Teams

Love Bugs

2023 Tri Level Women · 4.0,3.5,3.0

12 players · average NTRP 3.20 / WESTERN REGION

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Schedule6 played
2023-01-29vs GongWon 30
W#1 DoublesCheryl Athoe / Samar Al-Alam vs Pamela Finley / Pauline Kuun7-5, 7-5
W#2 DoublesJulie la Barbera / Amy Handley vs Kathy Benzinger / Karen Perna6-1, 6-1
W#3 DoublesCynthia Albrecht / Kim Collins vs Donna Decarolis / Penny Cipolla6-4, 7-6
2023-01-21vs TodaroLost 12
L#1 DoublesCheryl Athoe / Julie la Barbera vs Debbie Todaro / Meriem Said6-4, 4-6, 0-1
W#2 DoublesPatricia Thielen / Kathleen O'Connor vs Lisa Fontana / Emily Nuding6-4, 3-6, 1-0
L#3 DoublesKim Collins / Amy Hulse vs Binsy George / Emay Sun6-7, 3-6
2023-01-08vs BUF: Simply Smashing GoldLost 03
L#1 DoublesCheryl Athoe / Patricia Thielen vs Rowena de Perio / Nancy Rehak3-6, 4-6
L#2 DoublesKathleen O'Connor / Amy Handley vs Alice Curtiss / Michelle Plimpton1-6, 7-5, 0-1
L#3 DoublesCynthia Albrecht / Felicia Berst vs Jennifer Boscia Smith / Linda Nappo4-6, 4-6
2022-12-17vs Dare DoublesLost 02
L#1 DoublesCheryl Athoe / Amy Handley vs Shuman Hua / Jennifer Gurske-DePerio1-6, 1-6
L#2 DoublesKathleen O'Connor / Patricia Thielen vs Laura Kang / Lei Ying2-6, 6-7
2022-12-10vs BaileyWon 21
W#1 DoublesCheryl Athoe / Julie la Barbera vs Mary-Ann Jolley / Laurie Krajna6-4, 4-6, 1-0
W#2 DoublesLisa Hoffman / Kathleen O'Connor vs Nadine Bartels / Ann Sumner6-1, 6-2
L#3 DoublesAmy Hulse / Felicia Berst vs Ellen Nicometo / Kelley Vanslander5-7, 5-5
2022-12-03vs RuggieroLost 12
W#1 DoublesSamar Al-Alam / Cheryl Athoe vs Molly Connerton / Carol Salvatore6-4, 4-6, 1-0
L#2 DoublesAmy Handley / Patricia Thielen vs Jennifer Ruggiero / Diane Pfeifer6-7, 4-6
L#3 DoublesCynthia Albrecht / Sarah Lima vs Holly Powell / Kathi Black5-7, 2-6
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Flight standings6 teams · 4.0,3.5,3.0
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1BUF: Stohl0612616138
2Todaro0610819162
3Gong069921178
4Ruggiero0671122172
5Love Bugs0671124190
6Bailey0641328197

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 3.15 estimated across 10 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.

3.47
Lisa Hoffman
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published
3.43
Samar Al-Alam
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
3.38
Cheryl Athoe
usually #1 Doubles 75%, also #3 Doubles 25% · published 3.5
3.28
Julie la Barbera
usually #1 Doubles 67%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published
3.19
Patricia Thielen
usually #2 Doubles 75%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published
3.12
Amy Handley
usually #2 Doubles 75%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published 3.5
2.99
Kathleen O'Connor
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published
2.96
Cynthia Albrecht
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 3
2.95
Amy Hulse
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 3
Felicia Berst
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 3
2.68
Kim Collins
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
Sarah Lima
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.

Cynthia Albrecht + Kim Collins4353% games+8.0% vs expected
Julie la Barbera + Patricia Thielen5252% games+0.1% vs expected
Felicia Berst + Cynthia Albrecht4647% games−1.6% vs expected
Julie la Barbera + Kathleen O'Connor111648% games−2.3% vs expected
Kim Collins + Kathleen O'Connor1831% games−5.1% vs expected
Lisa Hoffman + Kathleen O'Connor4643% games−7.3% vs expected
Julie la Barbera + Kim Collins4457% gamesnot enough data
Cheryl Athoe + Samar Al-Alam314 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.

Lisa Hoffman
28W–18L career · 1 line in 2023
<1%59%41%
3.47
Samar Al-Alam
52W–36L career · 2 lines in 2023
<1%71%29%
3.43
3.5
Cheryl Athoe
91W–75L career · 8 lines in 2023
<1%82%18%
3.38
Julie la Barbera
54W–77L career · 3 lines in 2023
96%4%<1%
3.28
Patricia Thielen
39W–35L career · 4 lines in 2023
7%92%1%
3.19
3.5
Amy Handley
17W–39L career · 4 lines in 2023
17%83%<1%
3.12
Kathleen O'Connor
42W–80L career · 4 lines in 2023
52%48%<1%
2.99
3
Cynthia Albrecht
65W–91L career · 3 lines in 2023
<1%61%39%
2.96
3
Amy Hulse
44W–34L career · 2 lines in 2023
<1%65%35%
2.95
3
Felicia Berst
6W–21L career · 2 lines in 2023
not enough data
Kim Collins
60W–82L career · 2 lines in 2023
8%91%1%
2.68
Sarah Lima
0W–1L career · 1 line in 2023
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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