The first 2017 Nationals are in the books, 18 & over 3.5 and 5.0+ teams win championship banners

The first weekend of Nationals is complete, and there are three teams that are going home with championship banners.  Why three?  It appears the 5.0+ men is not complete yet, see below.

The 3.5 women saw Intermountain, Middle States, Pacific Northwest, and Florida win their flights and advance on to the semis, just Florida was a flight favorite going in, and they took the advantage they had and ran with it to take the title with a 3-2 win over PNW and 4-1 against Intermountain.

The 3.5 men's semis had Texas and Northern California as pre-tournament favorites advance, with Middle States and Caribbean as the other two teams.  Texas beat NorCal 3-2, court 3 doubles went their way in a match tie-break, and then won 4-1 in the final.

The 5.0+ levels were the first to be played at the new National Campus in Orlando and for the women, Missouri Valley, Texas, and Mid-Atlantic won their flights and were joined by wildcard Southern in the semis.  Just Texas was among the favorites going in, and they rode that to the title with two 2-1 wins.

The 5.0+ men found Mid-Atlantic, Southern, Intermountain, and Texas make the semis, the latter two among the favorites in my preview, and TennisLink is showing just the semis played with Southern and Intermountain to play the final.  I'll update this blog entry when it shows complete.

I've started the tally of the semi-finalists and winners for 2017 here and will continue to keep it updated.