Taenergy (USC Ping Pong Posse) defeated The Invincibles (Hyundae Table Tennis) 4-1

Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi defeated Warren Lee 3-0 (9, 10, 7)
Gloria Deng defeated Charles Kim 3-2 (-9, 13, -6, 9, 8)
Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi/Franz Zhao defeated Warren Lee/Charles Kim 3-2 (-8, 4, -6, 10, 8)
Franz Zhao lost to Charles Kim 1-3 (9, -8, 8, 5)
Gloria Deng defeated Warren Lee 3-1 (9, 8, -5, 2)

Franz, Gloria, Hawk, Charles, Warren

Hawk prepares to loop to Warren

Hawk and Warren duke it out.

The Westside International (Westside TTC) defeated Taenergy (USC Ping Pong Posse) 3-2

Peter Clarke lost to Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi 0-3 (4, 4, 8)
Mark Hezinger defeated Tae Kim 3-0 (7, 6, 8)
Ryousuke Adachi/Peter Clarke lost to Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi/Franz Zhao 0-3 (10, 8, 8)
Ryousuke Adachi defeated Tae Kim 3-0 (12, 9, 4)
Mark Hezinger defeated Franz Zhao 3-0 (6, 12, 6)

Tae, Franz, Hawk, Adachi, Mark, Peter

Franz pushed back

Taenergy (USC Ping Pong Posse) lost to The Westside International (Westside TTC) 2-3

Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi lost to Mark Hezinger 0-3 (5, 8, 7)
Franz Zhao lost to Peter Clarke 0-3 (8, 6, 5)
Franz Zhao/Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi defeated Mark Hezinger/Peter Clarke 3-2 (6, -8, 7, -5, 9)
Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi defeated Peter Clarke 3-1 (2, -10, 7, 3)
Tae Kim lost to Mark Hezinger 2-3 (-7, 8, 7, -7, 5)

Tae, Gloria, Hawk, Franz, Mark, Peter

Hawk backhand blocks Peter’s attack

Highlights of Taenergy

Taenergy (USC Ping Pong Posse) lost to Blue Dragons (South Bay Table Tennis) 2-3

Gloria Deng defeated Youngwook Min 3-0 (9, 7, 6)
Franz Zhao lost to Will Graff 0-3 (6, 8, 9)
Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi/Gloria Deng lost to Will Graff/Steve Bunker 2-3 (3, 3, -5, -7, 7)
Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi defeated Will Graff 3-0 (7, 5, 5)
Tae Kim lost to Steve Bunker 0-3 (8, 8, 10)

Tae, Gloria, Jane, Franz, Hawk, Brian, Will, Steve

Will serves to Franz

Taenergy (USC Ping Pong Posse) lost to Pong Since Young (Asians & Americans TTC) 1-4

Gloria Deng lost to Thanh Nguyen 1-3 (4, -9, 6, 9)
Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi defeated Hung Nguyen 3-2 (-9, 9, -13, 5, 5)
Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi/Tae Kim lost to Thanh Nguyen/Hung Nguyen 0-3 (5, 6, 5)
Franz Zhao lost to Hung Nguyen 1-3 (-5, 3, 5, 11)
Tae Kim lost to Thanh Nguyen 1-3 (9, -11, 2, 8)

Gloria Deng, Franz Zhao, Hawk, Hung, Thanh, Tae

Hung tosses to serve to Hawk

The Dews! (Walnut Gym) lost to Taenergy (USC Ping Pong Posse) 2-3

Steven Hung lost to Ann Er Lim 2-3 (-9, 4, 5, -9, 1)
Mike Didio lost to Gloria Deng 2-3 (6, -7, 7, -8, 9)
Roger Gorani/Albert Huang lost to Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi/Gloria Deng 2-3 (-8, -10, 10, 8, 9)
Roger Gorani defeated Gloria Deng 3-0 (7, 5, 6)
Steven Hung defeated Franz Zhao 3-0 (4, 8, 9)

Mike Didio, Roger Gorani, Steven Hung, Albert Huang, Tae Kim, Gloria Deng, Ann Er Lim, Franz Zhao, Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi

Secret weapon serve! Mike Didio vs Gloria Deng

Taenergy (USC Ping Pong Posse) defeated Team Puzzles (Orange County TTC) 3-2

Ann Er Lim defeated Mario Razo 3-2 (7, -9, -9, 7, 6)
Gloria Deng lost to Jack McCarthy 1-3 (-8, 5, 4, 6)
Ann Er Lim/Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi defeated Jack McCarthy/Mario Razo 3-1 (6, 8, -7, 6)
Franz Zhao lost to Jack McCarthy 0-3 (6, 4, 7)
Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi defeated Mario Razo 3-1 (-10, 7, 9, 8)

Hawk, Franz, Ann Er, Gloria, Jessie, Jack, Mario

Mario’s huge forehand attack against Ann Er

Match highlights

Song Je Ho (Song Jeho TTC) lost to Taenergy (LATTA) 2-3

Yuna So defeated Franz Zhao 3-2 (-4, 9, -5, 4, 11)
Peter Wu lost to Tae Kim 2-3 (-6, 4, -6, 9, 7)
Peter Wu/Yuna So lost to Gloria Deng/Franz Zhao 1-3 (-10, 6, 8, 10)
Yong Ji lost to Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi 0-3 (2, 8, 7)
Peter Wu defeated Franz Zhao 3-1 (9, -7, 4, 11)

Franz Zhao, Gloria Deng, Hawk, Tae Kim, Yong Ji, Yuna So, Peter Wu

Peter airborne

Yuna So vs Franz Zhao, Peter Wu vs. Tae Kim, Yong Ji vs Hawk, Peter Wu, vs Franz Zhao

Taenergy (LATTA) defeated The Three Tenors (LATTA) 3-2

Gloria Deng defeated Derek Hong 3-1 (8, -8, 8, 2)
Tae Kim lost to Jeffrey Yee 2-3 (-7, 3, 10, -9, 6)
Franz Zhao/Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi defeated Jeffrey Yee/Christopher Chen 3-0 (9, 9, 8)
Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi defeated Christopher Chen 3-0 (6, 3, 6)
Franz Zhao lost to Derek Hong 1-3 (3, -9, 10, 7)

Jeffrey, Derek, Chris, Hawk, Franz, Gloria, Tae

Jeffrey smashes on Hawk and Franz in the doubles matchup!

The A-Team (LATTA) lost to Taenergy (LATTA) 1-4

Colton Kellogg lost to Jong Hak “Hawk” Choi 0-3 (3, 11, 7)
Hsiang-Yu Hsieh defeated Tae Kim 3-2 (-16, 7, 1, -11, 10)
Jieqiong (Jane) Liu/Chien-Yi Wang lost to Gloria Deng/Franz Zhao 1-3 (5, 7, -6, 5)
Xuxin (Cyndi) Zhang lost to Franz Zhao 0-3 (6, 5, 10)
Jieqiong (Jane) Liu lost to Gloria Deng 0-3 (9, 10, 5)

Hsiang-Yu Hsieh, Xuxin Zhang, Colton Kellogg, Jieqiong Liu, Chien-Yi Wang, Jong Hak Choi, Tae Kim, Franz Zhao, Gloria Deng

Hsiang-Yu Hsieh prepares to return a serve from Tae Kim

Gloria Deng and Franz Zhao win a great rally over Jieqiong Liu and Chien-Yi Wang