Hail Mary--

Not to get all Catholic on you (I do teach at Loyola, after all) but Mary is our only hope for avoiding the bagel against Zylberberg. They brought out their best players today, and while our singles players did/are doing really well, the doubles teams, esp. #2 & #3, got ... I hate to use the word, but ... the word is, KILLED. Scores thus far:

#1D: Laura & Wendy did not get killed, but were beaten by Kristen Burger & Cam Deline, 6-3, 6-2

#2D: Donna & Katharine lost to Karen Cigrang & Key Wagner, 6-1 6-1

#3D: Jean & Joy lost to Mary Carter and Heather Kuchta, 6-1 6-0

#1S: Gayle lost in the 3rd set tiebreaker to Karen Regan, 1-6, 6-4, 0-1 (3-10). 

#2S: Mary has split sets with Lauren Hurlbrink, 6-2 4-6 -- had to stop play due to running out of court time and scheduled to finish tomorrow. Stay tuned!

I looked up these players in Tennislink and they are very good players for Zylberberg. I wish we had gotten more games, but take comfort in the obvious threat we posed for last year's league winners, since they brought out their best players. Good effort, everyone! And ... on the "constructive criticism" side, I think this loss shows us that we have things to work on, so I hope to see a lot of you at practice on Sunday. It looks to be nice, if chilly in the morning, so let's plan to start at 10 AM. As usual, let me know if you plan to come so that I can contact you if it rains (wait ... has it been raining lately? No way!).

Tough loss today, but send strong, winning thoughts Mary's way to propel her to the W. Every match matters! --Jean