MIDDLEBURY - Twelve members of the Middlebury Rackettes, a USTA adult
women's 3.5 team that plays out of the Middlebury Racquet Club, advanced to
the New England District Championships, played August 6-8 in Portsmouth, N.H.
The team won two of its three matches in the tournament, taking the
runner-up position in its flight, losing 2-3 to another team from
Connecticut.
The first-year team of 19 local players was number one in its flight in
the Southern Connecticut Summer League, with a record of 11 team wins and 3
losses, and the most individual wins, 48, over all teams in the three
southern Connecticut flights.
J udi Platt of Woodbury is captain. The team is coached by tennis pro Val Stoiana of Southbury. |