Four Counties Excel at Mixed 18 & Over 6.0/7.0/8.0/9.0 Sectional Championships

Florida teams are making their final push for Nationals as USTA Florida hosted the Mixed 18 & Over 6.0/7.0/8.0/9.0 Sectional Championships at the USTA National Campus. 

The event featured top-level competition from across the state, with teams battling for a spot at Nationals. Mixed competitions feature a man and woman teaming up in Doubles matches against one another.  

These champions have now qualified to represent Florida at the 2025 USTA Adult League National Championships in October. Let’s take a look at the teams that will play for a National title this fall! 

Mixed 18 & Over Results: 

6.0 

Championship: Orange County (USTA National Campus) defeated Miami-Dade County (Crandon Park Tennis Center) 2-1 

No. 1 Doubles: Egor Frantsevskiy/Nadezhda Taran (Miami) d. Pauline Peterkin/Don Hill 6-4, 6-1 

No. 2 Doubles: Raul Ibarra Polanco/Pamela Bravo (Orange) d. Alexey Rasskazov/Lisette Trimble 6-3, 6-3 

No. 3 Doubles: James Sheedy/Kara Coggins (Orange) d. Josefa Gommeringer/Alejandro Nicolopulos 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 

Orange County Season Roster: Moe Zogheib (Captain), Brian Macon (Captain), Selen Gokce, James Sheedy, Kara Coggins, Sanetti Neal, Shara Lee, Don Hill, Pauline Peterkin, Pamela Bravo, Ella Simsek, Ramon Alvarez Luna, Jackeline Fonseca Vazquez, Jeremiah Clermont, Patrick Odenwald, Raul Ibarra Polanco, Fulya Demirel Cumbur 

7.0 

Championship: Marion County (Fort King Tennis Center) defeated Miami-Dade County (Crandon Park Tennis Center) 2-1 

No. 1 Doubles: Rebecca Long/Kirit Samayam (Marion) d. Carlos Nicolopulos/Alexa Gillani 6-3, 6-2 

No. 2 Doubles: Mario Rosa/Imari Martinez (Miami) d. Nina Stanton/Peter Grosshans 6-2, 6-3 

No. 3 Doubles: Alex Dorsey/Abigail Dellovade (Marion) d. Alberto Pinzon Rovira/Karen Marshall 6-2, 6-3 

Marion County Season Roster: Lucy Kaul (Captain), Rebecca Long, Daniel Clements, Abigail Dellovade, Kirit Samayam, Nicole DeBolt, Sridhar Sagili, Nina Stanton, Peter Grosshans, Vuday Nandur, Bradley Vickers, Melissa Galloway, Alex Dorsey, Pamela Rice, Paul Rice, Marisa Rodriguez 

8.0 

Championship: Hillsborough County (Tampa Tennis Club at HCC) defeated Pinellas County (Seminole Lake Country Club Tennis) 2-1 

No. 1 Doubles: Jaime Villegas/Ashlen DiCicco (Hills) d. Elizabeth Gerlach/Israel Graveran 6-2, 6-2 

No. 2 Doubles: Ronald DiCicco/Maria Layrisse (Hills) d. Michael Kathary/Monica Barkett 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 

No. 3 Doubles: Andreas Waldthausen/Joanne O Ryan (Pines) d. MacAle Smith/Jennifer Price 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 

Hillsborough County Season Roster: Joe Orsini (Captain), Jaime Villegas, Christina Dausch, Dara Bilardello, Gustav Kemp, Erik Breitenbach, Josh Melton, Jenelle Gallaway, Ronald DiCicco, Ashlen DiCicco, Jennifer Price, Jack Willett, Maria Layrisse, MacAle Smith, Robyn Wallman, Jamie Mckibban, Davis Bilardello, Monica Barkett, Roman Worthan 

9.0 

Championship: Broward County (Lauderdale Tennis Club) defeated Hillsborough County () 3-0 

No. 1 Doubles: Gabriela Castanon/Nelson Vale Perez (Broward) d. Manuel Alvarez/Rikke Kemp 6-1, 5-7, 1-0 

No. 2 Doubles: Alejandro Aller/Sharon Runk (Broward) d. Matthew Schnell/Christina Lund 6-3, 6-3 

No. 3 Doubles: Erick Collazo Fernandez/Tania Teruel (Broward) d. Aly Peterson/Ken Jackson 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 

Broward County Season Roster: Alaina Fotiu-Wojtowicz (Captain), Sharon Runk, Saana Ingram , Janine Burke, Antonio Necuze, Andres Lozano, Nelson Vale Perez, Jonathan Malta, Daniel Oropeza, Claudia Carrera, Gabriela Castanon, Lucia Malta, Camille Naranjo, Erick Collazo Fernandez, Tania Teruel, Alejandro Aller