ARARAT B (Homenetmen Glendale Ararat Chapter) defeated Squirtle Squad (Cal State Fullerton) 4-1

Norik Khani defeated Chris Gardner 3-0 (5, 7, 7)
Victor Shahbazian defeated Mitchell Loo 3-1 (5, 5, -9, 9)
Norik Khani/Masood Sadegi defeated Mitchell Loo/Chris Gardner 3-0 (4, 7, 5)
Masood Sadegi lost to Mitchell Loo 1-3 (-9, 8, 7, 7)
Victor Shahbazian defeated Chris Gardner 3-2 (4, 7, -7, -11, 3)

High Five! (Gilbert TTC) defeated Squirtle Squad (Cal State Fullerton) 4-1

Joe Choi defeated Mitchell Loo 3-1 (-8, 9, 9, 9)
Andrew Brigitt defeated Chris Gardner 3-1 (-8, 4, 4, 8)
Leon Bronstein/Joe Choi defeated Tim Chen/Chris Gardner 3-1 (8, 8, -1, 3)
Joe Choi defeated Tim Chen 3-0 (8, 7, 6)
Leon Bronstein lost to Mitchell Loo 0-3 (9, 8, 6)

Orange Crush (Allen & Sons TTC) defeated ARARAT B (Homenetmen Glendale Ararat Chapter) 5-0

Mike Schmidt defeated Garo Yepremian 3-0 (8, 10, 2)
Alexandre Lomaka defeated Victor Shahbazian 3-2 (6, 5, -8, -7, 6)
Mike Schmidt/Nasrin Javaherian defeated Masood Sadegi/Samuel Matossian 3-0 (6, 6, 4)
Ken Gonzales defeated Masood Sadegi 3-0 (6, 7, 5)
Nasrin Javaherian defeated Samuel Matossian 3-2 (11, -4, -5, 5, 7)

Garo Yepremian vs. Mike Schmidt

Mega Hurtz (SPiN Standard) lost to Squirtle Squad (Cal State Fullerton) 2-3

Wing Tam lost to Mitchell Loo 0-3 (1, 7, 8)
Eric Botero defeated Tim Chen 3-2 (10, -9, 8, -6, 8)
Eric Botero/Jaime Fidello lost to Mitchell Loo/Tim Chen 1-3 (5, -9, 7, 9)
Jaime Fidello defeated Tim Chen 3-0 (7, 7, 9)
Eric Botero lost to Mitchell Loo 2-3 (10, -10, -6, 9, 8)

Wing, Eric, Jaime, Mitchell, and Tim

Eric counter-attacks Tim’s loop

We are halfway into the spring season, league excitement is building, and the match intensity is ratcheting up as team contests start to have division title implications.

In the first division, it’s looking like the Grace Lin TTC youngsters can hang with the big boys. While the two-time defending champions, LATTA !st team are in !st place, GLTTC is keeping things close and only sits one team contest back from the leaders.

In the second division, the A pool is having an intense battle and it’s still too early to tell who will come out on top. Song Jeho’s Flip Side and the Bruins of Thousand Oaks are in the best position, but the Oaks and the Westside Hitmen are within striking distance and still have a shot at qualifying for the playoffs.

Things are not quite so close at the top of pool B, where Grace Lin’s team has gone undefeated so far and has already secured a playoff spot. But the fight to be the second playoff qualifier is heating up with Ararat A, Westside’s Johnny and the Rockets and SPiN Standard’s Killawatts all still in contention.

In Division 3, Orange Crush from Allen & Sons narrowly edged Gilbert TTC’s High Five! in their first meeting to move atop the leaderboard. Anticipation is high for the second time they faceoff at Allen and Sons TTC on June 9th as it will likely determine the division title.

It’s been a great debut of the 4th division, started with lots of enthusiasm and already several close 3-2 team contests have been played. Gilbert’s Team Zest seems to hold the edge going into the final stretch of the season. While the ALN eSMASHERS and Team Gilbert may not be able to best Team Zest, both still have a shot at second place.

Tons of emotion and competition to come. Keep track of the season standings here:
http://www.lattf.org/spring-2013-season/

ARARAT B (Homenetmen Glendale Ararat Chapter) lost to High Five! (Gilbert TTC) 2-3

Garo Yepremian lost to Andrew Brigitt 1-3 (4, 9, -8, 6)
Victor Shahbazian defeated Victoria Brigitt 3-2 (-8, -4, 9, 8, 8)
Garo Yepremian/Samuel Matossian lost to Leon Bronstein/Andrew Brigitt 2-3 (-11, -9, 7, 7, 2)
Samuel Matossian defeated Victoria Brigitt 3-0 (7, 4, 4)
Victor Shahbazian lost to Andrew Brigitt 1-3 (9, 3, -12, 7)

ARARAT Team B vs. HIGH Five at ARARAT TTC

Doubles match – Garo and Sam vs. Leon and Andrew

Orange Crush (Allen & Sons TTC) defeated Mega Hurtz (SPiN Standard) 4-1

Mike Schmidt defeated Jaime Fidello 3-1 (9, 1, -9, 4)
Alexandre Lomaka defeated Wing Tam 3-1 (5, 8, -9, 12)
Mike Schmidt/Nasrin Javaherian defeated Jaime Fidello/Wing Tam 3-0 (10, 8, 9)
Mike Schmidt defeated Wing Tam 3-0 (4, 6, 5)
Alexandre Lomaka lost to Jaime Fidello 2-3 (8, -6, 6, -6, 5)

Wing Tam, Jaime Fidello, Mike Schmidt, Nasrin Javaherian, Alex Lomaka

Mike Schmidt (left), Wing Tam (foreground)

ARARAT B (Homenetmen Glendale Ararat Chapter) defeated Mega Hurtz (SPiN Standard) 5-0

Garo Yepremian defeated Chih-Hong Hsieh 3-1 (-8, 5, 7, 12)
Norik Khani defeated Wing Tam 3-1 (-5, 4, 5, 1)
Victor Shahbazian/Norik Khani defeated Chih-Hong Hsieh/Eric Botero 3-1 (6, -10, 9, 10)
Masood Sadegi defeated Jaime Fidello 3-2 (-3, 4, 7, -4, 7)
Samuel Matossian defeated Eric Botero 3-2 (-9, 8, 12, -8, 6)

Mega Hurtz and Ararat B

Samuel Matossian vs. Eric Botero

Squirtle Squad (Cal State Fullerton) lost to ARARAT B (Homenetmen Glendale Ararat Chapter) 0-5

Mitchell Loo lost to Norik Khani 0-3 (9, 5, 4)
Cameron Davis lost to Victor Shahbazian 0-3 (10, 10, 5)
Tim Chen/Cameron Davis lost to Norik Khani/Garo Yepremian 2-3 (8, -8, -8, 9, 5)
Tim Chen lost to Samuel Matossian 0-3 (9, 4, 5, )
Chris Gardner lost to Masood Sadegi 2-3 (8, 6, -9, -9, 6)

Cameron Davis, Tim Chen, Chris Gardner, Mitchel Loo, Garo Yepremian, Samuel Matossian, Norik Khani, Masood Sadegi, Victor Shahbazian

Cameron Davis in action

High Five! (Gilbert TTC) lost to Orange Crush (Allen & Sons TTC) 2-3

Andrew Brigitt defeated Ken Gonzales 3-1 (3, 5, -9, 10)
Victoria Brigitt lost to Mike Schmidt 0-3 (3, 3, 10)
Leon Bronstein/Joe Choi lost to Nasrin Javaherian/Mike Schmidt 0-3 (5, 7, 10)
Andrew Brigitt defeated Mike Schmidt 3-2 (-8, -8, 11, 5, 5)
Leon Bronstein lost to Alexandre Lomaka 0-3 (10, 3, 5)

Orange Crush – High Five

Andrew serving