After winning the USTA Northern Arizona Region, Flagstaff’s 55-and-Over Women’s Tennis Team competed this past weekend (9/10-9/12) in the USTA Southwest Sectional Tournament in El Paso, Texas. USTA’s Southwest Section includes the following Regions: Central Arizona, Southern New Mexico, Southern Arizona, Northern New Mexico, Greater El Paso, and Northern Arizona. 

Twenty-three teams from the six regions competed for a spot at the Southwest Sectionals. Flagstaff’s 11-member team is among the smallest in the Southwest Section. (Two Flagstaff team members were unable to attend Sectionals.) Playing some of their best tennis, our Flagstaff team placed Second among the six Regions to Central Arizona, missing by just one match the opportunity to proceed to Nationals. Considering how small our team and region are compared to the others, the Flagstaff team considers it quite an accomplishment to have made it so far.

Many USTA Regions have the luxury of selecting top players from a large metro area to represent them in Sectionals.  However, our Flagstaff Team has consistently played the same eleven members for several years, and every year the team has scored more wins.  Congratulations to all for a job well done.

Pictured in Photo, left to right: 
Top row:  Tandy Ball, Jean Brown (Captain), Tracy Schweitzer. 
Bottom row: Jenny Gamora Garcia, Yuriko Smith, Cindy Weick and Allison Caputo. 
Not pictured: Hattie Braun and Nita Hiltner. 

Also not pictured are Flagstaff team members Kristen Amodt and Vanessa Scheu who were unable to attend Sectionals.