Teams

Defying Gravity

2025 65&Over Women · 6.0

12 players · average NTRP 3.00 / NORTHERN REGION

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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Schedule6 played
2025-06-27vs Northern: 6.0 W 65 RaffaLost 12
W#1 DoublesSheillagh Egan / Marianne Harris vs Sherry Best / Catherine Herman6-3, 6-2
L#2 DoublesAngela Urdanoff / Penny Hill vs Kathleen Moran / Paula Doherty6-7, 1-6
L#3 DoublesGloria Hessell / Shari Whiting vs Linda Dygert / Suzanne Hauber0-6, 0-6
2025-06-19vs Golden DivasWon 21
W#1 DoublesVerna Gerrity / Shari Whiting vs Jane Metzger / Barbara Hoffman7-6, 6-3
W#2 DoublesLynn Rogers / Angela Urdanoff vs Cindy Kelly / Kathy Johnson7-5, 6-1
L#3 DoublesDonna Smith / Gloria Hessell vs Nancy Sykes / Joyce Tarantino3-6, 2-6
2025-05-28vs Northern: 6.0 W 65 RaffaLost 12
W#1 DoublesSheillagh Egan / Marianne Harris vs Rose Fennessey / Janine Rome7-6, 7-5
L#2 DoublesChristine Timber / Verna Gerrity vs Sherry Best / Catherine Herman1-6, 2-6
L#3 DoublesLisa Brainard / Lynn Rogers vs Paula Doherty / Kathleen Moran6-7, 0-6
2025-05-23vs Golden DivasWon 21
W#1 DoublesLisa Brainard / Shari Whiting vs Jane Metzger / Barbara Hoffman6-4, 6-1
L#2 DoublesDonna Smith / Marianne Harris vs Deborah Richards / Susan Runkel5-7, 2-6
W#3 DoublesPenny Hill / Angela Urdanoff vs Gail Adams / Joyce Tarantino6-4, 7-6
2025-05-09vs Northern: 6.0 W 65 RaffaWon 30
W#1 DoublesLisa Brainard / Mary Ann Cooper vs Rose Fennessey / Karen D'Arcangelo5-7, 6-3, 1-0
W#2 DoublesSheillagh Egan / Marianne Harris vs Paula Doherty / Theresa OBrien6-2, 6-7, 1-0
W#3 DoublesChristine Timber / Verna Gerrity vs Sherry Best / Catherine Herman4-6, 6-3, 1-0
2025-05-02vs Golden DivasWon 21
W#1 DoublesMary Ann Cooper / Christine Timber vs Susan Runkel / Joyce Tarantino6-3, 6-2
W#2 DoublesShari Whiting / Penny Hill vs Kathleen Kelly / Roseanne Kryjak6-1, 6-1
L#3 DoublesDonna Smith / Gloria Hessell vs Janet Marler / Nancy Sykes4-6, 3-6
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Flight standings3 teams · 6.0
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1Northern: 6.0 W 65 Raffa5111715126
2Defying Gravity4211717168
3Golden Divas0651327194

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 2.66 estimated across 5 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.

2.89
Penny Hill
usually #2 Doubles 67%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published
2.69
Angela Urdanoff
usually #2 Doubles 67%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published 3
2.67
Christine Timber
usually #3 Doubles 33%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published 3
2.55
Gloria Hessell
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
2.52
Lynn Rogers
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published 3
Donna Smith
published
Lisa Brainard
usually #1 Doubles 67%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published
Marianne Harris
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 50% · published
Mary Ann Cooper
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
Shari Whiting
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 25% · published
Sheillagh Egan
usually #1 Doubles 67%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published
Verna Gerrity
usually #1 Doubles 33%, also #3 Doubles 33% · 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.

Christine Timber + Mary Ann Cooper12756% gamesnot enough data
Sheillagh Egan + Marianne Harris9261% gamesnot enough data
Gloria Hessell + Penny Hill6349% gamesnot enough data
Lisa Brainard + Mary Ann Cooper5350% gamesnot enough data
Shari Whiting + Penny Hill1540% gamesnot enough data
Verna Gerrity + Lisa Brainard4166% gamesnot enough data
Shari Whiting + Lisa Brainard404 matchesnot enough data
Verna Gerrity + Christine Timber224 matchesnot 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.

Penny Hill
43W–48L career · 3 lines in 2025
<1%78%22%
2.89
3
Angela Urdanoff
86W–144L career · 3 lines in 2025
9%90%1%
2.69
3
Christine Timber
38W–21L career · 3 lines in 2025
11%88%1%
2.67
Gloria Hessell
39W–66L career · 3 lines in 2025
36%64%<1%
2.55
3
Lynn Rogers
73W–77L career · 2 lines in 2025
45%55%<1%
2.52
Donna Smith
1W–0L career · no lines in 2025
not enough data
Lisa Brainard
45W–44L career · 3 lines in 2025
not enough data
Marianne Harris
37W–62L career · 4 lines in 2025
not enough data
Mary Ann Cooper
41W–51L career · 2 lines in 2025
not enough data
Shari Whiting
19W–33L career · 4 lines in 2025
not enough data
Sheillagh Egan
17W–8L career · 3 lines in 2025
not enough data
Verna Gerrity
22W–9L career · 3 lines in 2025
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.

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