2008 Alaska State Doubles

The 2008 Alaska State Doubles took place at The Alaska Club - Midtown January 31 - Febuary 3, 2008. Even though the total number of players was a little low and the Weather was a little colder then the Anchorage players are used to, The Action inside was HOTT. For the 2nd year in a row it was not good to be seeded #1 or #2 in the Men's Open Division, On Thursday night the #2 seeded team of Keith Boice & Brandon Cuaresma were defeated 15-10, 15-11 by Michelle Earl & Josh Wood then on Saturday #1 Seed Jim Derks & Jesse Keaveny were taken out by Jim Hage & Shane McAfee in a 11-4 tiebreaker to claim one of the spots in the Final. On the other side of the draw #3 Seeded team of Nick Arturo & Matt Howell fought their way to the final by defeating #4 Steve Deaton & Tony Piper (8), 14, 9 and then Michelle Earl & Josh Wood 12, 6, In the Final Matt and Nick had their way from the start and defeated Jim & Shane 15-5, 15-4. The Win was a 2nd in a row for Matt who won last year with long time partner Sunji Spencer who has moved to Oregon.