5 More Points.

That's right it's final four time. And right now we still are not in the final four. Today pushed us closer to a playoff spot. Right now we are 7 points behind Westford. More about the scenarios after this weeks updates. But be ready... We need to put out our strongest lineups of the year for the next 2 weeks if we want to make the playoffs. It's been a long season and it's going to come right down to wire. 1 or 2 points will be the difference in us either going to the playoffs or you guys taking me out for beers and barbeque.

With only 3 matches left in the Season we traveled to the willows. Needing every point we can get, the matches were pressure packed. We managed to win 4 out of the 5 matches and pick up 5 points this week. 6 would've been better but 5 is pretty good considering how tough the matches were.

Court 1 saw the only loss of the day with Chad and Mike loosing by just 1 game late in the third set. They lost the first set in a tie-breaker and then stormed out quick and took the second set. With only 15 minutes left in the match they were up 3 games. But their opponents seized the momentum and stormed to a 5-1 lead in the third when the buzzer buzzed. The curse of Court 1 still haunts Chad and Mike. Someone get them a Horseshoe.

Court 2 saw a very tough and tight match. Dave and Arnie lost a close first set and then won the second set. The third was a back and forth affair until time ran out and they had to play a tie-breaker for the match. In the breaker Dave and Arnie got down 0-3 which is not good when it's first to 5. But with some great volleys and clutch serving they battled back to win the match 5-3. A very important win.

On court 3 Todd and George didn't give their opposition any chance to make it close. Falling behind a couple of games at the beginning because Todd got broke again! only woke em up to take the match 6-3,6-2. Props go out to the creator of George's new hip because he is moving like a 20 year old. I think I'm going to get one of those in the off season.

Tony and Eric over on court 4 had the match in the bag. They won the first set 6-4 and were up 5-2 in the 2nd. Then it all went bad. They lost the 2nd set in a tie break and then battled to keep it even in the 3rd before the time ran out and they took the win by 1 game! kinda balances out the first position loss by a game. They called it an "ugly win" I say it's only ugly if it's a loss. We need the point!

Frank and Mickey on court 5 put in a lunch pail kind of a day. Nothing flashy or gimmicky. Just a good tough effort to take the match in straight sets. (6-4,6-4) That's the kind of no drama win we like to see.

Ok here are the scenarios:

We have 2 matches left against the 7th place lynnfield team. Westford has one match against the #1 newburyport team. Right now we are either 7 or 8 points behind Westford.

If we continue to get 5 points in each match, we will need Westford to lose 3-2 or worse against Newburyport to make the playoffs. If we get 12 points then Westford will have to become only the 3rd team this year to beat Newburyport. The other 2? Us and Winchester. I will know more about exactly what we have to do in the final 2 matches once I find out how Westford did against lynnfield this week. But be ready... We are going to need all the bullets in the gun for the final 2 weeks.