Well that didn't work out the way we would've liked it this week. For the Third week in a row we came away with a team loss. It's been a tough start to the 2nd half so far. We are 0 for 3. We have played 3 of the 4 other top teams in the top 5. Next week we play the other top 5 team. We are sliding fast.
This week we got a solo victory from Dean and Mickey. Playing in the 5 spot they took out the rest of the teams frustrations on their opponents winning easily 6-1,6-2.
Then it went a little different on the other courts. Court one saw Bob and Todd lose 6-3,6-3. Mike and Chad on two had their unbeaten streak broken losing 6-2,6-4. Over on 3 Don and Tony also lost in straights 6-2,6-3. Court 4 saw our only set taken in the top 4 with Gary and George losing 6-2,0-6,6-1.
We are not out of it yet though. We are only 2 points behind our point total from the first half. So that basically means if we kick some butts for the next 10 matches we should make the top 4.
1/27/2008
1/20/2008
Ouch
This week we hit a big speed bump in the road to the playoffs. Facing our 2nd top 5 team in two weeks we weren't able to field a team with set partners and paid the price. Our list of Injuries and Vacations were to large to overcome against a strong Willows team. It's not going to get easier next week either. We host Manchester who is in 2nd place and swept us in late september 6-0. It's not all bad news though. We can even our point total from the first 3 weeks with at least 3 points this weekend.
This week we Had a lone victory in 2nd. Chad and Mike continued their unbeaten ever streak, winning a well played 2 setter against a veteran team. Every one else lost in straights. Andy and Jason in one had a tough one. Todd and Richie in 3 had a tough one. Tony and George in 4 had a tough one. And Mickey and Dean in 5 had an easy one! Only kidding theirs was tough also. This was not our week. The stars were not aligned plus they were all on vacation or other things.
Time to start our 2nd half win streak. We won the last 10 matches of the first half. Let's win the last 11 in the 2nd Half.
This week we Had a lone victory in 2nd. Chad and Mike continued their unbeaten ever streak, winning a well played 2 setter against a veteran team. Every one else lost in straights. Andy and Jason in one had a tough one. Todd and Richie in 3 had a tough one. Tony and George in 4 had a tough one. And Mickey and Dean in 5 had an easy one! Only kidding theirs was tough also. This was not our week. The stars were not aligned plus they were all on vacation or other things.
Time to start our 2nd half win streak. We won the last 10 matches of the first half. Let's win the last 11 in the 2nd Half.
1/12/2008
The Streak is Over!
Ok the streak is over. We lost this week to the still #1 team of Newburyport. It was a close contest with the home team losing 3-2. This week was almost a mirror image of our week one loss to Newburport.
This week The teams of Mike and Chad, and Don and Tony were our only points. Playing in 3 Mike and Chad cruised to a quick 2 set win. On 4 Don and Tony had it a little closer winning by a couple of games as time ran out. That was the good news..
The Bad news was that positions 1,2&5 put up a loss. Position 1 saw the New guy Jason, and his partner Evan fall behind in the third set for the loss. Court 2 Saw Dan and Bob have an off day losing in 2 sets, And way down on five saw Todd and Mickey lose a winnable match. They just didn't execute when they needed to.
Not all is lost though. This is the same way we started the first half. We are only 3 points back from first and next week we Travel to the Willows for an away match. 11:00 to 12:30.
This week The teams of Mike and Chad, and Don and Tony were our only points. Playing in 3 Mike and Chad cruised to a quick 2 set win. On 4 Don and Tony had it a little closer winning by a couple of games as time ran out. That was the good news..
The Bad news was that positions 1,2&5 put up a loss. Position 1 saw the New guy Jason, and his partner Evan fall behind in the third set for the loss. Court 2 Saw Dan and Bob have an off day losing in 2 sets, And way down on five saw Todd and Mickey lose a winnable match. They just didn't execute when they needed to.
Not all is lost though. This is the same way we started the first half. We are only 3 points back from first and next week we Travel to the Willows for an away match. 11:00 to 12:30.
1/06/2008
Halftime!
The first half of the season is over. We wrapped it up with a 5-0 win over the Ritzy club in Lynnfield. The Streak continues! It is now up to 10 straight team wins.
We shook off the rust without dropping a match. Just a Few sets.
The Only team playing at 9:00AM was Dan and Bob. After losing the First set they bounced back to win the match in 3 sets by time.
A funny thing happened to the court 2 team of Andy and Courtney. They showed up for 9AM when they weren't playing till 10:30. Congratulations to Those guys for showing up early to support their fellow teammates. Just kidding I screwed up and didn't read a change of Time e-mail correctly. Anyways it just gave them more time to come up with a plan to win. Which they did after dropping the first set, before taking the next two sets 2 and 2. Over on court 3 Don and Tony were the only team to wrap up a victory in straight sets. (where was the rust?). On court 4 Todd and Chad used every second and then some to blow leads in the first and third sets. Thus leading to a 9 point tiebreaker to decide things. Luck prevailed as our opponents said and we won. Now on court 5 Mickey and Dean decided that they would like to copy the team in 2nd position by also losing the first set and then ramping it up and winning the next two for the victory. Although it might have just been a little rust in the first set.
That gives us 54 points for the first half. Not to shabby. It should put us in second place only a maximum of 6 points behind the #1 team of Newburyport. And guess who we play next week? The #1 team Newburyport. So let's keep the streak going and close the gap!
We shook off the rust without dropping a match. Just a Few sets.
The Only team playing at 9:00AM was Dan and Bob. After losing the First set they bounced back to win the match in 3 sets by time.
A funny thing happened to the court 2 team of Andy and Courtney. They showed up for 9AM when they weren't playing till 10:30. Congratulations to Those guys for showing up early to support their fellow teammates. Just kidding I screwed up and didn't read a change of Time e-mail correctly. Anyways it just gave them more time to come up with a plan to win. Which they did after dropping the first set, before taking the next two sets 2 and 2. Over on court 3 Don and Tony were the only team to wrap up a victory in straight sets. (where was the rust?). On court 4 Todd and Chad used every second and then some to blow leads in the first and third sets. Thus leading to a 9 point tiebreaker to decide things. Luck prevailed as our opponents said and we won. Now on court 5 Mickey and Dean decided that they would like to copy the team in 2nd position by also losing the first set and then ramping it up and winning the next two for the victory. Although it might have just been a little rust in the first set.
That gives us 54 points for the first half. Not to shabby. It should put us in second place only a maximum of 6 points behind the #1 team of Newburyport. And guess who we play next week? The #1 team Newburyport. So let's keep the streak going and close the gap!
1/02/2008
"Keep the Streak in 08 Tour"
Coming to a Tennis club near you
Ok last year is History. The poll has closed and it looks like most of the votes were for us to finish inside the top 4 with only 1 vote putting us outside of a playoff spot. We have 14 matches scheduled for the first half of 2008. That means alot of playing. Get ready because I hear that some people on our team actually take vacations. Also don't forget usta season is also coming up in just 4 short months. SuperTeam? Anyone?
Ok last year is History. The poll has closed and it looks like most of the votes were for us to finish inside the top 4 with only 1 vote putting us outside of a playoff spot. We have 14 matches scheduled for the first half of 2008. That means alot of playing. Get ready because I hear that some people on our team actually take vacations. Also don't forget usta season is also coming up in just 4 short months. SuperTeam? Anyone?
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