Maryland Fall Invitational

Post date: Sep 30, 2013 9:27:48 PM

Over the weekend, Maryland Club Tennis held its annual Fall Invitational in which 14 other schools came to battle it out on the tennis courts. Maryland had both an A and B team to give more of our players experience with competitive WTT matchplay.

On Saturday, both UMD teams participated in their round-robin pool matches in order to determine standings for Sunday. While both teams cruised to 2-0 starts, each won an incredibly close third match in a super-tiebreaker. Maryland A's mixed doubles team of Peter Weng and Rena Shi recovered from an 11 game deficit against Pittsburgh, while Maryland B's mixed doubles pair of Michael Liu and Sarah Bernstein saved 6 break points and battled back from a 10 game deficit.

After both teams went 3-0 on the first day, they went into the Gold Bracket on Sunday. Unfortunately, Maryland A lost by 3 games to the eventual champions Virginia Tech in a hardfought match. Meanwhile, Maryland B fought hard to win mixed doubles, but also fell short by 3 games to UPenn. However, the Terps gave their best throughout the weekend and gained valuable experience for the rest of the year.

Thank you to all the players who competed and supported our teams this weekend!

Maryland A

Men:

Peter Weng

Varun Chandran

Oliver Zhao

Brian Huber

James Zhan

Women:

Rena Shi

Carly Brody

Alex Boukhvalova

Brigitte Grewe

Bridget Woolery

Maryland B

Men:

Tommy Hibbs

Jonathan Kau

Michael Liu

Micky Kim

Rohan Bhale

Women:

Linda Quach

Sarah Bernstein

Emmeline Zhu

Becca Ginsberg

Steffani Ma