#tennisoncampus

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Apparently TOC Alum who play together, later work together... This is Ai Takamori of UCSD, Grant Chen of UCLA, and Madeline Segura of USC. All three competed in TOC during their college years, and they now all work out of the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Ai handles junior competition for the SCTA. Madeline handles adult competition. And Grant is the Assistant Coach for UCLA's men's tennis team. It's a TOC reunion every day!

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Each fall, California teams - and even some from out of state - flock to sunny San Luis Obispo for Cal Poly's annual club tennis invitational. This is the first opportunity SoCal teams have to see what other TOC sections are cookin' up for Nationals, and the competition is always FIERCE. By day, teams take to the courts and battle for the fall season's biggest title. By night, they enjoy the nightlife along the streets of Downtown "SLO." 

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Sun, November 17th @ UCLA. The day previous, TOC held matches at CSUN, but due to a large number of players and limited courts we chose to try a "Speed Tennis" format. That meant 3 rounds for all teams, 1 court per match, and yes, we played service lets! Each individual match was 15 minutes, and a buzzer provided a 3 minute warning to end the set. On-the-fly substitutions were allowed! Total scores were recorded all day, and the winning percentages determined the draws for Sunday at UCLA. That's what we call #speedtennis