Twelve ladies then went to the draft room to select their teams. Some had an easy time choosing, and some had to make hard decisions. At the end of the draft, everyone was excited about who they had drafted and were ready for action. Steve Auten hosted the sponsor sale and the consensus was that he did a heck of a job selling the teams. The first team went for $1000 and it took off from there. After the dust settled from the bidding and selling there was $9,800 up for grabs in the sponsor sale. It took almost 30 minutes for the players to settle up with the sponsors and the ATM was in high demand.

The action started at about 8:15pm which was about the time we had expected. All matches except one went to a third game rubber match in the 2 out of 3 format. At the close of the day, there are currently 8 teams left standing. A full listing of the teams, sponsor sale, and results will be posted after the completion of the event which will probably be at 1pm Saturday afternoon. Stay tuned for more updates from the 3rd Annual Greater Detroit Open.