Twelve teams from USTA Southern have advanced to the national championship round of the largest adult recreational tennis league in the world by winning the 2016 USTA League Adult 18 & Over Southern Sectional Championships played in Mobile, Alabama, July 22-25.
Mississippi followed up with a strong showing in 2015 by taking three championships and having two finalists this year. In this year’s competition Arkansas and North Carolina each had two champions and two finalists. Charlotte, North Carolina, and Hattiesburg, Mississippi, each scored with a champion and a finalist.
Matches were contested at the Copeland-Cox Mobile Tennis Center and the Cottage Hill/Medal of Honor Park. An estimated 1,063 players from 109 teams participated.
Champions and finalists were:
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Level
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Champions
Hometown/Captain
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Finalists
Hometown/Captain
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Men’s 2.5
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Lake Charles, Louisiana
Captain: Justin Kingsley
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No finalist because champion won in
round-robin
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Men’s 3.0
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Atlanta, Georgia
Captain: Chris Rauber
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Jackson, Mississippi
Captain: Kellon Lawrence
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Men’s 3.5
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Jackson, Mississippi
Captain: Conway Craig
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North Little Rock, Arkansas
Captain: Mike Terrell
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Men’s 4.0
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Greenwood, Mississippi
Captain: Jeff Hardin
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Columbia, South Carolina
Captain: David Edwards
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Men’s 4.5
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Norcross, Georgia
Captain: Matt DeWolf
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Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Captain: Michael Haddox
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Men’s 5.0
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Lake Norman, North Carolina (A)
Co-captains: Greg May & Michael Ferrero
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Charlotte, North Carolina (B)
Captain: Tommy Beecher
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Women’s 2.5
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Knoxville, Tennessee (A)
Captain: Lisa Huffman
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Daniel Island, South Carolina
Co-Captains: Heidi Strenck & Ann Harrah
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Women’s 3.0
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Fayetteville, Arkansas
Captain: Judith Boen
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Birmingham, Alabama (B)
Co-captains: Megan Jones & Maggie Hobson
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Women’s 3.5
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Pelham, Alabama
Co-captains: Ashley Raggio &
Michelle Morris
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Brentwood, Tennessee
Co-Captains: Hillary Cooper &
Kimberly Morrison
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Women’s 4.0
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Fort Smith, Arkansas
Co-captains: Lucy Coleman &
Kimberly Simon
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Durham, North Carolina (A)
Captain: Sandra Corpora
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Women’s 4.5
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Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Captain: Christi Foli
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Little Rock, Arkansas
Captain: Marcie Palecek
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Women’s 5.0
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Charlotte, North Carolina
Captain: Tisha Vandemore
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No finalist because champion won in
round-robin
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