Durham Team Wins State Tennis Championships

Date: July 6, 2004

Congratulations to Della McDowell’s USA League Tennis team for winning the Women’s 4.0 division at the 2004 USA League Tennis Adult State Championships in Pinehurst. With this win, McDowell’s team has secured a return trip to the USA League Tennis Sectional Championships in Columbia, SC. It will be the teams second time representing North Carolina at the Southern Championships in the last 3 years. That event will be held July 17-25 with teams coming from all 9 states in the Southern Section. The Sectional tournament is the stepping stone to reaching the National Championships.

This year’s State Championships were the largest to date with 114 teams and close to 1500 players. Teams from every corner of the state came to compete for titles.

Members of McDowell’s team (as shown in photo): Diana Denny, Sandy Johnson, Anne Duvoisin, Lynise DeVance, Kathryn Brown, Laura Loehr, Heather Miller, Della McDowell (Capt.), Kathryn Pollak, Karen Mitchell, Angela Allen Not Pictured: Mai McLean, Geeta Subramaniam

The USA League Tennis program is a nationwide program established by the USTA and sponsored by Lincoln. The North Carolina Tennis Association has 12 local leagues across the state, with winners of those local leagues competing in the state championship. Leagues are divided in to skill levels represented by numerical values from 2.5 to 5.0. The format is a team concept where each team match in 3.0-4.5 consists of two singles matches and three doubles matches. In 2.5 and 5.0, matches are made up of one singles and two doubles.

The North Carolina Tennis Association (NCTA) was founded in 1973 and since that time has focused on its singular mission: To promote and develop the game of tennis in North Carolina. For more information on the types of programs and services offered by the NCTA, please visit us at www.nctennis.com.