River Trails and Midtown-Palatine came into the Men’s 4.5 playoffs as the #1 and 2 team respectively and both of their Men’s 4.0 teams were headed to the finals.  So one might assume the same would happen to their Men’s 4.5 teams but in both cases their dominance was cut short.  River Trails played against North Shore and were tied in matches (3-3), but having North Shore win two of their matches in 2 sets and one match in 3 sets gave them a one set lead over River Trails to get them to the finals.  Midtown-Palatine had the benefit of receiving a default from The Racquet Club of Lake Bluff so they already were ahead 1-0 at the start of the match but RCLB wasn’t about to make it easy for Midtown-Palatine.  Court 5 gave MTP another 2 set win but RCLB countered with a 2 set win on court 2.  Then one by one on courts 1,3 and 4, each of the 3 set matches came off the court as a win for RCLB who won 4-2.  RCLB will play NSRC in the finals at College Park Athletic Club on May 10th at 2pm.