John Chatlak is a tennis pro on the go.

He is leaving his job as director of tennis at Oglebay Park in Wheeling, W.Va., and is going to play for the United States in the Potter Cup, an eight-team international event for men 45 and over, the first week in June in Barcelona, Spain.

Chatlak, who grew up in the Mon Valley and graduated from Ringgold High School and California University, recently resigned after 15 years at Oglebay Park.

"I'm just moving on," he said. "It's time."

He plans to continue giving tennis lessons, either in the Tri-State area or elsewhere.

"I have a lot of opportunities. I just don't know if I'm going to stay around here or move," said Chatlak, 45. "I guess you could say this is a strange time for me."

Although he doesn't compete in many age-group tournaments, Chatlak has managed to earn a national ranking in the top 20 in the 45s.

"It hasn't hit me yet [that I've turned 45]," he said with a laugh. "They just called me out of the blue to play on the team. I'm thinking I'll probably play No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles."

This will be the second international age-group tournament for Chatlak, who was on the U.S. team that defeated Germany in the final in the men's 40s championship in 2000.

"I'm still playing pretty well," he said. "I still think of myself as a player."

Campus courts

The Carnegie Mellon women's team, ranked No. 12 in NCAA Division III, lost to No. 1 and undefeated Washington & Lee University, 5-0, in the final of the Atlantic South Region of the NCAA tournament at Lexington, Va. CMU defeated No. 18 Swarthmore, 5-2, in the first round.

The John Carroll University women's team was 22-1 and won the Ohio Athletic Conference championships with contributions by a trio of players from the area --Lauren Castagnero, a senior from Ellis School; Shannon Benic, a freshman from Fox Chapel; and Kate Leckenby, a senior from Mt. Lebanon.

Castagnero, who was 20-0 at No. 4 singles and 21-1 at No. 3 doubles this season, holds the school career record with 136 victories. She was 68-11 at singles and 68-8 in doubles. Benic was 18-2 mostly at No. 3 singles and 18-2 at No. 2 doubles. Leckenby was 18-2 at No. 5 singles and 17-2 at No. 3 doubles.

Allegheny's Carrie Miller, a freshman from Upper St. Clair, is second-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference. She was 8-7 playing No. 1 singles and 6-5 at No. 1 doubles.

Juniata's Jonathan Skoner, a freshman from Central Catholic who tied for the team lead with 14 wins, is conference rookie of the year and second-team Commonwealth Conference.

Penn State Behrend's Miles Boyea, winner of the league's first-flight singles championship, is the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference player of the year.

CMU sophomore Andrew Clearfield, who was 13-4 at No. 2 singles, is second-team All-University Athletic Association.

High honor roll

Steve Kaufman, John Mercer and Mark Phillips, who helped Allegheny College win the 1981 Presidents' Athletic Conference championship, will be among the first men's tennis only players inducted into the school's Sports Hall of Fame at a ceremony June 4. The Gators won five of six singles titles and all three doubles titles.

Kaufman, 46, an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, is the top-ranked men's singles players in the 45s division in the Allegheny Mountain District; Mercer is head pro at the Pittsburgh Field Club, director of Guyan Golf & Country Club and coaches the women's team at Marshall University; Phillips runs a prominent junior development program at Glen Creek Tennis Club.

What's happening

Tom Fleming will have junior clinics for all skill levels every Saturday and a free clinic for all ages at 1 p.m. every Sunday this summer at Settlers Cabin Park. For more information, call 412-928-8241 or e-mail coachfleming@msn.com.