2008 USTA MIDATLANTIC YEARBOOK Final.pub - USTA.com

USTA NATIONAL SENIOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Montgomery County 9.0 Senior Mixed National Finalists: Francis
Kreysa, Debbie Cafferty, David Wendt, Heidi Clemmer, Bill Rublee, Sol
Lopez, and Captain Gary Lyst.
Maryland National Finalists
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL.—The Mid-Atlantic team from Montgomery
County, MD, finished second after falling to Southern
(Louisiana) 2-1 at the 9.0 Chrysler USTA National Eastern Senior
Mixed Doubles Championships held at Sanlando Park.
Captain Gary Lyst led the Mid-Atlantic champs by going undefeated
with a 2-0 record.
Maryland beat Florida and Southern (Mississippi) 2-1 before falling to
Louisiana’s Southern in a battle of unbeatens.
Other players are Francis Kreysa, Debbie Cafferty, David Wendt, Sol
Lopez, Susan Lyst, John Raaf, Patricia Stewart, Robert Finney, John
Reinhard, Suzanne Parrott, Heidi Clemmer, and Bill Rublee.
MD 3.5 Women Finish 3rd
National Standouts: (L-R) Jennefer Garcia, Terry Martin,
Marmar Naji, Denise Ferrenz, Captain Mark Wallendjack,
Emma Lee, Elizabeth Lynch, Terry Childs, Terri Fepelstein
and Toshiko Hino.
TUCSON, AZ—Led by Jennefer Garcia, who went
undefeated at districts, sectionals, and nationals, the
Bethesda women’s team finished third at the Chrysler
3.5 Senior USTA League National Championships.
The Mid-Atlantic champs lost a 2-1 match to the Midwest,
the eventual runners-up, in the semifinals 2-1.
Before that, it went unbeaten in its flight by beating
Florida 3-0, and the Missouri Valley and Pacific Northwest
2-1.
Other players are Lauren Greenberger, Jan Brito, Fiona
Carson, Susan Neaman, Pam Barkley, Julie White, and
Jill Lucas.
Virginia 4.0 Men 4th
TUCSON, AZ—The Virginia
Beach men’s team, the USTA
Mid-Atlantic champs, finished
fourth at the Chrysler
4.0 USTA Senior League
National Championships held
at the Randolph Tennis Center.
Virginia dropped a 2-1 decision
to Southern, the eventual
runner-up, in the semifinals.
They dropped a 2-1 nailbiter
to Pacific Northwest in
the third-place match.
The Mid-Atlantic team
went unbeaten in its flight by
topping Southern Cal 2-1,
Intermountain 3-0, Hawaii 2-
1, and the Caribbean 3-0.
Other team members are
Toby Leffel and Phil Meadows.
Virginia Beach 2nd
3.5 Senior National Finalists: (L-R) Chuck Phillips, John
Demosthenes, James Laster, Captain Michael Aschkenas,
Robert Gompers, Ed Flanders, and Glenwood Morris.
The Virginia Beach men’s team, representing the USTA
Mid-Atlantic Section, finished second at the Chrysler 3.5
Senior USTA League National Championships.
Virginia’s John Demosthenes and Ed Flanders won in a
third-set tiebreaker at No. 2 doubles for the team’s only
victory against champion Northern California.
Earlier in the day, the Mid-Atlantic team defeated
Southwest 3-0 in the semifinals.
Despite falling to New England 2-1, the Mid-Atlantic
champs won its flight after both teams had identical 2-1
records.
Virginia whipped Florida 3-0 and Pacific Northwest 3-
0.
John Demosthenes and Ed Flanders went unbeaten in
all five of their matches.
National Semifinals: (Front, L-R) Richard Stevens
(Captain), Grey Folkes, Mike Sullivan, and Doug
Atkins. (Back) Roy Loehr, Robert Goode, Dave Cullen,
Marcus Crawford, and Robin Yost.
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