Casey Diamond competing for the Palm Beach Royals at MLP St. Petersburg.
Casey Diamond picked up a huge mixed doubles win alongside Sofia Sewing in his MLP debut to help lift the Palm Beach Royals over the Columbus Sliders on Friday. Major League Pickleball

MLP St. Petersburg: Group standings after Day 3

The third day of MLP St. Petersburg is in the books, so let’s look at the group standings after Friday’s matches.

 

As a reminder, the top 4 teams in each group will have a chance to compete for standings points on Super Sunday in the Sunshine State.

Here is a breakdown of how Sunday’s matches will work and how many standings points will be up for grabs:  

  • Group A #1 v. Group B #1: Winner receives 25 standings points; loser gets 18   
  • Group A #2 v. Group B #2: Winner receives 15 standings points; loser gets 12   
  • Group A #3 v. Group B #3: Winner receives 10 standings points; loser gets 8   
  • Group A #4 v. Group B #4: Winner receives 6 standings points; loser gets 4   
  • 5th place teams receive 1 standings point each; 6th place team receives 0.

 

And here are the group standings:  

Group A

  1. 1. Brooklyn Pickleball Team (3-0)
  2. 2. Los Angeles Mad Drops (2-0)
  3. 3. Chicago Slice (2-1)
  4. 4. Florida Smash (0-3)
  5. 5. Utah Black Diamonds (0-3)

 

Group B

  1. 1. St. Louis Shock (3-0)
  2. 2. Palm Beach Royals (3-1)
  3. 3. Columbus Sliders (2-1)
  4. 4. Texas Ranchers (2-2)
  5. 5. Orlando Squeeze (1-3)
  6. 6. Miami Pickleball Club (0-4)

 

Group play from the fifth regular season event continues Saturday at 9:00am ET, and live broadcast coverage will be available on Pickleballtv.