The Sewell team defeated a team from Cicero, Ind., 4–1 in the semifinals.
The men’s tennis team from Sewell, representing the USTA Middle States Division, was declared national title co-champion due to Sunday’s finals being rained out at the USTA League 40 and Over 4.5+ National Championships held at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala.
The Sewell team was scheduled to play in the championship match against San Jose, Calif. Earlier, the Sewell team defeated a team from Cicero, Ind., 4–1 in the semifinals. They advanced this far by winning their round-robin flight contested Friday and Saturday.
The team is captained by Joe Kramer and features Ed Colfer, Jay Nistad, Jeffrey Hoffmann, Jim Burmester, Joseph Fisicaro, Kenny Koay, Mark Tepes, Michael Sass, Richard D’Alessandro and Will DePietro, and plays at the Cherry Hill Health Racquet Club of Cherry Hill.
Established in 1980, USTA League has grown from 13,000 participants in a few parts of the country in its first year, to over 915,000 players across the nation today, making it the world’s largest recreational tennis league.
USTA League was established to provide adult recreational tennis players throughout the country with the opportunity to compete against players of similar ability levels. Players participate on teams in a league format, which is administered by the USTA through its 17 sections. The league groups players by using six National Tennis Rating Program levels, ranging from 2.5 (entry) to 5.0 (advanced). USTA League is open to any USTA member 18 years of age or older.
The 2017 USTA League season will be the fifth season with the updated structure and format which offers four age categories (adult 18 and older, adult 40 and older, adult 55 and older and mixed 18 and older) to better align participants with players their own age. The Mixed 40 and Older division also celebrated its fourth anniversary. The restructuring guarantees more frequency of play opportunities at more appropriate age groups.
Head Penn Racquet Sports is in its 30th year as official ball of USTA League.
For more information about USTA League or the USTA, visit www.usta.com.
