{"id":469,"date":"2019-04-08T14:16:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2019-04-08T14:16:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:16:18","slug":"intercollegiates-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/08\/intercollegiates-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Intercollegiates Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Scott denies Munoz a 4th straight title.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a wrap-up of this past weekend’s USA Racquetball<\/a> Intercollegiate championships, held at Arizona State University in Tempe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R2sports link: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/tourney\/home.asp?TID=30466<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A reminder: we don’t load this data into the database at current, but we do keep track of past champions for informational purposes. At the bottom i’ve got some school-based factoids including the 2019 champs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the Men’s Singles #1 side, a couple of upsets in the 16s but the top 6 seeds all advanced. In the quarters, only one upset with #5\u00a0Jacob Matthews<\/strong><\/a> of ECU taking out 4th seeded Nick Buring<\/strong> of Oregon State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the semis…both top seeds advanced with ease, with #1\u00a0Erik Garcia<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of CSU-Pueblo topping #5 Matthews 3,7 and #2\u00a0Alejandro Almada<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0from Texas topping #3 seed\u00a0Jeremy Dixon<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0from Baldwin-Wallace 2,5 to setup the anticipated final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final, #1 Garcia downed #2 Almada in a tiebreaker to win the title. Garcia repeats as champion, becoming just the 10th male to hold more than one intercollegiate title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the Women’s side, the top 8 seeds all advanced to the quarters. There, similarly to the Men’s side just one upset in the #5\/#4 match with Costa Rican international Melania\u00a0<\/strong>Mela Sauma<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Masis<\/strong> (playing at her home courts at ASU) topping 4th seeded Lexi York<\/strong> from Oregon State in a tiebreaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the semis, #1 seed Carla Mu\u00f1oz Montesinos<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of CSU-Pueblo knocked out Sauma in two games, while #3 seeded Hollie Scott<\/strong> (playing out U of Washington), continued her solid form lately and topped 2nd seeded (and my pre-tourney pick)\u00a0Erika Manilla<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0from N. Arizona in dominant fashion 9,4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final…Scott dominated Munoz for the win 2,8 to deny Munoz a chance at 4 straight intercollegiate titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the doubles side:
– Mens doubles went to Garcia\/Le from CSU-Pueblo, who downed the Texas pair of Almada and his partner Jerry Yang<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Women’s doubles went to the CSU-Pueblo team of Riveros\/Laime, who downed OSU’s York &\u00a0Natalie Lorati<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some quick facts coming out of this event:
– Garcia’s Men’s #1 win represents the 8th Men’s #1 title for players from CSU-Pueblo (formerly known as the University of Southern Colorado). They still trail University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State University) which had 12 Men’s #1 winners in their history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Half of the now 47 Men’s #1 intercollegiate title winners have come from just three schools: Memphis, CSU-Pueblo and Southwest Missouri state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–\u00a0Tim Sweeney<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0remains the sole player in history to win four consecutive intercollegiate titles, a feat Munoz was attempting to match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Scott’s victory for University of Washington represents the 25th distinct college to provide a #1 women’s winner. Memphis remains the #1 school for Women as well, providing 7 titlists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team winners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall: 1. CSU-Pueblo 2. Oregon State. 3. BYU
Mens: 1. Oregon State. 2. BYU. 3. CSU-Pueblo.
Womens: 1. CSU-Pueblo. 2. Oregon State 3. BYU<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSU-Pueblo wins its 2nd ever overall title. Oregon State has been the dominant overall team leader here, having won 11 of the 16 overall team titles awarded since 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oregon State wins its 3rd ever Men’s Title. They have a long way to go to catch CSU-Pueblo & Memphis here, as those two schools combined have won 31 of the 47 ever Men’s team awards given out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSU-Pueblo wins its 1st ever Women’s title. Memphis, BYU and Oregon State have dominated here historically, winning 31 of the 45 ever women’s team titles given out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A side note: I know this tourney runs similarly to a tennis tournament, where schools provide teams seeded 1-6 … but the state of collegiate racquetball right now is such that the top rball colleges (specifically, CSU-Pueblo) are contributing such more dominant talent than other schools that I wonder if there wouldn’t be value in changing the format so that more players from the top schools could compete in the #1 division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To wit, the #2 female player from CSU-Pueblo was current LPRT #10 ranked player\u00a0Adriana Riveros<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and their #3 female player was\u00a0Brenda Laime Jalil<\/strong><\/a>, currently ranked 16th on tour. Both obliterated their respective draws, barely being scored upon (Riveros won the #2 draw giving up a total of 9 points in four matches, and Laime won the #3 final 0,0). It was the same to a lesser extent on the Men’s side, with Lukas Le<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0representing CSU-Pueblo in the Men’s #2 and likely being the 2nd or 3rd best men’s player in Tempe. Perhaps he was the sole example of a player who may very well have made the semis or higher in the Men’s #1, but my point remains. International competitions feature two players from each country; maybe intercollegiates should as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a wrap-up of this past weekend’s USA Racquetball Intercollegiate championships, held at Arizona State University in Tempe. R2sports link: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/tourney\/home.asp?TID=30466 A reminder: we don’t load this data into the database at current, but we do keep track of past champions for informational purposes. At the bottom i’ve got some school-based factoids including the 2019 champs. ———————-On the … <\/p>\n

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