2008 Woodie Awards
C.L Varner Memorial Tennis Tournament Recap
Kim Lyon
Issue date: 10/14/05 Section: Sports
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Last weekend's C.L. Varner Memorial Invitational did not go quite as planned due to a number of team withdrawals. The tennis tournament was scheduled to begin on Friday and conclude on Sunday at the Rollins College Tiedtke and Bert Martin courts along with the use of some nearby Winter Park tennis facilities. which the organizers of the tournament gave up the use for. This later proved to be problematic.
The start of the tournament was ultimately postponed until Saturday because of Friday's storms. As soon as the courts began to dry, another heavy shower fell.
The organizer's were forced to alter the format of the tournament by canceling the doubles back draw, and deciding the singles back draw with pro sets. With players from Barry, Florida Southern, Jacksonville, Nova Southeastern, Stetson, North Florida, UCF, Saint Leo and Rollins all competing in the condensed version of the tournament, it is no surprise that the two sets of Rollins courts were not enough. Many of Saturday's matches began late due to the shortage of tennis courts.
Nevertheless, Rollins had a strong presence in the men's and women's draws with 8 women and 12 men in the singles draws and the equivalent 4 and 6 teams in the doubles draw. Valiant efforts were made by Rollins varsity tennis team members Tasi Purcell and Marnie Mahler, the number 6 and 8 seeds respectively.
In the end, however, it was Barry University's Greta Trotman and Ildiko Csordas that made it to the Flight A final which was to be played on Monday at Barry. In the Flight B singles draw, Becky Gordon and Anna Yakimchenkova, both of UCF, were declared co-champions.
In the women's doubles A draw, the Purcell/Mahler team played well and lost in the semifinals to Stetson's Milovanovic/Levin team which went on to win the draw by default. Similarly, in the B draw, Stetson performed well with its Canady/Leonenko team coming out on top.
In the men's doubles draw A, the Soltane/Sackey team from UCF came out of the tournament victorious. This was expected as they were the top seeded team in the draw. The final match, however, never actually took place. Due to inclement weather conditions, the Gomes/Escallon team, the number 2 seeds from North Florida, defaulted the match to give the UCF duo the win.
Rollins performed better in the men's singles draw than in the doubles draw. Our own Carlos Custodio, the number 4 seed in the tournament, made it to the finals where he faced off against Florida Southern's Miles Koprovica on Monday afternoon.
The start of the tournament was ultimately postponed until Saturday because of Friday's storms. As soon as the courts began to dry, another heavy shower fell.
The organizer's were forced to alter the format of the tournament by canceling the doubles back draw, and deciding the singles back draw with pro sets. With players from Barry, Florida Southern, Jacksonville, Nova Southeastern, Stetson, North Florida, UCF, Saint Leo and Rollins all competing in the condensed version of the tournament, it is no surprise that the two sets of Rollins courts were not enough. Many of Saturday's matches began late due to the shortage of tennis courts.
Nevertheless, Rollins had a strong presence in the men's and women's draws with 8 women and 12 men in the singles draws and the equivalent 4 and 6 teams in the doubles draw. Valiant efforts were made by Rollins varsity tennis team members Tasi Purcell and Marnie Mahler, the number 6 and 8 seeds respectively.
In the end, however, it was Barry University's Greta Trotman and Ildiko Csordas that made it to the Flight A final which was to be played on Monday at Barry. In the Flight B singles draw, Becky Gordon and Anna Yakimchenkova, both of UCF, were declared co-champions.
In the women's doubles A draw, the Purcell/Mahler team played well and lost in the semifinals to Stetson's Milovanovic/Levin team which went on to win the draw by default. Similarly, in the B draw, Stetson performed well with its Canady/Leonenko team coming out on top.
In the men's doubles draw A, the Soltane/Sackey team from UCF came out of the tournament victorious. This was expected as they were the top seeded team in the draw. The final match, however, never actually took place. Due to inclement weather conditions, the Gomes/Escallon team, the number 2 seeds from North Florida, defaulted the match to give the UCF duo the win.
Rollins performed better in the men's singles draw than in the doubles draw. Our own Carlos Custodio, the number 4 seed in the tournament, made it to the finals where he faced off against Florida Southern's Miles Koprovica on Monday afternoon.