the gold.
In other Girls 14’s
action, congratulations to Daria Parks and Tara “Terror”
Stauss for their first round victories in the main draw.
Next time though, try not to knock out fellow academy
members Laura Burchers and Kayla Talbott. Laura Burchers
went on to win her first consolation match before losing in
the finals of the consolation tournament. Great job to Kayla
for doing her best in her tournament matches.
In the Boys 12’s,
congratulations go out to academy member Brandt Williamson,
for winning the consolation finals 8-1. Brandt got to bring
home a nice trophy for his fine effort. Keep working on your
game Brandt.
In the Boys 14’s draw,
congratulations to academy member Mitch Irvin for his first
round win. Mitch unfortunately lost to the eventual champion
in the next round, but gained a lot of experience in the
process.
In the Boys 16’s draw,
congratulations to academy member Nick Boye for defeating
the #1 seed in his first round match in an exciting match
that went to a tiebreaker. Nick showed what he’s made of by
winning the tiebreaker 7-1. Nick was in the finals tied at
4-4 before a few points got away from him and the match
slipped away. Overall, a great performance by Nick. + Thanks
for everyone who played and contributed to our tournament.
I’d also like to thank academy member Shayna Talbott for
helping out during the day and being our Refueling Station
Distributor Executive and to Coach Sebastian for being our
Head Referee and Crowd Control Manager. Also thanks to Bob
and Suz Lynch, for allowing us to hold the tournament at
Mid-Cape, Domino’s Pizza for the pizza party, Jane’s Tennis
Nook for the door prizes, and to Chick-Fil-A for donating
the free chicken sandwich cards.
See ya soon
Fran Coryell Head Tennis
Professional Tournament Director
