Carol Spelman

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Stacey Darling 9th Annual Charity Classic

Marathon match

The woman's 3.5 Finals between Rumi Carl and Jennifer Petrie  vs Susan Kostrinsky and Lisa Taylor was a long 3 set battle played at the Darling residence. And this was after both teams had 2  three set matches the day before. To get to the finals Susan and Lisa played Holly  Bland and Kim Springer (who are sisters, and kim is Michael Springer's wife, he won the 4.5 men's doubles)  The first set went to the sisters 6-7(5) in a tie breaker and the second set went to Susan and Lisa 6-2. The final set was decided in a tie breaker with Lisa and Susan securing their place in the finals match by winning 7-6(3). Rumi and Jennifer got to the finals by defeating Linda  O'Keefe  and Carol Spelman in the semifinals. They lost the first set in a tie breaker, then came back to win the last two sets with less trouble, 6-2, 6-3. And in the finals they won the first set 6-2, lost the second, 4-6 and then won the third in a tie breaker 7-6(6). It could not have been any closer.