Major League Pickleball: Season One Results
Season one of Major League Pickleball wrapped up last night on CBS Sports and it did not disappoint! The Lee Whitwell show, Ben Johns takeover, and the rowdy fans made for an entertaining MLP championship at Dreamland in Dripping Springs, Texas.
Here is a quick glance at the teams and how they did this weekend:
Team Rally
· Jessie Irvine (No. 3 women’s pick)
· Susannah Barr (No. 14 women’s pick)
· JW Johnson (No. 6 men’s pick)
· Dylan Frazier (No. 11 men’s pick)
Place: 8th
Record: 0-7
Game Differential: -15
ATX Pickleballers
· Catherine Parenteau (No. 1 women’s pick)
· Yana Grechkina (No. 16 women’s pick)
· Tyler Loong (No. 8 men’s pick)
· Patrick Smith (No. 9 men’s pick)
Place: 7th
Record: 2-5
Game Differential: -9
Team Clean
· Callie Smith (No. 4 women’s pick)
· Corrine Carr (No. 13 women’s pick)
· Dekel Bar (No. 5 men’s pick)
· Adam Stone (No. 12 men’s pick)
Place: 6th
Record: 3-4
Game Differential: -1
The Lions
· Lauren Stratman (No. 6 women’s pick)
· Michelle Esquivel (No. 11 women’s pick)
· Jay Devilliers (No. 3 men’s pick)
· Collin Johns (No. 14 men’s pick)
Place: 5th
Record: 3-4
Game Differential: -6
Pickle Ranchers
· Leigh Waters (No. 7 women’s pick)
· Lindsey Newman (No. 10 women’s pick)
· Riley Newman (No. 2 men’s pick)
· Andrei Daescu (No. 15 men’s pick)
Place: 4th
Record: 3-4
Game Differential: -4
Discovery Warriors
· Lea Jansen (No. 5 women’s pick)
· Vivienne David (No. 12 women’s pick)
· Tyson McGuffin (No. 4 men’s pick)
· Zane Navratil (No. 13 men’s pick)
Place: 3rd
Record: 5-2
Game Differential: +14
Chimeras
· Anna Leigh Waters (No. 2 women’s pick)
· Lee Whitwell (No. 15 women’s pick)
· AJ Koller (No. 7 men’s pick)
· Kyle Yates (No. 10 men’s pick)
Place: 2nd
Record: 6-1
Game Differential: +9
Team BLQK is Major League Pickleball Season One Champions and capture the first-ever Pritchard Cup
· Irina Tereschenko (No. 8 women’s pick)
· Andrea Koop (No. 9 women’s pick)
· Ben Johns (No. 1 men’s pick)
· Rob Nunnery (No. 16 men’s pick)
Place: 1st
Record: 6-1
Game Differential: +12