Junior Team Tennis Northern Wins Title

Life Time Bloomington South, a USTA Northern Junior Team Tennis squad, brought home the title at the 2018 USTA JTT National Championships in Orlando this weekend.

Two USTA Northern 18U teams participated in the event: Life Time St. Louis Park represented USTA Northern in the 18U Advanced division while Life Time Bloomington South represented the section in the 18U Intermediate division.

Bloomington South went 3-0 in Flight B before notching wins over Mid-Atlantic and Texas in the National Championship playoff bracket. The championship weekend started with a routine win over New England Friday morning before a stiffer test from Eastern later in the day. Bloomington South finished its unbeaten performance in the flight with a win over Northern California on Saturday, moving them into the National Championship playoff bracket.

Later Saturday, Bloomington South won a tight match over Mid-Atlantic before defeating Texas on Sunday to capture the title.

Bloomington South

Coach: Spencer Jones

Aaron Walker

Allison Agerland

Benjamin Anderson

Benjamin Schriner

Brendon Sebring

Cole Weitzel

Jack Ouyang

Jessica Ip

John Bartholet

Lexi Bauman

Luke Wyly

Maggie Buechler

Nicolette Keller

St. Louis Park also went 3-0 in flight play, advancing to the National Championship playoff bracket in the 18U Advanced division following wins over Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southwest. They were knocked out of the playoff bracket by a different Midwest team who would ultimately take second place. St. Louis Park lost a tight match against Southern for third place.

In addition to a fourth-place finish, St. Louis Park had a member of their team selected to receive a sportsmanship award. Congratulations to Andrea Jansson on winning the award!

St. Louis Park

Coach: Brian McCoy

Andrea Jansson

Bjorn Swenson

Cade Pfeiffer

John Kasner

Racquel Fhima

Samantha Van Ert

Sourabh Terakanambi