Pro Division Written by Dylan Fogarty Check your calendars, folks. No, your eyes do not deceive you, it actually is August and we are currently in the final month of the 2019 SRA Regular Season. And what a treat we get for the first weekend in August - 2019 Summerspike. Nearly every year, players from around the globe find their way to New York for the largest tournament, and event, of the season. While the past Summerspike tournaments have been full of top teams and top talent, this year has a unique lineup for the Pro Division. A few teams will be looking to make their mark with a huge Grand Slam victory, while some scary mashups will be entering...
Written by Fredric Hinkle. Pro Division The Nationals Preview is upon us and the Pro Division is loaded. With a #1 C/S vs #2 Boysterous rematch possibly on the table, everyone is excited. This weekend in Nashville there are eight teams competing in the Pro Division and 20 teams competing in the Premier Division. Every team in Pro except Origin Hullabaloo has a pitcher win this year. Most agree that this tournament is a competition for third. #2 Boysterous: Preston Bies & Caleb Heck They put on a dominant performance at the Santa Monica Grand Slam and handily destroyed every team. They ran through Buddy Hammon and an on-fire Zack Duffy. Preston has taken full advantage of his athleticism by...
Written by Solomon Berry After a great first three tournaments in the Midwest region, Columbus looks to be the most stacked by far. With 140 teams attending, this is easily the largest competition the Midwest Tour has seen this year, and the Advanced division will be especially loaded. There will be plenty of half Premier teams, as well as tons of top Advanced teams that should make this one of the most exciting tournaments of the year. Watch for consistency and dominant serves to be key throughout the entire tournament as it will be tough for any specific team to break through to the top. Frontrunners WySpike Disco Fever (Garret Hornok & Cooper Brown) Garret and Cooper got 3rd place in...
Note: Solomon Berry wrote these previews. Premier Division Frontrunners Trippy Lizard (Andrew Card & Clark Marshall) On paper, Trippy Lizard is the clear favorite tomorrow. Of the teams signed up, they have had the best results and the most consistent results, and that is not expected to change in Charleston. Since their win in Indianapolis and fourth place finish in Boston, Clark teamed up with PJ Showalter to win the Grand Rapids tour stop as “Skidoosh”. Between Andrew’s incredible defense, Clark’s often dominant serves, and their combined experience, anything less than second would be a clear disappointment. Schweppes (Jesse Showalter & Micah Zimmerman) Shweppes is fresh off a BIG result in Grand Rapids where they made the finals and took second to...
