Midtown-Palatine NWW4.5 Green Champions Top row l-r - Van Ann Kim, Suzanne Rich, Dayna Imhoff (captain), Leslie Modelski; Bottom row -Shelley Szela, Kristen Bouchard, Allison Biergans, Linda Zucco.

Midtown-Palatine started the season in first place and ended the season in first place beating Lincolnshire 13-5. Lincolnshire who held the top spot for most of the season wasn’t able to replicate their close win against Midtown-Palatine the last time they played against each other. Lincolnshire’s court 1, Vicki Caputo and Ann Schueneman took all three sets against Midtown-Palatine’s Suzanne Rich and Dayna Imhoff, 6-4, 6-2, 6-0. On Court 2, MTP’s Kristen Bouchard and Allison Biergans beat LINC’s Cena Glaser and Leslie Isaacson 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. On court 4, Linda Zucco and Shelley Szela did not let up against LINC’s Dawn Blain and Barb Haseman. They won 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. On court 4, Eileen Felicelli and Madelon Queenan won, lost, won against LINC’s Missy Frank and Astrid Herod, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. On court 5, MTP’s Anne Collins and Donna Johnson couldn’t finish the 3rd set against LINC’s Maggie Gutkin and Heather Downes but was ahead 6-3, 6-3, 6-6 (4-2). On court 6, MTP’s Rose Alberts and Tomoko Sekigami had a very close match against LINC’s Connie Simpson and Gloria Omohundro, 7-5, 6-4, 2-2. Midtown-Palatine comes away from this mini-playoff as the champions of the NW Women’s 4.5 Green League.