Longoria & Vargas face off in LPRT Battle of the Alamo

One will play two again in a final on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT), as LPRT #1 Paola Longoria will face #2 Maria Jose Vargas in the Battle of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas Sunday. Longoria defeated Samantha Salas, 11-1, 11-1, 11-2, in one semi-final, while Vargas needed five games to get past Rhonda Rajsich, 9-11, 11-5, 10-12, 13-11, 11-4.

They are playing doubles in San Antonia also, but the doubles final is #1 versus #3, as Longoria and Salas, the #1 seeds, will battle 3rd seeds Michelle Key and Frédérique Lambert in the final, as Key and Lambert defeated Vargas and Rajsich, 10-15, 15-8, 11-10, in the semi-finals Saturday.

The LPRT will live stream the final on its LPRT Network at 11 AM CDT Sunday.

LPRT Battle of the Alamo
San Antonio, Texas
(with seeding / LPRT ranking if different)

Quarterfinals

1 Paola Longoria d. 9 Cheryl Gudinas, 11-3, 11-2, 11-1
5 Samantha Salas d. 4 Frédérique Lambert, 11-2, 11-3, 11-2

3 Rhonda Rajsich d. 6 Michelle Key, 5-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-6
2 Maria Jose Vargas d. 10 Veronica Sotomayor, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9

Semi-finals

1 Paola Longoria d. 5 Samantha Salas, 11-1, 11-1, 11-2
2 Maria Jose Vargas d. 3 Rhonda Rajsich, 9-11, 11-5, 10-12, 13-11, 11-4

Final

1 Paola Longoria v. 2 Maria Jose Vargas

Doubles Semi-finals

1 Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas d. 5 Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz, 15-3, 15-3
3 Michelle Key & Frédérique Lambert d. 2 Rhonda Rajsich & Maria Jose Vargas, 10-15, 15-8, 11-10

Doubles Final

1 Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas v. 3 Michelle Key & Frédérique Lambert

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