The last time Lakeshore played against Midtown-Chicago on 1/24/14, Midtown-Chicago edged out Lakeshore 9.5-8.5. Looking at the mini-playoff scores from their match on 4/25, it seems as if every court was closely matched up. On court 1, LSSF’s Gwen Pontikes and Beth Herman played against MTC’s Cheryl Imo and Sophia Naiditu winning the first set in a tie-breaker 7-6(6), 6-3, 1-4. On court 2, LSSF’s Nanacy Gaspadarek and Hilary Bruce won against MTC’s Autumn Barrett and Laurie Gillman 6-4, 6-3, 3-3. On court 3, it was a battle. MTC’s Mary Jo Schuler and LorRonda Miller won the 1st set 7-5 against MTC’s Tina Chang and Lisa Hillstrom but lost the 2nd set 4-6. The 3rd set was a tie at 5-5. Wow! On court 4, LSSF’s Emily Emmerman and Lisa Gregg gathered steam against MTC’s Corinne Pinsof-Kaplan and Becky Bohn winning 7-5, 6-3, 5-0. On court 5, another battle took place. MTC’s Kristina Hilb and Colette Kelsey won the 1st set in a tie-breaker 7-6(3) against LSSF’s Marta Bonner and Joanne Blankstein, but lost the 2nd set 6-4. The 3rd set was a tie at 2-2. Another Wow! On court 6, MTC’s Claire Perry and Robin Segesta won against LSSF’s Audrey Stoval and Judy Piccione 6-4, 7-5, 1-1. The total points from the mini-playoff…Lakeshore 11 – Midtown-Chicago 7. Congratulations to both teams!