Midwest Level 3 Tournament

Congratulations to Maddie Atway and Robert Cash for reaching the Finals of the Midwest Level 3 tournament.
Maddie made the Finals of the Girls 12s in Cincinnati.  She won the semifinal in 3 sets before losing the final in 3 sets.
Robert made the Finals in the Boys 16s in Dayton.  He played his doubles partner from the Easter Bowl Anand Saluja.

Tournament Results

Congratulations to Kai Britz for winning the U.A. Open Boys 14s.  Osuke Fujita was a finalist.
At the Elysium Boys 12s Compass tournament last weekend, Pavan Uppu won the tournament.  Dean Atway and Jackson Ware finished 3rd and 4th.
Congratulations to Stu Brdicka for winning the Boys 16s at Wickertree and at Elsyium earlier this month.  Connor Biernat won the Boys 18s at Elsyium.

Loyola Invitational

Congratulations to C.J. Cash for competing at the Loyola Invitational and defeating the 1 and 4 players from the team in doubles in the consolation.  The previous weekend they competed at the Villanova Invitational and will be playing at the Lehigh Invitational this weekend.

 Olivia Ott - Record for most doubles wins at Loyola

Midwest Level 3 Midland

RCC had multiple players compete at the Midwest Level 3 Labor Day weekend in Midland.
Among the highlights, Trevor Ball played 6 matches of singles with some good wins and very competitive matches against seeds.
Stuart Brdicka played four very competitive matches in Boys 16s.  Jordan Phelps won the South Draw of Boys 16s, winning the final in a 3rd set tiebreaker.  Colten Clark won 2 rounds in the front draw of Boys 16s including beating the 9 seed.  Robert Cash won the Gold Draw of the 16s, defeating a Blue Chip in the final after dropping the 1st set.

ITA All Academic Award

Congratulations to Jeffrey Melvin from Boston College for receiving an ITA Scholar Athlete award.  To receive this a student athlete must:

Be a varsity letter winner

Have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year

Have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman thorough senior year).

Ball People Needed for Challenger

Ball People are needed for the Columbus ATP Challenger.  The dates are September 19-27.  The training is 6:00 - 7:00 on Monday the 14th and Wednesday the 16th.  A sign up sheet is attached here.

ATP Challenger in Columbus this month

Ohio State will host an ATP Challenger $50,000 event later this month.  Qualifying starts on September 19th, and the main draw will run from the 21st through the 27th.  The event will be held at the Varsity Tennis Center and is free to the public.
The player acceptance list is posted here, and includes Blaz Rola, Chase Buchanan, Jared Donaldson, Tim Smyczek, Austin Kraijicek, Connor Smith, Bjorn Frantangelo and Ryan Harrison.
The schedule is posted on the Ohio State Site.
This should be an exciting event for years to come.

National Doubles Championship

Jack Dabek, Connor Biernat, Robert Cash and Nathan Jose competed at the National Doubles Championships in Winston Salem.
Jack won the 16s Southwest consolation with J.J. Mercer.  Connor competed in the 16s with John Carroll.
Robert and Nathan reached the quarterfinals of the Boys 14s.

He turned pro at 29; now he's in the US Open

Former D3 Player now playing in the US Open

He turned pro at 29; now he's in the US Open