Mobile had rain during the week, but it cleared out and I believe all tennis was played with no weather issues. Yea!
The top spot went to a 4-0 Northern California team, but after that it got interesting with seven teams tied at 3-1! My simulations said there would be some large ties, but this one was the largest we've seen.
The seven teams were:
- Midwest - 15-5 on courts
- Pacific NW - 14-6
- Middle States - 14-6
- Eastern - 13-7
- Intermountain - 13-7
- Northern - 11-9
- Texas - 9-11
It is pretty amazing a team could be 3-1 with just a 9-11 record on courts, but it happened. Regardless, Midwest advanced as the #2 seed and Pacific NW got the #3 seed over Middle States based on fewer sets lost (13 vs 16). Note that Middle States did win 3 more sets so they had the same sets won/lost differential, but I can live with rewarding fewer sets lost when the differential is the same.
But, with the semi-finalists, who is the pick to win? NorCal is the pick over Middle States, and PNW is the pick over Midwest. This will set up the final with PNW the pick to win.
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