{"id":2088,"date":"2024-06-10T13:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=2088"},"modified":"2024-06-10T13:24:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:24:04","slug":"lprt-2024-battle-at-the-beach-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/lprt-2024-battle-at-the-beach-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"LPRT 2024 Battle at the Beach Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Longoria won the battle, but Vargas won the war. \n Photo US Open 2019, Photographer Kevin Savory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to your Pro winners on the weekend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Singles: @Paola Longoria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Doubles: Montse Mejia and Alexandra Herrera<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singles tourney report in PRS database: https:\/\/rball.pro\/zup<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doubles tourney report in PRS database: https:\/\/rball.pro\/p2m<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longoria wins her 113th career LPRT tier1 title, but it isn’t enough to keep Maria Jose Vargas from winning her first career pro title. Mejia & Herrera finish off a complete domination of the LPRT doubles season, winning 6 of the 7 tournaments held (and losing in the final of the only one they didn’t win).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R2 Sports App home page for event: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/website\/event-website.asp?TID=42244<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor note: my apologies for not publishing a preview of this event; I had to fly out for a two day conference Wednesday afternoon, at which time the draws had not been released, and I couldn’t even look at my computer until Sunday afternoon, by which point the tourney was over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let’s review the notable matches in the Singles draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 32s, just one match with a 17-person draw. Newly crowned Liberty University graduate Maria Renee Rodr\u00edguez , who has missed most of the season after being a tour regular for years, entered and fell to #16 @Sheryl Lots, who herself was also a regular on tour for years but who missed most of this season. Hope to have both back full time touring next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 16s, there was just one upset by seed but a couple other notable matches;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– In the 8\/9, #9 Carla Munoz took out #8 @CAma Cris 8,4 but it wasn’t quite enough for Munoz to finish the year ahead of the Colombian (see later on for points analysis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #5 @Kelani Lawrence , a career high ranking, topped her doubles partner #12 Hollie Scott playing on home turf in Chesapeake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The most shocking result was probably #7 @NaNatalia Mena beatinSamantha Sala’s by the dominant scoreline of 3,4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Quarters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #1 @MarMaria Jos\u00e9 Vargas , who entered the event with a 278 point lead on Longoria for the year end title, realistically only had to just show up and advance a round to seal the year end title, left no doubt about it by moving into the semis with a solid win over fellow South American Munoz here. We’ll talk more about Vargas’ accomplishment in a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– In the always fun 4\/5 match, Lawrence (who always plays tough on her home courts), took #4 Herrera to a breaker before falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #3 Longoria, who needed a win here plus a lot of help to secure her 14th career LPRT tour title, made fast work of #6 Brenda Laime 8,1 to move on. Laime shocked Longoria last season but the GOAT left no doubt here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #2 Mejia had to work for it, but moved past the resurgent Mendez 9,8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Semis, two upsets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #1 Vargas fell to the left Herrera in three close games 14,(9),9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #3 Longoria cruised past Mejia 9,8 to secure 2nd place this season for certain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Finals, Longoria dominated for stretches and took the title 5,10 over Herrera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Points Implications of results<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caveat: this analysis is based on my calculations; the final tour rankings have yet to be published and there might be some changes based on information unavailable at the time of this writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As noted above, once Vargas advanced a round she essentially sealed the 2023-24 title. We’ll cover the season in depth and discuss Vargas’ place in history in a future post. Longoria secured 2nd place for the season. Mejia will slump to 3rd after winning the title last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be little change elsewhere in the top 10 at season’s end. The injured Erika Manilla retains enough points to hang onto #10 and will be a force to reckon with next season as she defends zero points all season. Missing regulars Gaby and Parrilla fall into the Teens. We’ll do a fuller story later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doubles review<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were only 7 doubles teams, but the competition was fierce. An 11-10 breaker in the quarters, and both semis going tiebreaker as well, but the final was as expected: the two top Mexican teams. Once it was Mejia\/Herrera versus Longoria\/Salas, the battle was on. But the final ended up being anticlimactic, as the #1 pair won 5,9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mejia & Herrera finish off a complete domination of the LPRT doubles season, winning 6 of the 7 tournaments held (and losing in the final of the only one they didn’t win).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Open Singles, other notable draws<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Mendez took Women’s Open over Lotts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Dylan Pruitt won the Men’s open over chesapeake’s Justin Carpenter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Maurice Miller teamed with MRR to win the Mixed Pro doubles exhibition, an event that featured a slew of the LPRT pros playing with the top men who had travelled to play this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That’s it for the 2023-24 LPRT season! As mentioned, we’ll let the final rankings get calculated and posted, load them into the database, then do our typical end of season recap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Per our handy master racquetball calendar …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1V6OTid6rZ356voXVkoV2sN7KMMbIP9SZd0MssH_nPGU\/edit?usp=sharing\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This past weekend also featured a Junior Olympics event in Mexico that isn’t “Mexican Junior Nationals” but was a good competition. We may do a review of that. Next big event though is US Junior Nationals in Pleasanton the last weekend of June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congrats to your Pro winners on the weekend: – Singles: @Paola Longoria – Doubles: Montse Mejia and Alexandra Herrera Singles tourney report in PRS database: https:\/\/rball.pro\/zup Doubles tourney report in PRS database: https:\/\/rball.pro\/p2m Longoria wins her 113th career LPRT tier1 title, but it isn’t enough to keep Maria Jose Vargas from winning her first career … <\/p>\n

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