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Southern teams win five national USTA League titles
USTA Southern adult teams from Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee were the USTA League national champions in 2023. This is one of the best results for Southern in recent memory.
In addition to five champions, two teams were finalists, two placed third and two placed fourth in USTA League championship competition.
Here are our champions:
- Men's 18 & Over 4.5 from Memphis, Tenn.
- Men's 18s & Over 4.0 from Brookhaven, Ga.
- Mixed 18 & Over 6.0 from Knoxville, Tenn.
- Women's 40 & Over 4.0 from Charlotte, N.C.
- Men's 55 & Over 7.0 from Marietta, Ga.
Gaining second place were:
- Mixed 18s & Over 9.0 from New Orleans
- Men's 40 & Over 3.0 from Peachtree Corners, Ga.
In third place were:
- Women's 40 & Over 3.5 from Nashville, Tenn.
- Men's 55 & Over 8.0 from Acworth, Ga.
In fourth place were:
- Women's 18 & Over 3.5 from Raleigh, N.C.
- Mixed 18 & Over 7.0 from Alpharetta, Ga.
In a final played earlier this year, the Southern 65 & Over Men's 3.0 team out of Raleigh, N.C., captained by Jay Copan, was the national finalist for the 2022 Championship Year.
Champion: Men's 18s 4.5, Memphis, Tenn. (L to R, front row) Stephan Mansour, Gregory Thompson, Brendan Jobe, Tim Whitehorn, Ivan Michelli, Dale Thompson, Rishi Chopra. (L to R, back row) Nick Longsworth, Palmer Jackson, Klaus Schmidt, Tripp Case, Giovanni Plater, Wesley Tolsdorf, Cody Coins
Champion: Women's 40s 4.0, Charlotte, N.C. (L to R) Julie Grahl, Lisa Hill, Amy Guear, Diane Bach, Kimberly Diaz, Rosalyn Kartes, Karen Daniels Lynch, Lauren Mulcahy, Heather Hiteshew and Shannon Horton
Champion: Men's 55s 7.0, Marietta, Ga. (L to R front) Harry Takemura, Mark Gottlieb, Richard Armstrong, Michael Rose, Bill Walton, Scott Holton, C Moss, (back) Gary Waters, Robert Elliott, Aristotle Phan, Pat Kirkpatrick, Charles Oh and Michael Popienko
Champion: Mixed 18s 6.0, Knoxville, Tenn. (L to R) Quinn Epperly, Alex Rush, Walker Moncier, Brittany Epperly, Emily McClenagan, Michael Douglas, Courtney Coleman, Hailey Neds, Trey Ambrose
Champion: Men's 18s 4.0, Brookhaven, Ga. (L to R) Linh Nguyen, Kyle Wade, Michael Cecil, Hector Vera, Jarred Sutton, Yuesheng Qu, Aidan Coleman, John Mills, Alex Miller, Danilo Lobo Dias, S Michael Amerson, Lance Kichler, Brian Galgon, Scott Burton
Finalist: Men's 40s 3.0, Peachtree Corners, Ga.: (L to R) Carlos Llano, Igor Pandozi, Bryan Gorman, Vince Pusateri, Raghesh Nair, Dan Kersting, Bryan Hunt. Not pictured: Captain Alex Ivchenko
Finalist: Mixed 18s 9.0, New Orleans,(L to R) Courtney Ulrich, Dianne Holloway, Teddy Viator, Suzy Bowman, Sunny Logan, (back) Darren Thevenote, Andrew Poole and Eric Hartenstein
Third: Women's 40s 3.5, Nashville, Tenn.
Third: Men's 55s 8.0, Acworth, Ga.
Fourth: Women's 18s 3.5, Raleigh, N.C.
Fourth: Mixed 18s 7.0, Alpharetta, Ga.
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