Last year, Midtown-Chicago had a substantial regular season lead only to lose to Lakeshore in the finals. This year Midtown-Chicago was facing a similar scenario-a substantial regular season lead and their long-time rival Lakeshore in the finals It came down to court 3’s 3 set match. All other matches were dispatched in 2 sets. On court 1, LSSF’s Sara Aldinger/Taylor Wade played a closed match against MTC’s Cheryl Imo/Elizabeth Burns winning 6-4, 6-4. On court 2, LSSF’s Nancy Gaspadarek/Gwen Pontikes played a close 1st set then stretched on the lead against MTC’s Sophia Naiditch/Jill Siegel winning 6-4, 6-1. On court 3, LSSF’s Kristin Davin/Tina Chang won in 3 sets against MTC’s Sarah Rothman/Kristina Hilb but it was the 2nd set win by MTC that gave them the edge when the scores were tallied. LSSF won this match 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. On court 4, MTC’s Colette Kelsey/LorRonda Miller won against LSSF’s Sandy Wang/Hilary Bruce. On court 5, MTC’s Rebecca Bacote/Kathy Rain won against LSSF’s Emily Emmerman/Vina Maniquis 6-2, 6-3. And on court 6, MTC’s Corinne Pinsof-Kaplan/Cheryl Cutinho won against LSSF’s Tina Leopardo/Deirdre Jameson 6-1, 6-3. So while Lakeshore took the top courts and Midtown-Chicago took the bottom courts, it was court 3 that determined the winner by sets. Midtown-Chicago won 3(7)-3(6).