Ketza tops tied squash season-ender with points scored
It came down to a tie, but Ketza managed to squeak ahead of their opponents based on points for and against on Tuesday night.
It came down to a tie, but Ketza managed to squeak ahead of their opponents based on points for and against on Tuesday night.
Ketza have now been crowned the 2009/2010 squash league champs, after a tie match against Assante.
Both teams scored exactly 15 points, which sent the decision down to the individual games played.
The action kicked off with Peter Mather of Assante downing Ketza's Sam Penner.
The games started with a win for Mather, followed by a come-from-behind win from Penner.
Mather came back in the third and the match-up was decided in four games.
Penner earned two points for his team, and Mather got six.
Julien Revel earned the second win for Assante over Steve Fecteau.
The winner was decided in three games with Revel victorious in all. He earned six points for his team, while Fecteau was awarded one.
Tyler Martin flipped things back for Ketza by defeating Assante's Trevor Mead-Robbins in a five-set showdown after losing the first game.
He earned six points for his team, while Mead-Robbins scored two.
Kenji Tatsumi got the final win over Assante in a three-game set against Lori Muir.
Tatsumi won all three by a margin of at least five points to earn the full six points for Ketza. Muir scored one point for Assante.
The two teams were dead-locked at 15 and the tie-breaker was decided based on Ketza's 181 points scored, compared to 171 for Assante.
Third place was also decided on Tuesday night.
Kilrich topped Pizza Hut despite two split default wins.
Chris Cullingham won six points for Pizza Hut against Phil Jackson of Kilrich in a set that went the full five games to decide.
The final game was pushed well over 15 points, with Cullingham finally getting a win 20-18 over Jackson.
Cullingham earned six points for the win, and Jackson was awarded three.
Adam Sippell earned six points for Kilrich in a three-game contest against Pizza Hut substitute Tyler Nesgaard, who was standing in for Jeff Seaman.
Sippell won all three matches, 15-4, 15-10, 15-5 over Nesgaard.
The final two matches were decided by default, with five points earned for Kilrich and six for Pizza Hut.
Kilrich earned third place overall, and Pizza Hut was pushed to fourth.
The league will celebrate the season with a pizza party on Friday, starting at 7 p.m. at Pizza Hut.
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