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 5th 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 8th to 3rd…
sounds like a huge move but in reality they were only 5 points off 3rd
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.
