The finals were played on Friday.... the weather was good and we had a great crowd to watch Marty/Matt take on the tourney's top seed Andrew / TJ. The match lived up to the hype!!! Marty and Andrew were exchanging wicked serves and killer drives and TJ and Matt were doing a good job chasing the ball down....with great digs and good volleys they did their best to keep the pro's some what off balance. The first set went to Matt/Marty 6-4......on one point, with Marty calling for all the overheads and Matt trying to give Marty plenty of room, the communication broke down...Matt cut left at the net and Marty going back to hit a deep lob overhead bombed one off the back of Matt's head!! The second set went to a tie breaker with Andrew and TJ holding on to win 8-6.....The crowd was thrilled as the match was way to exciting to see it end in two sets!!
The third set did not disappoint the rowdy crowd...long points...big serves and some incredible digs had the fans cheering for more and they got what they wanted a third set tie-break! The fans thought that Marty/Matt would have the edge as TJ's face was starting to turn that delicate shade of purple he displayed in the semi's...things were tied up at three a piece when Marty Jr. and his three sisters decided they had seen enough and kicked in the side door and marched on the court demanding their fathers attention....Mom moved in quickly and order was restored...the break was enough for TJ/Andrew to get a quick blow and rallied to take the set and match 8-6...Great Job guys it was fun to watch.I would like to thank Ryan and Marty for helping to put this event together!! We tried to make this as fun and competitive as possible and I believe we accomplished both. Stay tuned for more of this in the fall as our goal is to sign up a minimum of 200 members!!Pagey
