Melvin earns 1st ACC Win

Congratulations to Jeffrey Melvin who got his 1st ACC win for Boston College in Doubles on Friday over Georgia Tech 8-6.  This was the teams only victory against Tech.  He also won in singles versus Assumption and Southern New Hampshire. On Sunday Jeffrey got to compete against the nation’s number 1 recruit and Boys 18s National Champion Collin Altamarino and Luca Corinteli from UVA.  …

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USTA National Spring Team Championships

Congratulations to Robert Cash for competing at the USTA National Spring Team Championships in Mobile, Alabama last week. Unfortunately the event had to deal with rain every day and shorten the format.  Robert played #1 for his team the Broncos. Zootennis article Tennisrecruiting.com article  

RCC’s own Jeff Deibel article from the Lantern

Jeff Deibel has strung racquets at Ohio State since coach Ty Tucker played for the Buckeyes February 18, 2015  Adrienne Robbins  robbins.254@osu.edu Ohio State’s tennis teams go through an estimated 1,600 racquet strings a year and someone has to be there to make sure the racquets are restrung for practice, matches and tournaments. Jeff Deibel has been stringing racquets at OSU for 35 years and…

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Midwest Level 4 Championships

Congratulations to Maddie Atway, Jordan Phelps and Trevor Ball for reaching the finals and semifinals of the Midwest Level 4 Championships last weekend. Atway reached the Girls 12s final in the Midwest East Level 4 Championships in Dayton, defeating the 2 and 4 seeds.  Madison Spiess also reached the Consolation Finals, winning 3 matches and defeating the 3 and 7 seeds. Jordan Phelps got 3rd…

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Midwest Level 4

Congratulations to Trevor Ball who reached the Consolation Finals of the Boys 14s Midwest Level 4 Championships last weekend in Cincinnati. Trevor was unseeded and beat the 8 and 4 seeds.

Universal Tennis Rating Midwest Pilot Program

USTA Midwest is starting a pilot program of integrating UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) into the selection and seeding of players at specific Midwest junior tournaments.  Information on the program is here and includes. • All USTA/Midwest Level 1, 2, and 3 tournaments will seed the top four players in a 64-draw using UTR. In a 128-draw tournament, the top eight seeds will be seeded using…

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USTA Regional 3rd Place

Congratulations to Alex Cash for getting 3rd place in doubles with Emily Casati at the USTA Regional Girls 16s in Spring, Texas.  

Melvin Wins in Singles and Doubles versus Hartford

Congratulations to Jeffrey Melvin who was victorious at 2 doubles and 6 singles in Boston College’s 7-0 victory over Hartford last Saturday.  

Midwest Level 4 Champion / Semifinalist

Congratulations to Griffin Biernat for winning the Boys 12s Midwest Level 4 Championships last weekend in Clarkston Michigan.  He came back in the finals to win in a 3rd set tiebreaker. Congratulations to Madison Spiess for reaching the semifinals of the Girls 12s Midwest Level 4 Championships last weekend in Akron.  

Midwest Designated Champion

The Racquet Club will host a 10 and Under Orange and Green Ball Earned Advancement Tournament this weekend.  The deadline to apply is Wednesday night. Green Ball will start on Friday night. Orange Ball will be on Saturday evening. More information about the Earned Advancement process is here