圣路易斯冲击队匹克球大联盟总决赛告负 新泽西队首夺赛季总冠军
密苏里州圣路易斯市的圣路易斯冲击队11月8日在美国匹克球大联盟（MLP）总决赛中负于新泽西5人队，对手夺得队史首个赛季总冠军。
两队在周六的首场对决中就战满决胜局，新泽西队在挽救赛点后险胜；周日的第二场比赛同样打满全部四场双打，新泽西队赢下两场性别双打，圣路易斯队则在背水一战中拿下两场混合双打，比赛再度进入决胜局。新泽西队在决胜局中以21比9占据绝对优势，锁定胜局。
此前两个赛季，新泽西队都在总决赛中功亏一篑，此番第三次冲击终于圆梦。19岁的 Anna Leigh Waters 随队赢得个人首个大联盟冠军，Federico Staksrud 当选总决赛最有价值球员，他在周末双打中取得4胜2负，两场决胜局共以13比7压制冲击队的 Hunter Johnson。
St. Louis Shock Fall in Major League Pickleball Final as New Jersey 5s Win First Season Title
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The St. Louis Shock of St. Louis, Missouri, lost the Major League Pickleball final on November 8 to the New Jersey 5s, who claimed the franchise's first season-long title.
Saturday's first match went to a DreamBreaker, which New Jersey won narrowly after saving a match point. Sunday's second match again went the distance through all four doubles games: New Jersey won both gender doubles, St. Louis took both must-win mixed doubles, and the title came down to another DreamBreaker, which New Jersey dominated 21-9.
New Jersey had fallen one match short of the title in each of the previous two seasons before finally breaking through on its third try. Anna Leigh Waters, 19, won her first MLP title, and Federico Staksrud was named Finals MVP after going 4-2 in doubles over the weekend and outscoring the Shock's Hunter Johnson 13-7 across the two DreamBreakers.
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