Friday, April 24, 2009

Dennis Rosenberg Pro Am - Qualifying Round Results

Jason Sylvester was the biggest surprise qualifier on Thursday at the Dennis Rosenberg Pro-Am tournament, an International Racquetball Tour (IRT) event in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Sylvester beat Travis Woodbury in qualifying, 11-9, 13-11, 11-8, to make the Round of 16 on Friday, when he'll play Jason Mannino.

Also, Ruben Gonzalez, a racquetball legend, qualified for the main draw by defeating Canadian Lee Connell, 5-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-7. Gonzalez will face top seed Kane Waselenchuk, who is becoming a racquetball legend himself.

Highlighting the other qualifiers is current Canadian champion, Mike Green, who beat former IRT #1 Cliff Swain, 11-9, 11-9, 11-0. Green's next match is against second seed Rocky Carson.

Dennis Rosenberg Pro-Am
Qualifying Rounds

Round 1


Ben Drumm d. Mitch Posner, 11-4, 11-4, 11-0
Bryan Crosser d. Michael Arterburn, fft
Travis Aldinger d. Jack Pau, 11-3, 11-3, 11-8
David Austin d. Marty Hammond, 11-3, 12-10, 11-7

Round 2

Q1 : Andy Hawthorne d. Ben Drumm, 11-7, 11-0, 11-9
Q8 : Ruben Gonzalez d. Lee Connell, 5-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-7

Q5 : Jason Sylvester d. Travis Woodbury, 11-9, 13-11, 11-8
Q4 : Hiroshi Shimizu d. Bryan Crosser, 11-5, 11-1, 11-4

Q3 : Alejandro Herrera d. Travis Aldinger
Q6 : Anthony Herrera d. Keith Minor, 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 8-3 injury default

Q7 : Mike Green d. Cliff Swain, 11-9, 11-9, 11-0
Q2 : Juan Herrera d. David Austin, 11-4, 11-8, 11-8

Main Draw Round of 16

Kane Waselenchuk vs. Ruben Gonzalez
Chris Crowther vs. Andy Hawthorne

Shane Vanderson vs. Hiroshi Shimizu
Jason Mannino vs. Jason Sylvester

Jack Huczek vs. Anthony Herrera
Ben Croft vs. Alejandro Herrera

Mitch Williams vs. Juan Herrera
Rocky Carson vs. Mike Green

Follow the bouncing ball....

1 comment:

Unknown said...

GO JASON!!!!

-RYAN LAMB