{"id":2704,"date":"2014-11-12T17:12:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T17:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2014-11-12T17:12:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T17:12:40","slug":"18s-team-tennis-nationals-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/18s-team-tennis-nationals-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"18s Team Tennis Nationals Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the 2nd straight weekend, RCC had a team reach the Final Four of the Junior Team Tennis National Championships. \u00a0The 18s Int team reached the finals last weekend, the best result at Nationals by a Racquet Club team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-46mM3eqN7BI\/VFEXpyJM-bI\/AAAAAAAAHuM\/RAz7ZewQLYs\/s1600\/IMG_0494.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-46mM3eqN7BI%2FVFEXpyJM-bI%2FAAAAAAAAHuM%2FRAz7ZewQLYs%2Fs1600%2FIMG_0494.JPG&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-46mM3eqN7BI\/VFEXpyJM-bI\/AAAAAAAAHuM\/RAz7ZewQLYs\/s1600\/IMG_0494.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The team consisted of Alex Hulka, Shuo Liu, Arjun Venkataraman, Brianna Brdicka, Ashley Weeks and Nicole Holman. \u00a0Amber Lee and Beniva Ganther were also on the team but couldn&#8217;t go.<\/p>\n<p>The team won it&#8217;s 1st match on Friday against New England (Massachusetts), winning 4 out of 5 courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-gloWfH2gXgU\/VFEXMHNaGEI\/AAAAAAAAHt8\/zVEL6pPDZRA\/s1600\/P1100662.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-gloWfH2gXgU%2FVFEXMHNaGEI%2FAAAAAAAAHt8%2FzVEL6pPDZRA%2Fs1600%2FP1100662.JPG&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-gloWfH2gXgU\/VFEXMHNaGEI\/AAAAAAAAHt8\/zVEL6pPDZRA\/s1600\/P1100662.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later that day, the team won against Northern (Wisconsin). \u00a0The team won 3 out of 5 courts, but were very competitive in the 2 losses, and picked up multiple games in singles. \u00a0Alex Hulka, who was competitive in Singles matches all weekend, rebounded from the morning posting a very solid 6-3 6-1 win. \u00a0Ashley Weeks and Nicole Holman lost only one match the whole tournament, which came against Northern, in which they only lost by 2 games 6-5 6-5. \u00a0Boys doubles were also in competitive matches the whole tournament, and improved each match as the tournament went on. \u00a0They lost to Northern, but went 3 tiebreakers. \u00a0Brianna Brdicka won in singles and in mixed doubles with Shuo Liu.<\/p>\n<p>The team swept is final flight match against So Cal, and earned a spot in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vFdxOLeseVE\/VFEYgAn0AHI\/AAAAAAAAHuU\/6ar7mwZx7mY\/s1600\/P1100563.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-vFdxOLeseVE%2FVFEYgAn0AHI%2FAAAAAAAAHuU%2F6ar7mwZx7mY%2Fs1600%2FP1100563.JPG&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vFdxOLeseVE\/VFEYgAn0AHI\/AAAAAAAAHuU\/6ar7mwZx7mY\/s1600\/P1100563.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-bMyBq2QmdhY\/VFEXBYlP37I\/AAAAAAAAHtw\/Dz9V8Y4m0-c\/s1600\/P1100524.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-bMyBq2QmdhY%2FVFEXBYlP37I%2FAAAAAAAAHtw%2FDz9V8Y4m0-c%2Fs1600%2FP1100524.JPG&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-bMyBq2QmdhY\/VFEXBYlP37I\/AAAAAAAAHtw\/Dz9V8Y4m0-c\/s1600\/P1100524.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the semi, the team defeated a strong Mid-Atlantic team from Washington D.C. \u00a0Girls doubles posted a huge 6-1, 6-3 win. \u00a0Alex Hulka lost in a 3rd set, but won by 4 total games, winning the 1st set 6-0. \u00a0Brdicka continued her strong weekend with another big win in singles. \u00a0Shuo Liu went undefeated with Brdicka in mixed doubles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-h3drMV1pF18\/VFEXBJvBwzI\/AAAAAAAAHts\/fjNmM5zeLqI\/s1600\/P1100551.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-h3drMV1pF18%2FVFEXBJvBwzI%2FAAAAAAAAHts%2FfjNmM5zeLqI%2Fs1600%2FP1100551.JPG&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-h3drMV1pF18\/VFEXBJvBwzI\/AAAAAAAAHts\/fjNmM5zeLqI\/s1600\/P1100551.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RCC fell in the Final to a strong Middle States team that had many college players.<\/p>\n<p>Brdicka was very competitive in her only loss of the weekend, losing in two tiebreak sets. \u00a0Girls doubles continued a very strong weekend with a 6-5 6-2 win. \u00a0Venkataraman and Liu at Boys doubles lost 14-12 in the 3rd in probably the most exciting match of the weekend, battling back from 1-5.<\/p>\n<p>The team received a Banner and a plate at the closing ceremonies for reaching the Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Also, from Midwest, Scarborough got 5th place in 18s Adv, losing to the Texas team who won the tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3eTBm-nG-rE\/VFEXXHLdLDI\/AAAAAAAAHuE\/sbhQzxI1Weg\/s1600\/P1100719.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-3eTBm-nG-rE%2FVFEXXHLdLDI%2FAAAAAAAAHuE%2FsbhQzxI1Weg%2Fs1600%2FP1100719.JPG&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3eTBm-nG-rE\/VFEXXHLdLDI\/AAAAAAAAHuE\/sbhQzxI1Weg\/s1600\/P1100719.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 2nd straight weekend, RCC had a team reach the Final Four of the Junior Team Tennis National Championships. \u00a0The 18s Int team reached the finals last weekend, the best result at Nationals by a Racquet Club team. The team consisted of Alex Hulka, Shuo Liu, Arjun Venkataraman, Brianna Brdicka, Ashley Weeks and Nicole [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":false,"list":false,"medium":false,"full":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2705,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704\/revisions\/2705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}