4th Place Finish at Mary Washington Invitational

Post date: Oct 14, 2012 1:11:38 AM

Last weekend (October 6-7), Maryland Club Tennis competed at the Mary Washington Invitational held at the University of Mary Washington's award-winning Battleground Athletic Complex. Saturday's team of Ashwin Ravi, Stephen Dessel, Justin Lui, Tiffany Lin, and Sarah Bernstein led the Terps to Sunday's Gold Bracket with successive victories over James Madison, Richmond A, and Richmond B. Sunday's Gold bracket would see the top 4 teams of Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth, George Washington, and Maryland duke it out for the trophy.

On Sunday, rain showers forced play indoors and matches were abbreviated to 4-game sets. Maryland's Sunday team of Tommy Hibbs, Justin Lui, Sarah Bernstein, and Tara Lewis took on George Washington in their semifinal. Tommy and Justin started off strong in doubles with a 4-1 win, but due to an injury on the girl's side, the Terps were forced to forfeit the girl's singles rubber and were down 8 games going into the deciding mixed doubles match. The Terps gave it their all and brought the match to overtime, but the deficit was too large to overcome and the Terps would be defeated. Maryland then took on Virginia Commonwealth in a consolation match and would finish 4th overall.

Thanks to all the players who competed, we hope you had fun!