LIPTL Caps Off 2010 Season

Piping Rock upsets The Creek to win 2010 George Seewagen Trophy

August 31, 2010 | By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
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The Long Island Professional Tennis League’s (LIPTL) 2010 Championship came down to a very exciting and dramatic showdown as The Creek Club and Piping Rock Club squared off in their second match at Piping Rock.

The Creek Club had already defeated Piping Rock at home, but still needed a victory to ensure a second championship season. With The Creek having been upset in the first match of the season at North Hills Country Club, The Creek needed to give Piping Rock a second loss to keep the League’s George Seewagen Trophy.

"The LIPTL was a very big success this year," said Pine Hollow Coach and Tennis Director Butch Seewagen. "We are looking forward to an equally good year next season. There has already been talk of expansion to Suffolk County with a Long Island Championship match between the two county champs."

More than 150 spectators witnessed some tennis that Larry Hilbert, Piping Rock’s director of tennis said, “could not have imagined a higher or more exciting level.”

Piping Rock set the tone early, by winning the opening women’s singles match. Piping Rock’s Natasha Marks, a former number one-ranked player from England, reversed an earlier loss and defeated The Creek Club’s Bulgarian star Victoria Konstantinova, 6-2. Former number one-ranked Greek player and The Creek Club’s star player Vasillis Mazarakis quickly evened things up by defeating Piping’s Australian star David McNamara, 6-3.

The excitement rose as Piping Rock’s home crowd rooted the mixed duo of Marks & McNamara to a win over The Creek Club’s Mazarakis & Konstantinova, 6-3.

With the victory Piping Rock was crowned 2010 LIPTL Champion!

Many Long Island juniors tennis players got a taste of the LIPTL during its 2010 season, playing for the area’s various county clubs, including Blair Seiderman, Julia Elbaba and Jennifer Kellner. Darrin Cohen from Sportime Kings Park also participated as did former Long Island junior player Jason Morganstern.

Two of the LIPTL’s major sponsors during the 2010 season were Cablevision and U.S. Business Technologies (USBT).

“USBT is all about being involved and being local,” said Andrew Napoli, chief executive officer of USBT. “We are proud sponsors of the Long Island Professional Tennis League and make every attempt to support our community. From a business perspective, we have joined the Optimum Business Benefits program that Cablevision created specifically to help small businesses in our community by offering special offers and discounts to qualified Optimum Business customers. We feel it’s a winning combination."

LIPTL 2010 Final Season Standings

Club Win-Loss
Piping Rock Club 5-1
The Creek Club 5-2
North Hills Country Club 3-3
Pine Hollow Country Club 1-5

 

LIPTL 2010 Results

June 18 North Hills defeats The Creek 18-10
June 19 Piping Rock defeats Pine Hollow 18-9
June 26 Piping Rock defeats North Hills 15-11
June 27 Piping Rock defeats Pine Hollow 16-14
July 9 The Creek defeats Piping Rock 17-11
July 11 The Creek defeats Pine Hollow 17-12
July 16 The Creek defeats North Hills 18-11
July 23 The Creek defeats Pine Hollow 18-9
July 30 Piping Rock defeats The Creek 15-11
August 1 Noth Hills defeats Pine Hollow 18-9
August 4 Piping Rock defeats North Hills 18-11
August 6 Pine Hollow defeats North Hills 16-14

 


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