Karen Corr and Linda Shea sit atop the J. Pechauer Northeast Women's Tour rankings and they've met in three out of the four stops on the tour. Corr has won three of the tour's four stops, including the most recent, on the weekend of July 26-27. Shea has finished second twice (meeting Corr in the finals, once), fifth once (in the tour opener back in March) and this past weekend, she finished in third place. Corr's run through a field of 18, on-hand for the $1,000-added event this weekend($500 from Coins of the Realm and $500 from host First Break Cafe, in Sterling, VA) was her third straight undefeated showing on the tour.
Corr and Shea met up again, this time in a winners' side semifinal, as Dawn Fox and Nicole Fleming met in the other. Corr and Fox advanced to the hot seat match with identical 7-3 wins over Shea and Fleming, respectively. Corr got into the hot seat 7-4 over Fox and waited in the hot seat for her return.
Shea moved to the loss side where she met up with Kia Sidbury, who'd defeated Melissa Jenkins 7-3, and Ji-Hyun Park 7-4, to reach her. Fleming picked up Kathy Friend, who'd defeated Kelly Mitchell 7-4 and just did survive a double hill match against Shanna Lewis.
Shea gave up only a single rack against Sidbury and advanced to the quarterfinals against Fleming, who'd eliminated Friend 7-2. Shea won the quarterfinal match 7-4, over Fleming, but was eliminated 7-4 by Fox in the semifinals. Corr completed her third straight undefeated stop on the JPNEWT with a 7-2 win over Fox in the finals.
