Fremont Tennis Association

Nicholas Eker and Lexie Zoucha of Fremont teamed up to win the NTRP 8.0 mixed doubles title at the Centre Court-KFC-Pinnacle Bank Fremont Adult Open held June 22-24, 2012, at the Fremont High Tennis courts.

In the final match on Sunday, Eker and Zoucha defeated Jennifer Allison of Bellevue and Tim Dunning of Omaha 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 for the title. On Saturday, they had defeated Renate Mark and Jon Rohloff, both of Fremont, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 in the semifinals.

Several other Fremont area players participated in the Fremont Open.

Luke Prescott played in the Men’s Open Singles, losing to Vince VanDyke 6-1, 6-1 in round one, then losing to Justin Brinkman of Lincoln 6-1, 6-1 in the consolation semifinals.

Lexie Zoucha also played in the women’s Open Singles division, losing to Hannah Higgins of Lincoln 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 in round one, then going 3-6, 6-4, 4-4 with Katherine Krueger of Omaha before withdrawing due to illness.

Erica Dickmeyer teamed up with Lexie Zoucha in the 4.0 Open Doubles, losing the opening round to Elin Smith Of Mount Vernon, Ohio and Anne Yust of Alabama 6-0, 6-2. Smith and Yust ended up winning the open doubles division.

Chris Westergaard entered the Men’s 4.0 singles, defeating Michael Pivovar of Omaha 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in round one, then losing to the eventual 4.0 champion Rick Hansen of Council Bluffs, IA 6-4, 6-2.

Mark Leahy and Chris Westergaard teamed up, as did Mike Willman and Mostafa Jamshidi of Lincoln, as well as Brian Mark and Jon Roholoff, for the 4.0 Men’s doubles. Mark and Chris lost to eventual 4.0 champions, Eddie Flood and H.D. Osborne of Omaha in round one 6-1, 6-4. Mike and Mostafa won round one against Jonathan Jameson of LaVista and Rodney Spence of Omaha, 6-1, 6-0, and then lost to Jonathan Holtz of Elkhorn and Brian Kounovsky of Omaha 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-5. Brian and Jon won their first round match 6-3, 7-5 against John Blackhawk and Steven Stolen, both of Sioux City, IA 6-3, 7-5, then lost to eventual champions Flood-Osborne 6-0, 6-0.

Ed Kirkwood and Dana Mark played in the Men’s 3.5 singles. Ed lost to Robert McGovern of Omaha 6-3, 6-3 in round one, then to Michael Martin of Marquette, NE 6-1, 6-1 in the consolation semifinals. Dana defeated Jerry Pivovar of Omaha 6-3, 6-3 in round one, then lost to Steven Stolen of Sioux City, IA 6-0, 6-1 in the next round.

In Women’s 3.5 singles, Dipal Patel lost to Joni Woodruff of Omaha 6-1, 6-0 in the only match played in that division.

Joshua Sammons played in the Men’s 3.0 singles, where he dropped two matches in round robin play, to Haibo Huang of Omaha 6-1, 6-1, and Rodney Spence of Omaha 6-0, 6-4.

Ed Kirkwood and Dipal Patel teamed up in the 7.0 Mixed Doubles, losing in round robin play to Jerry and Leslie Pivovar of Omaha 6-4, 6-3, and to Robert McGovern and Michelle Roberts of Omaha, 6-0, 6-2.

Jay Kohout played in the Men’s 55 singles. He was defeated by Rick Huetson of Omaha 6-1, 6-1, and by David Irons of Clive, Iowa 6-3, 6-0.

Thanks to all the participants, and to Diana Myers and Justin Bigsby for their leadership in running another great tournament, and to Sarah Bigsby, Amy Ahrens and Mike Willman for their help in the directors booth, as well as any others who helped in any way. And a big thanks to our sponsors, Centre Court, KFC, and Pinnacle Bank.

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Mark Leahy won the Men’s 45 Singles event at the Kubat Pharmacy Omaha Adult Open held at Koch Tennis Center My 25-28. In round-robin play, he defeated Skip Rice 6-1, 6-1, and Brad Miller 7-5, 6-1.

Mark also teamed up with Chris Westergaard to win the Men’s 4.0 doubles. They defeated Robert Harris and Paul Morrison 6-1, 6-3, Dan Hrivnak and Thomas Walker 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-1, and the No. 1 seeds, William Stephens and Clark Thompson 7-6(5), 6-3 in the finals.

Congratulations to Mark and Chris!

Justin Bigsby teamed up with Cassie Krause in the Mixed Open Doubles, They defeated Jacqueline Baude and Joseph Wier 1-6, 6-2, 7-6(3), then lost to the No. 2 seeds, Ron Betts and Kim Miksich 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the semifinals.

Brian Mark and Dana Mark also played in the Men’s 4.0 doubles. They lost in the first round to Jay Bernal and Eric Mooss 6-3, 6-3.

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Renate Mark and Jon Rohloff claimed the Gold Medal honors at the 2011 Cornhusker State Games on Sunday in the 7.0 Mixed Doubles Division.

Playing in less than ideal conditions – air temperature at 100 degrees with high humidity and purple courts raising the on-court temperature to almost illegal limits – they defeated Cathy Nelson and Mark Schwarting of Lincoln in round one of round robin play 7-6, 6-4. In round two, they played against Julie Benes and Stan Benes of Seward. They won the 1st set 6-2, and were up 3-0 when Julie had to retire due to the heat, giving Renate and Jon the title.

Congratulations on a good win and championship honors.

Others Fremont players competing in the Cornhusker State Games included Brian Mark who teamed up with Jon Rohloff in 4.0 Men’s Doubles. They lost in the first round to the eventual champions, Zachary and Doug Tegler of Eagle, 6-3, 6-3.

Dana Mark played in the 4.0 singles event, winning round one by default over Thomas Walker of Omaha. He then lost in round two to the No. 3 seed, Brian Richmeier of Omaha, 6-1, 6-3.

Josh Sammons played in the 3.5 singles event. He was unable to play his first round due to work schedule. That moved him into the consolation bracket where he won round one over Luke Derowitsch by default. He also won round two over Kunal Sharma by default. He then lost in the Semifinals to Kurt Weekly of Lincoln 6-1, 6-1.

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Mark Leahy, the No. 1 seed, brought home the runner-up honors in the 4.0 Men’s singles event at the recent Centre Court-KFC-Sidner Law Office Fremont Adult Open.

In the Quarterfinals, Mark defeated Brad Miller of Omaha 6-4, 6-0, then downed Mark Jackson of Bellevue in the Semifinals 6-0, 7-5. In the Final, he was defeated by No. 2 seed, Kiran Poda of Lincoln in a 3-setter, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.

In the Men’s 4.5 doubles event, Mike Willman of Fremont and Roland Augspurger of Columbus also won runner-up honors. In round robin play, they defeated Ray Montejano of La Vista and Clark Thompson of Omaha in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. In round two, they lost to Jeff Fredricks and Lee Fredricks of Omaha in a 3-setter, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Brian Mark and Dana Mark teamed up in the 4.0 Men’s doubles. They won the semifinals over No. 1 seed, Mark Jackson of Bellevue and Joseph Lopez-Wilson of Omaha by default. They then lost in the Final to No. 2 seed, Ray Montejano of La Vista and Clark Thompson of Omaha, 6-1, 6-3 to also claim runner-up honors.

Thank you to all who participated in the tournament, and a BIG thank you to Diana Meyers and Justin Bigsby and their assistant, Amy Ahrens, for a well run tournament.

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Mark Leahy and Chris Westergaard teamed up to win the 45 Men’s Doubles division at the Centre Court-KFC-Sidner Law Office Fremont Adult Open played June 17-19.

In the semifinals, they defeated Curtis Goebel of Columbus and Rick Spalding of Fremont 6-4, 7-5. In the finals, they won over Roland Augspurger of Columbus and Mike Willman of Fremont in a 3-setter 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, giving them the championship and runner-up honors to Augspurger and Willman.

Doug Hartman of Fremont and Jim Jorgensen of Blair also teamed up in the 45 doubles. They lost to Augspurger and Willman 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals. They then defeated Curt Goebel of Columbus and Rick Spalding of Fremont 7-6(4) 7-6(3) to claim the consolation trophy.

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Brian Mark and Renate Mark teamed up in the 8.0 Combo Mixed Doubles and brought home the championship trouphy at the Centre Court-KFC Sidner Law Office Fremont Adult Open played June 17-19.

In round robin play, Brian and Renate defeated Laura Smidt and Mark Smidt of Keokuk, IA in a 3-setter, 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3. In round two, they had a straight-sets win over Carilyn Garrett and Kunal Sharma of Omaha 6-4, 7-5.

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