The 40 & Over 4.0 women had a three 4-0 teams and a four-way tie at 3-1 for the last spot with Intermountain winning the tie-breaker to join Midwest, NorCal, and Southern in the semis. NorCal and Southern were both solid picks in the simulation, while Midwest and Intermountain were listed as good chance to find their way in.
The 40 & Over 4.0 men had a nice four 4-0 teams advance with Hawaii, Southern, New England, and Midwest. The simulation didn't do so great here, just having Southern and Midwest as contenders. Note that 40 & Over plays 4 courts and there were several 2-2 "wins", one being where had Texas won a set 6-2 instead of 6-4, they would have won and advanced to the semis.
The 40 & Over 3.5 women had three 4-0 teams in Intermountain, NorCal, and Eastern, and then a three-way tie at 3-1 for the last spot with SoCal taking it with the best court record over Florida and Texas. The simulation had two of the teams advancing, and another in the running.
The 40 & Over 3.5 men had two 4-0 teams in Florida and Texas, and then a five-way tie at 3-1 for the last two spots. Southern and Intermountain had the best court records and advanced over Mid-Atlantic, PNW, and Midwest. This was a bit of a bummer of Mid-Atlantic and Midwest as they had two of the tougher schedules, especially compared to Southern. The simulation had three of the four teams as the top-3 picks to advance missing out on just Florida.
The 18 & Over 4.5 women was primed to have a big tie at 3-1 with eight teams at 2-1 going into the final match and had a five-way tie at 3-1 behind a 4-0 Southern. NorCal, Florida, and Mid-Atlantic won the tie-breaker to take the last three spots. The simulation had NorCal and Florida as in with Southern likely in, and Mid-Atlantic as lurking, so a pretty good call.
Last, the 18 & Over 4.5 men had a tidy four 4-0 teams advance with Texas, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and NorCal advancing, but we were one team match away from having a fifth 4-0 team meaning one would have been sent home. The simulation had two of the teams as picks with a third being in the hunt.
Good luck to all tomorrow!
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