{"id":258086,"date":"2017-08-14T06:02:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T20:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=258086"},"modified":"2017-08-14T06:02:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T20:02:44","slug":"5-cnmi-players-seeded-pojc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/5-cnmi-players-seeded-pojc\/","title":{"rendered":"5 CNMI players seeded in POJC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ji Min Woo goes for a backhand slice during a local tournament last year at the Pacific Islands Club. Woo is seeded first in the boys U14 singles event of the 2017 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Five members of the CNMI Junior Tennis Team are seeded in the 2017 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships, which will kick off today in Lautoka, Fiji.<\/p>\n

Leading the list of the Commonwealth players seeded in their divisions is No. 1 Ji Min Woo. The 13-year-old is in Group A of the pool play in the boys U14 singles and will be up against Vanuatu\u2019s Warea Tigona, Tonga\u2019s Christopher Maasi, and Avikash Kumar in the elimination games.<\/p>\n

The boys U14 singles is divided into four pools. Woo\u2019s teammate Seung Jin Paik is in Group B along with No. 2 and Vanuatu\u2019s Maui Leflon, Tahiti\u2019s Meheannu Larson, and Guam\u2019s Andrew Leng. Group C has the CNMI\u2019s Richard Steele, No. 3 and Tahiti\u2019s Mohearli Polin, the Federated States of Micronesia\u2019s Jerson Freddy, and New Caledonia\u2019s Terence Winter, while Group D has another Commonwealth player in Sean Lee, No. 4 and Fiji\u2019s Kalese Kofe, Tahiti\u2019s Manovai Elie, and Guam\u2019s Thomas Ysrael. Only the Top 2 players in each pool will advance to the playoffs after the round-robin elimination.<\/p>\n

In the girls U14 singles, the CNMI will be represented by No. 3 Coume Kaga, her sister Conatsu, and Maria Gregoire. Coume is in Group D with Vanuatu\u2019s Desiree Signo, Tahiti\u2019s Kira Fong Loi, and the Solomon Islands\u2019 Marion Goatee, while Gregoire and Conatsu are in Group B and C, respectively.<\/p>\n

In the girls U16, No. 1 seed Carol Lee is a heavy favorite to win her third straight singles crown in the division. She is in Group A with Vanuatu\u2019s Daisy Sipiti and Tonga\u2019s Kava Taufa. Lee\u2019s fellow U16 players, the unranked Malika Miyawaki and Grace Choi, will be playing in Group B and D.<\/p>\n

In the boys U16, the Commonwealth has two seeded players in No. 3 Robbie Schorr and No. 4 Michael Ren. Schorr, who won last year\u2019s U14 title, is in Group C and will be battling Tahiti\u2019s Hirinaki Lo, Fiji\u2019s Shantanu Shail, and Guam\u2019s Camden Camacho for the two playoff berths. Ren, on the other hand, will challenge Samoa\u2019s Kristen Pavitt, Vanuatu\u2019s Marlin Hannam, and Tuvalu\u2019s Gavin Molotii for the pair of playoff seats in Group D. Other CNMI bets entered in the boys U16 singles are Ken Song (Group A) and Vincent Tudela (Group B).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, U12 players in the POJC will compete in team event.<\/p>\n

The CNMI Boys (Daniel Kang and Anthony Gregoire) will play against the West Pacific Boys today, while Hye Jin Elliot will suit up for the North Pacific Girls that will also battle the West in the opener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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