Day: September 2, 2023

Brewers vs United

United Wins Third Match of Western Split over Brewers United Mixed Doubles Team Rallies Late to Beat Brewers No Matt Kawamoto, no problem. With the Toronto United star player on the shelf with a victory, undrafted 49-year-old Dave Clarke stepped up admirably, with fellow undrafted player Carolina Hack. Together they stunned the Brewers duo of […]
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Smash vs Lions

Smash Clip Lions in Five-Game Sizzler Lions Women Battle Back to Narrowly Beat Smash In a prelude to a hard-fought five-game match, the Montreal Lions women’s doubles team of Kim Layton and Grace Thomas mounted a laudable comeback to narrowly beat East Toronto Smash’s duo Jordann Vigna and Leigh Bradwell, 15-14. The 6’0” Layton asserted […]
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Pronghorns vs Brewers

Brewers Down Pronghorns Again in Four-Game Match Brewers Stun Pronghorns in Mixed Doubles Comeback The last time these two teams met in the Eastern Split, the Southwestern Ontario Brewers escaped with a hard-fought five-game victory. Looking to get this Western Split contest off in the right direction, Matty Stodola and Pam Clarke had to bring […]
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Rollers vs Lions

Lions Coast to Four-Game Triumph Against Rollers Lions Women Rebound to Narrowly Beat Rollers The Rollers, in dire need of a win after two straight opening losses in the Western Split, looked like they might slip past the Lions in this women’s doubles match. Jessica Kawamoto and Emma Li nearly pulled it off, jumping out […]
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Rush vs Smash

Rush Cruise to 4-Game Match Victory over Smash Rush Come Back to Nip Smash in Women’s Doubles While there were some good extended rallies in this first game, the number of unforced errors played a huge factor. The Rush team of Alex Walker and Casey Rodgers overcame an early three-point deficit to barely escape with […]
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Wolverines vs United

Wolverines Triumph in Wild 5-Game Match with United United Mixed Doubles Outduel Wolverines in Thriller This was a battle of Canadian Pickleball heavyweights and in the end United scored the final knockout punch. In a wildly entertaining first game, United’s Matt Kawamoto and Hannah Blatt transitioned well from offense to defense and blasted just enough […]
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Rush vs Brewers

Rush Victorious in Tight Four-Game Match with Brewers Rush Women Complete Comeback in Big Win over Brewers When last these two teams met in the Eastern Split, the Rush women’s doubles team of Casey Rodgers and Alex Walker had to keep Brewers Susan Pound and Christina Chin at bay long enough to win a close […]
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Wolverines vs Smash

Wolverines Overcome Two-Game Deficit to Steal Match Against Smash Smash Women Outlast Wolverines in Classic Barnburner The East Toronto Smash, who lost their first match against the Prairie Pronghorns, wanted to come out flying in this tilt with the West Coast Wolverines. They did, but there were are few periods of turbulence on the way […]
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Rollers vs United

United Defeats Rollers in Tight, Entertaining Match Rollers Finish off United Quickly in Women’s Doubles This was likely not the start that Toronto United – which won its previous match in this Western Split – wanted. The Northern Rollers pair of Jessica Kawamoto and Emma Li made short work of United’s Hannah Blatt and Carolina […]
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Pronghorns vs Lions

Pronghorns Sweep Lions 4-0 Pronghorns Mount Fierce Comeback to Down Lions in Mixed Doubles The Pronghorns mixed doubles team of Brad Chapman and Kim Brent rallied hard to escape with a 15-13 win over Lions Kim Layton and Cam Rich. The game started tamely, until undrafted Rich asserted his shot-making capability, sending a backhand flick […]
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