Photo courtesy of USTA NorCal

The Courtside women's 3.5 tennis team won the USTA Northern California championship and earned a berth in the adult league nationals. Team members included (front row, l-r) Rita Kinney, Gail Andrews, Terri Morrison, team captain Liza Maminski, Deanna Watson and Allie Douthit, and (back row, l-r) Marlene Hurrell, Sherry Benz, Elaine McGinnis, coach John Ryan, Faye Pairman and Elaine Sullivan-Digre.

Courtside teams compete in USTA adult nationals

By Dick Sparrer

Two area adult tennis teams carried the Northern California banner to the United States Tennis Association League National tournament last month at Randolph Park in Tucson, Ariz.

Teams from Cupertino and from Courtside in Los Gatos advanced to the 3.5 adult nationals as the NorCal representatives. Cupertino won one of three matches at the nationals, and Courtside won two of three.

Faye Pairman won three straight matches in singles play to lead the Courtside effort at the nationals.

Pairman won 7-5, 6-3 at No. 1 singles to start Courtside on the road to a tight 3-2 win over Portland, Ore. Liza Maminski and Elaine Sullivan teamed for a 1-6, 6-4 (1-0 tiebreaker) win at No. 1 doubles and Terri Morrison and Gail Andrews won 5-7, 6-2 (1-0) at No. 2.

Pairman (6-3, 6-1) and Elaine McGinnis (6-1, 6-1) were singles winners, and the doubles teams of Maminski-Sunnyvale (6-3, 7-5), Morrison-Andrews (6-2, 6-0) and Sharon Benz-Allie Douthit (6-4, 6-0) each won in Courtside's 5-0 victory over Los Angeles.

Pairman's 5-7, 6-3 (1-0) win at No. 1 singles was the lone Courtside triumph in a 4-1 loss to Missoula, Mont.


Photo courtesy of USTA NorCal

The Courtside women's 5.0 tennis team won the USTA Northern California championship and earned a berth in the adult league nationals. Team members included (front row, l-r) Delphine Priest and team captain Erin Green, and (back row, l-r) Judy Hood, Elisabeth Sordyl, Tiffiny Gillingham and Vicki Kanter.




Cupertino nailed a tight 3-2 win over San Juan, Puerto Rico, behind wins by the three doubles teams of Jon Higashinchi-Emil Pisarri (6-7, 6-2, 1-0), Darryl Lee-Michael Lin (6-4, 6-3) and Robert Larocca-Mark Bailey (2-6, 6-4, 1-0).

But Cupertino lost 5-0 to Honolulu and 3-2 to Albuquerque, NM. Derek Sato won 7-5, 4-6 (1-0) at No. 1 singles, and Lin won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 in the loss to New Mexico.


Photo courtesy of USTA NorCal

The Courtside men's 5.5 tennis team won the USTA Northern California championship and earned a berth in the adult league nationals. Team members included (front row, l-r) Doug Nau and team captain David Hilton, and (back row, l-r) Mark Nielsen, John Ryan, Karl Steffen and Bert Okuda.




Silicon Volley, a men's 3.0 team that plays out of the Las Palmas Municipal Courts in Sunnyvale, also made a trip to the nationals after winning a Northern California title.

The local squad posted a 12-0 record in league play, then won three matches at the District III tournament. Silicon VOlley beat Walnut Creek, Danville and Napa at the NorCal sectionals to earn a berth in the nationals.

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