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Boasters League round 2~

 

The New Year hangover seems to be lingering as players still haven’t found their stride. The way things are trending after 2 rounds of the league, we’ll have a very low percentage of matches completed compared to the first half. Just to give you an idea, The Nicker Ballers are leading the ‘sluggish’ charge with 49 points which would have been good for just 5^th place after 2 rounds in the first half. I’m sure things will pick up significantly as everyone will want to sharpen up their skills for the upcoming Classic, Farris Cup, and Club Championships, but that moment couldn’t come too soon.

Biggest point getter this week was Vivio’s with 30 which moved them from 8^th to 3^rd… sounds like a huge move but in reality they were only 5 points off 3^rd anyway. Six of the teams picked up at least 24 points for the week, so there wasn’t any significant shaking up of the standings. Wardogs have given themselves an uphill battle early picking up only 7 points and Mongoose didn’t help their status either even though they had the bye week and managed only 1 point in makeup matches.

A couple individual on court results were rather eye-brow raising this week. It shows that just because someone is ranked higher than you, the result is not a foregone conclusion. In one of the biggest upsets of the season, Fred Fordon (Nick at Night) shocked the squash community with a 2-1 win over Jed Elley (Vivio’s). Two of those games were 15-14 I believe, and from the few rallies I witnessed of the match, Fred really, really worked hard for that win! Jed is ranked 120 points higher than Fred and it was Jed’s first loss since the club championship final last May.

Another ‘major’ upset of the week was Sante Fratarcangeli (Butter Nutz) taking down Robin Basil (Winky-Dinks) 2-1. Robin is (was) over 200 points higher on the ranking, so it does prove to all of us that anything can (and clearly) does happen. It’s why you play! But that wasn’t the biggest upset either. That honor goes to Ryan MacVoy (Vivio’s). He made a statement winning 2-1 over John Roarty (Nick at Night) - the difference in their rankings is (was) over 300 points! Sporty HQ still hasn’t calculated the new rankings of these as of this morning, it’s probably not used to dealing with such unpredictable results!

Round 3 see the Vivio’s with the bye so their short-lived momentum will come to an abrupt halt. There are a ton of makeup matches to be done already, there are still a ton of players that haven’t even picked up any points at all yet, but there isn’t a ton of time to waste. Courts need filling and games need playing, and matches need winning. Go.