Midtown-Palatine NCW4.0-4.5 Singles Champions L-R: Jennifer Lenahan, Sue Levy (captain), Sylvia Nelson, Kristin Lueken

You can never count out a team who is in …6th place? With two more matches before the playoffs, Midtown-Palatine was in 6th place. But the lineup they used in their last 2 matches prior to the playoffs, and into the playoffs and into the finals was the lineup they needed to edge out their sister club Midtown-Bannockburn 2. On court 1 MTB’s Karyn Sardar played against MTP’s Kristin Lueken and won the 1st set in a tie-breaker 7-6(2), lost some momentum in the 2nd set 2-6, but regrouped to win the match tie-breaker 10-8. MTP’s Jennifer Lenahan didn’t let up on MTB’s Narissa Breger and won 6-1, 6-2. On court 3, MTP’s Sylvia Nelson took on MTB’s Lisa Aronson. Lisa was up in the 1st set but Sylvia found a way to get past her and won 6-4, 6-0. On court 4, MTB’s Deann Zoghlin won 6-1, 6-3 against MTP’s Sue Levy. It was the 3 set match on court 1 which gave the win to Midtown-Palatine who won 5-4 in sets. (Not pictured in the photo above from Midtown-Palatine: Donna Beechick, Allison Biergans, Eileen Felicelli, Debbie Lancaster, Carrie Lynch, Karen Majerczak, Basia Mielnik, Jodie Shield, Kitty Swanson, Shelley Szela)