🏓🔥 What a crazy #MLP event! ALW (in best-in-the-world mode) won all of their matches in the semifinals and finals to claim the New Jersey 5s first mid-season title and her first MLP crown. Meanwhile, the Ben Johns/Collin Johns duo went through a rough weekend, losing both of their matches (also in the loser’s bracket) and coming home winless. Tyson McGuffin & Parris Todd for their epic 40-38 Mixed win over CJ Klinger & Jackie Kawamoto—one for the history books! 📚🎾

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The #PPA Tour was able to get both the mixed doubles finals and the women’s doubles finals aired nationally on FOX 📺. We have seen the tour streamed on the Tennis Channel, FS1, FS2, but rarely on the full national broadcast. Thankfully, the weather cooperated with the tour timing ☀️, allowing for the full broadcast to take place. #Pickleball #News

Last month, Clemson 🐅 took down the two previous national champs to win the DUPR Virginia Super Regional.

The Tigers beat UNC 🏓 in the semifinals and the defending national champs from UVA 🥇 in the finals to earn the win.

Clemson, UVA; JMU 🎾, and UFall 🍁 earned bids to compete at the DUPR Collegiate National Championships later this year. The 64-team competition is scheduled for November 22-24 in Houston.

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STORYLINES FOR THE #PPA LA OPEN 🏓

GREAT 8️⃣: Federico Staksrud goes for a jaw dropping 8th consecutive men’s singles final. 🏆
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ ☀️: 3rd of 4 consecutive weekends in April: NC to TX to Cali – Utah next week. 🌴
MERRY GO ROUND 🔄: So many new partnerships – who will mesh and who will crumble? 🤔
MARY GO TO WHICH ROUND? 🎾: Mary Brascia is the #1 seed in singles (no AL or CP) – will she play on Sunday on her home courts? 🏟️
OPEN OPPORTUNITIES 🎉: Traditional Draw (singles on Thursday, mixed Friday, women’s and men’s doubles Saturday, finals Sunday). 🏆

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University of Florida 🐊 took down Clemson University 🐅 in the final with a score of women’s: 19-21, men’s: 21-16 and mixed: 21-17 and 21-11, bringing home the title and a bid for the national championship 💪

Sunday’s finals were nothing short of spectacular, but so was the battle for the nationals bid where Florida College took the win 💥

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Which moment was more surprising this weekend?

🏅 Anna Leigh Waters, just 17, clinches her 100th gold medal on the PPA Tour! 😱 Meanwhile, her partner Catherine Parenteau trails with 37.

🏆 ufclubpickleball triumphs over clemsonpickleball in the Georgia Super Regional Collegiate finals! 🎉 Securing their spot in the national championship!

🔥 UNC vs. NC State in the first-ever collegiate showcase on the PPA Tour! 🎓 Intense matches at a 5.0 level across singles, doubles, and mixed doubles!

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Who's the better champion? 🏆

BLQK ☕: The champions of MLP's inaugural event and season, boasting a powerhouse lineup including Irina Tereschenko, Andrea Koop, Ben Johns, and Rob Nunnery. Their historic clash against Anna Leigh Waters' Chimeras, featuring the first-ever Ben Johns vs. ALW matchup, crowned them as the trailblazers in the final. 🥇

Chicago Slice 🍕: Emerging triumphant in the latest MLP "Super Finals," this team, led by Ben Johns, Jessie Irvine, Lacy Schneemann, and Erim Lange, rebounded after early setbacks in the playoffs of season 2's first two events. They claimed victory

Utah Tech and Utah Valley are igniting the biggest rivalry in college pickleball. 🏓
These powerhouses continuously clash in finals, intensifying their rivalry. Their proximity, only 3.5 hours apart, amplifies the drama. ⏰
At the recent ncpapicckleball college national championships, they battled fiercely in both women's and men's finals. Valley triumphed over Tech in women's doubles, while Tech dominated men's singles:fuego: #College #Pickleball

🏆 Championship Sunday Shifts to Championship Monday 🏆

Due to adverse weather conditions, the remaining matches of the #PPA Austin Open Finals have been rescheduled to today, March 18th. The action kicked off at 10am CST ⏰

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Cinderella story in Collegiate Pickleball! 🏆✨ Utah Valley Wolverines shocked the #DUPR Utah Super Regional, claiming the throne from #1 ranked Utah Tech Trailblazers. Their flawless journey included dominating group stages with multiple team victories 🥇 and an unprecedented 8-0 record in all their matches 🎾, culminating in a historic 3-0 sweep in the finals 🎉 which handed Utah Tech their first-ever match loss of this kind. 👊

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Unexpected twists at the PPA Mesa Arizona Cup! 🏓 Ben and Collin Johns shocked in Round of 16, Cason Campbell's run from men's singles qualifiers to men's singles quarterfinals, and Ben Johns stuns with an ATP from the baseline.

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Men's Singles Upset Alert 🚨

Cason Campbell (No. 43 seed) 🌟, beat Collin Shick (No. 12 seed) 🎾, and then beat Dylan Frazier (No. 8 seed) 🥇. The 17-year-old is going to face Jack Sock in the quarterfinals on Friday 🕔, which should be a very entertaining match!

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Top Storylines for the Arizona Cup:

60 AND 0: Parenteau and Waters look to extend their perfect PPA record. 🎾💯

DESERT 2.0: Mesa is the 2nd February event in the Phoenix metro area. 🌵🌞

Not BEN Seeing You: No Finals for Ben Johns in singles so far in 2024. 🚫🎾

3 TIMES AS BRIGHT: Anna Bright is playing in all 3 events (rarely plays singles). 🌟🎾

WELCOME BACK: Jessie Irvine makes her 2024 PPA debut, returning from injury. 🎉🏆

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Things got heated during the PPA Desert Ridge men’s semifinals clash between Zane/Erik Lange & Tyson/Dekel 👀

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🌟 17K Gold – Anna Leigh Waters turned 17 on Jan 26 and has grabbed gold in every event she has entered since August. 🏆

ONE A DAY: Traditional pickleball format (one event per day for the players until the Finals) 🥒

DOUBLE DESERT: First of two February events in the Phoenix area. 🌵🎾

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Twelve teams from around the nation competed for $50K in scholarship prize money. But it's the Utah Tech squad that started the year on top.

Averee Beck, Kami Bliss, Jared Brungard, Logan Rosenbach, and the rest of the Trailblazer team defeated the Gators from UF 49-33 in finals.

This comes as no surprise. The Utah team was ranked number 1 in 2023.

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➡️ The 13 men playing in the Men’s Doubles Finals in the first seven tournaments of the year made 737 consecutive serves without hitting one out.
➡️ More than one thousand shots in one game? Yes: Game Four of the Men’s Doubles Final at the PPA Finals. (Ben Johns and Collin Johns defeated Riley Newman and Thomas Wilson).

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Nick Foles won two #PPA Finals titles in 3.0 men’s and mixed doubles🥇 #Pickleball #News

Chicago Slice, a team that could have been left out of the playoffs, beat the two defending champs (D.C. in Semis and Orlando in the Finals) to claim the season two crown. #Pickleball #MLP #News

The Orlando Squeeze defeated their rivals, the D.C. Pickleball Team, ensuring their spot in today’s Premier Level Championship. Facing single elimination, the Chicago Slice beat the Miami Pickleball Club in a crucial match. The day ended with a thrilling Dreambreaker match between Chicago and D.C., with Chicago ultimately making a comeback to earn the second spot in the Finals against Orlando. #Pickleball #MLP #News

Finals Winners 🏆
➡️ Ben & Collin Johns defeat Newman & Wilson (11-2, 4-11, 11-9, 12-10)
➡️ ALW & Parenteau defeat Bright & David (11-2, 11-5, 11-6)
➡️ Ben Johns & ALW defeat The Johnsons (11-1, 11-3, 11-4)
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Lea Jansen explained about her retirement from Women's Singles at the #PPA Finals #Pickleball #Pro #News .

Here are our predictions for the finals:

➡️ Women’s Doubles: Anna Leigh Waters/ Catherine Parenteau 🏆
➡️ Women’s Singles: Anna Leigh Waters 🏆
➡️ Men’s Doubles: Ben/ Collin Johns 🏆
➡️ Men’s Singles: Ben Johns 🏆
➡️ Mixed Doubles: Anna Leigh Waters/ Ben Johns 🏆
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Tomorrow starts the show: The #PPA Finals 🥇 #Pickleball #Highlights

👉🏻 Top 8 men and women in 2023 PPA points earned in singles and mixed doubles qualified for the Finals
➡️ Top 16 in men’s and women’s doubles in 2023 PPA points earned qualified for the Finals
💪🏻 In doubles, the players choose their partners – player with the most points picked first and so on until 8 teams were formed
☑️ 6 players qualified for all 3 events: Waters, Parenteau, Jansen (women) and B. Johns, JW Johnson, McGuffin (men) 
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Check out what times the #PPA finals will be played! 🔽
Every day from 10 AM to 6 PM PT
Are you ready 🙄?

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The 2023 edition of National Championships will go down as the most successful edition in its history. The event, which took place Nov. 5-12 at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, an inner-ring suburb of Dallas, saw record-breaking attendance, with over 50,000 attendees entering the gates at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch across the 7-day event. The peak day for attendance came on semifinal Saturday (9,500+), with Sunday selling out Championship Court tickets for the finals more than two weeks in advance. The Celebrity Pickleball Showdown on Tuesday night also saw a capacity