Oresky, Tacher Win Eighth Straigh
By Brian Coleman
Oresky and Tacher (left) won the Women’s Doubles championship for an eighth straight year
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or the eighth year in a row, Maxine Oresky and Amy Tacher are the winners of the Pine Hollow Country Club Women’s Doubles Championships. The duo defeated Robyn Finn and Randi Fagen 6-3, 7-5 to capture the title and continue their reign. “I think it’s because we’re very positive with each other on the court and we compliment each other’s games very well,” said Oresky. “Amy is an amazing doubles player and I try to follow her lead.” Defending their championship was not an easy task, as Fagen and Finn came ready to play. The challengers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on Oresky and Tacher after an early break of serve to put the pressure on the reigning titlists. “There were definitely some nerves on my part early,” said Tracher. “Maxine was very steady in the first few games which gave me the ability to shed those nerves, and we got back to playing our game.” The two would rally to win six of the next seven games to take the opening set. The second set was back-and-forth and tightly46
In a rematch of last year’s final, Jay Waldhauser and Steve Soifer (right) defeated Ricky Spike and Mike Ferber contested. At 5-6, 40-15, Fagen and Finn were serving to stay in the match when Oresky and Tracher won four straight points to secure the break, win the match and seal their eighth straight title. Tacher would come back later in the weekend and compete in the Women’s
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Singles final against Alli Schwartz. Schwartz defended her crown by way of a 6-3, 6-0 victory. “Overall I think I played pretty well,” said Schwartz. “I trusted myself to hit winners when the time was right and played a strong net game. Winning the first set was huge for
