2024 Summer Slam 
Brought to you by the Ranchers X Zero Zero Fun
September 1, 2024

#1 - The Dink Dynamos: Captain: Pieter de Vries; Players: Pieter de Vries, Austin Bricker, Zoeya Khan, Danna Hamilton
#2 - Texas Heat: Captain: Chase Womack; Players: Chase Womack, Josiah Watje, Mickel Picco, Mariel Tinnirello
#3 - Unpredinkable: Captain: Marie Lutz;  Players: Marie Lutz, Cherie Yi, Eliel Herminas, Sebastian Gutierrez
#4 - Kachow: Captain: Anuj Parakh; Players: Anuj Parakh, Garrett Goh, Whitney Shaffer, Luana Stanciu
#5 - The Pickleball Powerhouse: Captain: Amanda Louie;  Players: Amanda Louie, Danon Teeters, Jeron Paraiso, Ben Southern

See detailed results. 

#1 - Lone Star Smashers: Captain: Madeline Eden; Players: Madeline Eden, Sarah Perles, Johan Temkin, Brent Werbeck
#2 - Howdy Dinkers: Captain: John Woodburn; Players: John Woodburn, Reid Matyastik, Christie Muldoon, Hillary Jorgensen
#3 - Austin Ranchers: Captain: Alex Maxson; Players: Alex Maxon, Chris Tripoli, Nikki Perez, Dillin Parsons
#4 - Tropickle Storm: Captain: Gregory Donahue; Players: Gregory Donahue, Jeffrey Donahue, Monica Patura, Courteney Landis
#5 - Kitchen Lions: Captain: Nick Brazzoni; Players: Nick Brazzoni, Annie Palgutt, Sebastian Hinojosa, Shelby Summers
#6 - I Dink, Therefore I Slam: Captain: AJ Davis; Players: Elise Bjork, Andrey Grinshpun, Clayton Warder,  AJ Davis

See detailed results.

#1 - Rice w/ a Side of Beans: Captain: Han Vo; Players: Han Vo, Guillermo Hernandez, Tiffany Nguyen, Daniel Griffin
#2 - M3J: Captain: Michael Goodman; Players: Michael Goodman, Mallory Nimis, Josh Zelman, Melissa Rubey
#3 - Carpe Dinkem: Captain: Ted Moskovitz; Players: Ted Moskovitz, Joey Bacon, Virginia Dunne, Taylor Wasmer
#4 - Dinking Problem: Captain: Katie Greeley-Schultze; Players: Katie Greeley-Schultze, Robin O'Donnell, Hector Chin, Micah Rothenbuhler
#5 - The Lab Rats: Captain: Rebecca Riojas;  Rebecca Riojas, Steven Riojas, Megan Bormann, Keith Bormann

See detailed results.

The team captain will register as the captain on PickleballBrackets.com. Signing up and making a payment on this website secures your team’s spot in the division.

The team captain will submit the team name and player information to the tournament director via this form: https://forms.gle/9vf7pyGn3S7knZ2y9. If you have questions, please email AJ at aj.davis.pickleball@gmail.com.

The tournament director will review your team and validate eligibility. Within 72 hours, your team will either appear on the approved list on https://www.zerozerofun.com/events/2024-summer-slam, or you will receive email notification of ineligibility. Team captains may either re-submit with different team members or opt to move to the correct division. 

The registration fee for this event is $125 per person ($500 per team).

The event features four skill levels: 

Premier Level (No DUPR max)

• No combined DUPR maximum

• This is typically a “DUPR 20” level event in comparable tournaments

• Players signed by Major League Pickleball may not participate in this event

Challenger Level 

• A combined DUPR maximum of 18.3 for the team at the time of registration

Legends Level

• A combined DUPR maximum of 17.3 for the team at the time of registration

• All team members must be 50 years or older (as of 12/31/24)

Intermediate Level 

• A combined DUPR maximum of 16.3 for the team at the time of registration

Beginner Level

• A combined DUPR maximum of 14.3 for the team at the time of registration

Note: Players may only play on one team. Non-rated players will be considered equivalent to one-fourth of the division level (e.g. a player signed up for Intermediate as a NR player will be considered a 4.075.

Your team will be playing each of the other teams in a head-to-head in four doubles games:
- Women's Doubles
- Men's Doubles
- Mixed Doubles
- Remaining Mixed Doubles
- As needed, a singles tie breaker.

Rally Scoring
Points are earned on every serve/return. Games will be until 21, win by 2. You will win on your serve.
Players stay in the same spot for serve/return (the left/right box) for the whole game*

*You may switch left/right with your partner during either team's timeout and at the side switch.

Coin Toss: Home/Away, Serve/Receive, and Side
Teams will do 1 or 2 to determine which team picks first among these three options. 

The other team picks a remaining option, and then the first team also gets the 3rd option:
1. Home/Away: Home team responds to the line up from the away team for the mixed team matchup; the Away team responds to the line up from the Home team for the singles team matchup.
2. Serve/Receive: You will choose to serve or receive for all four games.
3. Side: You will choose a starting side for the 1st and 3rd games (start on the other side for 2nd/4th games). Teams switch sides at 11.

Coaching & Timeouts
Teammates may provide coaching between points, but may not coach while the ball is in play. Only the players in the game can make line calls.
Teams may take one timeout per match. 

Who wins?

We'll determine the final rankings in each pool by: 

1. Total number of matches won
2. In the case of a tie, we'll use the head-to-head record.
3. If an additional tie breaker is needed, we'll use the overall point differential across all games.

You can find the current records and point differentials on the large screen by the tournament desk.