PPA Tour · St. Louis Shock (MLP) · Top 2 · as of Jun 2026 · 2026 MLP: 42-8
Anna Leigh Waters' women's doubles partner and MLP's first-ever million-dollar draft pick.
Compare ⇄Kate Fahey and Anna Bright built a game plan around avoiding the world No. 1 entirely at MLP's Mid-Season Finals, holding her to a fraction of her usual shot count. Pundits are still dissecting it.
Anna Bright and Kate Fahey refused to hit a single ball to the world's best player, and the tactic carried the Shock to a 3-0 sweep of the 5s and their first-ever Mid-Season Tournament crown — pulling St. Louis into a first-place tie with New Jersey at 93 points.
Both top seeds rolled through Saturday's semifinals at the Edward Jones MLP Mid-Season Tournament, setting up a third New Jersey-St. Louis meeting of the season for Sunday's title.
Brooklyn gets their injured men's doubles anchor back for St. Pete, where a raft of season stats reveal just how dominant — and how one-sided — the top-tier matchups have been in 2026.
The full-bag debate boiled over in MLP mixed: Jansen refused the paddle tap and exchanged words with Devilliers after he tagged her partner Nico Acevedo.
Champions — St. Louis Shock — Edward Jones Mid-Season Tournament
Champions — St. Louis Shock — MLP St. Petersburg
Women's Doubles champion — 2026 PPA Tour Finals
with Anna Leigh Waters
Champions — St. Louis Shock — MLP St. Louis
Runner-up — St. Louis Shock — MLP Columbus
3rd of 8 — St. Louis Shock — MLP Dallas