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North Carolina Takes Most Titles at
2011 USTA Southern Jr. Team Tennis Section Championships

10 and under champions crowned for first time
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MOBILE, ALA. – Sunday, August 21, 2011 – North Carolina teams won half of the titles at the 2011 USTA Southern Jr. Team Tennis Section Championships Sunday.

 

North Carolina had four champions and one finalist, with two titlists coming from Wilmington. Georgia won two titles and had six finalists. Arkansas and Tennessee had a champion each.

 

The winning teams from the 14-and-under and 18-and-under levels won the right to represent the USTA Southern Section at the 2011 USTA Jr. Team Tennis National Championships in October. The 14-and-under Advanced team from Mooresville, N.C. will also advance to the national championship because USTA Southern received a wild card for that level. There are no national championships for the 10-and-under and 12-and-under age brackets.

 

For the first time, 10 and under teams competed for Southern titles.

 

LEVEL

CHAMPION

FINALIST

SCORE

18U Advanced

Greensboro, N.C.
Manager: Erica Zabkar

Lawrenceville, Ga.
Manager: Chiquita Clark

148-77 in round robin

18U Intermediate

Knoxville, Tenn.
Manager: Ann Curtin

Columbus, Ga.
Manager: Walt Trussell

34-20

14U Advanced

Alpharetta, Ga.
Manager: Adriana Bhole

Mooresville, N.C.
Manager: Alva Bates

155-38 in round robin

14U Intermediate

Weddington, N.C.
Managers:
Dwayne Thomas/
Paresh Vasa

Athens, Ga.
Manager: Georgia Horsley

34-27

12U Advanced

Augusta, Ga.

Manager: Lisa Duckworth

Columbus, Ga.
Manager: Petra Gordon

156-47 in round robin

12U Intermediate

Wilmington, N.C.
Manager: Molly Molony

Alpharetta, Ga.

Manager: Natacha Gerard

39-13

10U Advanced

Jonesboro, Ark.
Manager: Kris Richardson

Atlanta
Manager: Susie Cobb

119-95 in round robin

10U Intermediate

Wilmington, N.C.
Manager: Jon Ingham

Louisville, Ky.
Manager: Rodney Chou

33-20

 

Competition ran from Friday, Aug. 19 through Sunday, Aug. 21 at the Copeland-Cox Mobile Tennis Center, known as the world’s largest public tennis facility with 60 courts.
 

Teams represented the nine states in USTA Southern, by far the largest of the 17 sections in the country.

 

Approximately 33,000 or 42 percent of all Jr. Team Tennis players in the nation play in the Southern Section. The section has 62 percent of the 10 and under players.

 

Teams play boys’ singles, girls’ singles, boys’ doubles, girls’ doubles and mixed doubles in each match. Advanced players are NTRP 3.5 and above. Intermediate players are NTRP 3.0 or below. All advanced levels were decided by round-robin play.

  

National championships will be played in Surprise, Ariz. with the 14s competing Oct. 20-23 and the 18s competing Oct. 27-30.