The Warsaw men’s tennis team, representing Warsaw Tennis & Fitness Club, won the USTA League Adult 18 & Over 4.5 National Championship this past weekend in California. The team, from left to right, are TJ Snelson, Galen Mast, Michael Cluskey, Jeffrey John Mark Stump, Andrew Steiner, Thomas Snelson, Michael Blevins, Andrew Streit, (Co-captain), Andrew Lewis and Leon Brenneman, (Captain). (Photo by Michael J. Le Brecht II)

RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. – The men’s tennis team from Warsaw representing the USTA Midwest Section, captured the national title at the USTA League Adult 18 & Over 4.5 National Championships held at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

The Warsaw team defeated a team from Los Angeles, 4-1, in the championship match. Earlier in the day, the Warsaw team defeated a team from Houston, 3-2, in the semifinals. They advanced this far by winning their round-robin flight contested Friday and Saturday.

The team is captained by Leon Brenneman, Captain, and Andrew Streit, Co-captain, and features TJ Snelson, Galen Mast, Michael Cluskey, Jeffrey John, Mark Stump, Andrew Steiner, Thomas Snelson, Michael Blevins and Andrew Lewis and plays at the Warsaw Tennis & Fitness Club.

Established in 1980, USTA League has grown from 13,000 participants in a few parts of the country in its first year to more than 865,000 players across the nation today, making it the world’s largest recreational tennis league.

USTA League was established to provide adult recreational tennis players throughout the country with the opportunity to compete against players of similar ability levels. Players participate on teams in a league format, which is administered by the USTA through its 17 sections. The league groups players by using six National Tennis Rating Program (NTRP) levels, ranging from 2.5 (entry) to 5.0 (advanced). USTA League is open to any USTA member 18 years of age or older.

The 2015 USTA League season will be the third season with the updated structure and format which offers four age categories (Adult 18 & Over, Adult 40 & Over and Adult 55 & Over and Mixed 18 & Over) to better align participants with players their own age. A fifth age division, the Mixed 40 & Over division, was added last year. The restructuring guarantees more frequency of play opportunities at more appropriate age groups.

For more information about USTA League or the USTA, visit www.usta.com.