The Major League Pickleball Season Two Championship is set to take place on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at Life Time Rancho San Clemente. The championship game will be played between the Chicago Slice and the Orlando Squeeze. The Squeeze advanced to the championship game following a 3-0 sweep of D.C. Pickleball Team on Monday in San Clemente.
Anna Bright and Rachel Rohrabacher of Orlando took on D.C.’s Jade and Jackie Kawamoto, winning the match 21-18 to take the first game of the best-of-three series. Then, Andrei Daescu and Zane Navratil of the Squeeze beat Riley Newman and Christian Alshon 22-20 to confirm the series victory.
The mixed doubles match then saw Orlando take the sweep as Rohrabacher and Navratil took a 21-17 finish over Jade Kawamoto and Newman. With the sweep, the Squeeze advanced directly to the final to be played on Tuesday.
How to Watch Major League Pickleball: Season Two Championship Today
If you’re looking to watch the Major League Pickleball: Season Two Championship live, there are two ways to do so: on TV or online. Here’s how:
Watch on TV
The Major League Pickleball: Season Two Championship will be broadcast live on ESPN2. The game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Tune in to ESPN2 to catch all the action.
Stream It Online
If you don’t have access to a TV, you can still watch the Major League Pickleball: Season Two Championship live online. You can stream the game on Watch ESPN. Simply visit the Watch ESPN website and log in with your cable provider credentials to start streaming.
Other Matches
Meanwhile, the Slice beat Miami Pickleball Club 3-1 thanks to wins from Lacy Schneeman and Jessie Irvine in women’s doubles, Irvine and Ben Johns in mixed doubles and Schneeman and Erik Lange again in mixed doubles.
The team from Chicago then took on D.C. for the last spot in the final, with the slice taking a thrilling 3-2 series win thanks again to mixed doubles wins from Irvine and Johns and Schneeman and Lange.
Additional details About Major League Pickleball
- The Major League Pickleball: Season Two Championship is the culmination of the second season of the Major League Pickleball (MLP) tournament.
- The tournament features eight teams from across the United States, each with four players (two men and two women).
- The teams compete in a round-robin format, with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs.
- The playoffs consist of two semifinal matches and a championship match.
- The championship match is a best-of-five series, with each match consisting of three games.
- The games are played to 21 points, with the winner being the first team to win two games.
- The championship match will be played between the Chicago Slice and the Orlando Squeeze.
- The Chicago Slice advanced to the championship match by defeating the Miami Pickleball Club and the D.C. Pickleball Team.
- The Orlando Squeeze advanced to the championship match by sweeping the D.C. Pickleball Team.
- The championship match will take place on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at Life Time Rancho San Clemente.
- The game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. ET.
- The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2, and it can also be streamed online on Watch ESPN.
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