Teams

4S:Love To Play:Ortiz/Giff

2024 SCT Adult 55 & Over Women - Weekend · 7.0 55 & Over Women - 1

16 players · average NTRP 3.25 / SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT

No matches recorded for this roster in this league — it may be a placeholder registration, or the season may not have started.

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Schedule10 played
2024-07-28vs 4S:Slice Girls:Honey/LawtonWon 21
W#1 DoublesChristiane Goldman / Stephanie Mercado vs Jennifer Lawton / Mari Inagami6-2, 6-4
L#2 DoublesCarven Albanese / Janel Downs vs Wendy English / Patricia Rinaldi7-6, 4-6, 1-0
W#3 DoublesJane Lucas / Ruth van Den Nieuwenhuizen vs Leslie Moss / Nancy Meany6-3, 6-4
2024-07-14vs WTC:Simply Smashing:Swanson/CattoLost 12
L#1 DoublesCarven Albanese / Christiane Goldman vs Helene Ginsburg / Anna Schuler3-6, 1-2
W#2 DoublesSally Bednar / Eva Ortiz vs Jennifer Corrado / Tina Reiser6-4, 6-2
L#3 DoublesValerie D'Alexander / Gaynor Luke vs Rovena Juman / Katharine Ashworth3-6, 6-1, 0-1
2024-06-16vs KH:Point Taken:ClarkeWon 21
W#1 DoublesCarven Albanese / Janel Downs vs Marjan Verhelst / Carla Carroll6-4, 3-6, 1-0
W#2 DoublesVI Nguyen / Ruth van Den Nieuwenhuizen vs Beth Pearce / Cindy Lannon7-5, 6-4
L#3 DoublesJane Lucas / Catherine Giff vs Ellen Clarke / Myrna Gardner6-7, 4-6
2024-06-09vs CP:Shades of Play:StoneWon 21
W#1 DoublesChristiane Goldman / Stephanie Mercado vs Evelyn Hagenow / Lee Wipper6-3, 6-3
L#2 DoublesShannon Craley / Eva Ortiz vs Maria-Elena Fernandez-Beros / Kathryn Pizzuto4-6, 5-6
W#3 DoublesJanel Downs / Catherine Giff vs Sharon Hawkins / Nadine Shaoul6-3, 6-7, 1-0
2024-06-02vs CP: Silver Foxes:Auch/CurtinWon 21
W#1 DoublesSally Bednar / Shannon Craley vs Elizabeth Auch / Ann Horowitz7-6, 6-3
L#2 DoublesVI Nguyen / Ruth van Den Nieuwenhuizen vs Jane Hentemann / Daniela Sansone2-6, 1-6
W#3 DoublesJane Lucas / Julie Sterling vs Natalia Garcia / Madelyn Jolliffe6-2, 6-2
2024-05-19vs 4S:Slice Girls:Honey/LawtonWon 30
W#1 DoublesShannon Craley / Stephanie Mercado vs Wendy English / Elizabeth Rose6-2, 3-6, 1-0
W#2 DoublesJanel Downs / Carven Albanese vs Julie Cochran / Margaret Honey6-4, 6-2
W#3 DoublesChristiane Goldman / Ruth van Den Nieuwenhuizen vs Lu Li / Leslie Moss6-1, 6-0
2024-04-21vs CP:Shades of Play:StoneLost 12
W#1 DoublesCarven Albanese / Janel Downs vs Anne Castine / Kim Mixer4-6, 6-1, 1-0
L#2 DoublesEva Ortiz / Christiane Goldman vs Maria Das Neves / Beth Nechamkin4-6, 1-6
L#3 DoublesJulie Sterling / Jane Lucas vs Susanna Nichols / Joan Stone6-2, 0-6, 0-1
2024-04-07vs WTC:Simply Smashing:Swanson/CattoLost 03
L#1 DoublesShannon Craley / Ruth van Den Nieuwenhuizen vs Helene Ginsburg / Anna Schuler6-3, 3-6, 0-1
L#2 DoublesKathleen Griffin / Julie Sterling vs Sylvia Swanson / Jacqueline Bohan0-6, 7-5, 0-1
L#3 DoublesSally Bednar / Valerie D'Alexander vs Tina Reiser / Amanda Ansell5-7, 6-3
2024-03-24vs KH:Point Taken:ClarkeLost 12
W#1 DoublesJanel Downs / Ruth van Den Nieuwenhuizen vs Carla Carroll / Marjan Verhelst6-3, 6-7, 1-0
L#2 DoublesShannon Craley / Gaynor Luke vs Susan Decker / Ellen Clarke6-7, 5-2
L#3 DoublesDiane Gennaro / Valerie D'Alexander vs Angela Jameson / Cindy Lannon2-6, 2-6
2024-03-10vs CP: Silver Foxes:Auch/CurtinWon 21
W#1 DoublesJanel Downs / Shannon Craley vs Annemarie Rothe / Karen Malek6-3, 2-6, 1-0
W#2 DoublesEva Ortiz / Sally Bednar vs Pamela Fuehrer / Suzanne Page6-2, 3-6, 1-0
L#3 DoublesGaynor Luke / Diane Gennaro vs Daniela Sansone / Ann Horowitz5-7, 1-6
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Flight standings12 teams · 7.0 55 & Over Women - 1
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1MIT:In It To Win It: Nava/Haven01025511182
2CP: Silver Foxes:Auch/Curtin01021923223
3Q MRC: Retro Slammers:Hawley/Islam010191123227
4CP:Shades of Play:Stone010161227249
5GF:Body Shots:Goodrich010191028246
64S:Love To Play:Ortiz/Giff010161233272
7WTC:Simply Smashing:Swanson/Catto010141435264
8WRC:Sorry Not Sorry:Bento010161435277
94S:Slice Girls:Honey/Lawton010131337285
10MRC:Ageless Aces:Dowd010121740310
11TRC:Doubles or Nothing:Zwart010102043281
12INT:We Got This!:Passios/Donnelly01032754337

Ordered by team wins, then losses, then sets lost — the order USTA uses to seed a flight. Individual wins are lines, not ties.

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ScoutingWhere each opponent usually plays

Signed-in extra: whether this captain plays strict strength order or mixes it up, from every doubles line they have put out. Create a free account to see it.

Roster averages 3.22 estimated across 11 rated players. No lineup is published in advance, so the column below is where each player has actually been used — a captain's habits are the best available forecast. Sign in and claim your record to see who you have played.

3.57
Julie Sterling
usually #3 Doubles 83%, also #2 Doubles 17% · published
3.40
Janel Downs
usually #1 Doubles 57%, also #2 Doubles 29% · published
3.37
Eva Ortiz
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published
3.33
Stephanie Mercado
usually #1 Doubles 75%, also #3 Doubles 25% · published
3.29
Shannon Craley
usually #1 Doubles 75%, also #2 Doubles 25% · published
3.27
Sally Bednar
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published
3.20
Carven Albanese
usually #1 Doubles 60%, also #2 Doubles 40% · published 3.5
3.19
Jane Lucas
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
3.11
Ruth van Den Nieuwenhuizen
usually #1 Doubles 33%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published
3.06
Christiane Goldman
usually #1 Doubles 60%, also #2 Doubles 20% · published 3.5
Diane Gennaro
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 3
2.61
Catherine Giff
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 3
Gaynor Luke
usually #3 Doubles 67%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published
Kathleen Griffin
published
VI Nguyen
published
Valerie D'Alexander
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
Established pairs

Doubles pairs from this roster with three or more matches together anywhere — ordered by performance against what the rating gap predicted, not by record.

Eva Ortiz + Sally Bednar15362% games+10.6% vs expected
Shannon Craley + Janel Downs6253% games+7.3% vs expected
Kathleen Griffin + Catherine Giff12654% games+3.0% vs expected
Ruth van Den Nieuwenhuizen + Carven Albanese2449% games+1.2% vs expected
Shannon Craley + Julie Sterling1444% games−0.3% vs expected
Janel Downs + Carven Albanese8453% games−1.6% vs expected
Jane Lucas + Catherine Giff3251% gamesnot enough data
Ruth van Den Nieuwenhuizen + Shannon Craley0542% gamesnot enough data
Roster

Ordered by our estimated dynamic rating, which is why two players at the same published level are not tied — a published 4.0 says nothing about where inside the band someone sits. Lines played in this team’s season are shown beside each name.

Julie Sterling
28W–40L career · 6 lines in 2024
30%70%<1%
3.57
Janel Downs
139W–93L career · 7 lines in 2024
<1%77%23%
3.40
Eva Ortiz
69W–58L career · 4 lines in 2024
<1%82%18%
3.37
Stephanie Mercado
46W–34L career · 4 lines in 2024
1%88%11%
3.33
Shannon Craley
85W–78L career · 8 lines in 2024
2%92%6%
3.29
Sally Bednar
55W–28L career · 4 lines in 2024
2%92%5%
3.27
3.5
Carven Albanese
51W–35L career · 5 lines in 2024
8%91%2%
3.20
Jane Lucas
45W–29L career · 4 lines in 2024
9%90%1%
3.19
Ruth van Den Nieuwenhuizen
37W–27L career · 6 lines in 2024
21%78%<1%
3.11
3.5
Christiane Goldman
37W–30L career · 5 lines in 2024
32%68%<1%
3.06
3
Diane Gennaro
0W–5L career · 2 lines in 2024
not enough data
3
Catherine Giff
114W–98L career · 2 lines in 2024
22%78%<1%
2.61
Gaynor Luke
0W–3L career · 3 lines in 2024
not enough data
Kathleen Griffin
38W–16L career · no lines in 2024
not enough data
VI Nguyen
7W–1L career · no lines in 2024
not enough data
Valerie D'Alexander
17W–25L career · 3 lines in 2024
not enough data

Three percentages are where each player stands right now: the chance they are below their band, inside it, or above it, on the way they are playing this season. The number on the right is our estimated dynamic rating, which USTA never publishes. This is today rather than a forecast of December, because a forecast has to assume future matches and cannot know whether someone will even be offered them. Percentages are blank where a player has too few matches this season, or at a level where the model does not yet beat a base-rate guess; the estimate is a weaker claim than a probability and survives where those do not.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by the USTA. Ratings labelled as published are USTA year-end figures; anything we describe as an estimate is ours, not USTA’s. Match data is from USTA TennisLink.