IRT - Florida Spring Break Prelims Complete

Eight players have now qualified for the Round of 16 at the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) Florida Spring Break Pro-Am tournament. Some of them are the usual suspects but there are some surprises too.

Three players have made the 16s for the first time ever. Floridian Mike Harmon defeated Anthony Herrera, 11-2, 11-8, 11-5, Costa Rican Teobaldo Fumero beat Toby St. Pierre, 3-11, 11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 11-0, and young American Dan Lavely got a victory over Tony Carson by forfeit.

In the 16s, Harmon will face fellow Florida resident Shane Vanderson, while Fumero takes on Ben Croft, and Lavely plays Jose Rojas in a battle of former US Junior Team players.

The perhaps the marquee Round of 16 match will be Jack Huczek versus Mike Green. They went to four games last October in San Diego. In that match, it looked like Green was going to be up 2-1 after game three only to have Huczek come back and win that 12-10 and then use the momentum to finish it in four.

The IRT Network will begin web-casting the Round of 16 matches from Tampa beginning at 10:30 AM EST on Friday.

2011 Florida Spring Break Pro-Am, Tampa, Florida
Round 3

Q8: David Horn d. Ivan Villegas, 11-7, 11-4, 11-3
Q1: Charlie Pratt d. Joe Linnell, 11-7, 11-8, 11-5

Q4: Dan Lavely d. Tony Carson, fft
Q5: Mike Green d. Lee Connell, 11-3, 11-5, 11-3

Q6: Teobaldo Fumero d. Toby St. Pierre, 3-11, 11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 11-0
Q3: Alejandro Herrera d. James Slamko, 11-6, 11-6, 11-1

Q2: Mike Harmon d. Anthony Herrera, 11-2, 11-8, 11-5
Q7: Alex Ackermann d. Paul Orszulak, 11-1, 11-0, 11-4

Main Draw - Round of 16

Kane Waselenchuk v. David Horn
Andy Hawthorne v. Charlie Pratt

Jose Rojas v. Dan Lavely
Jack Huczek v. Mike Green

Ben Croft v. Teobaldo Fumero
Chris Crowther v. Alejandro Herrera

Shane Vanderson v. Mike Harmon
Rocky Carson v. Alex Ackermann

Round 2

David Horn d. Allan Crockett, 11-6, 10-12, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5
Ivan Villegas d. Francisco Gomez, fft

Charlie Pratt - BYE
Joe Linnell d. Geoff Goldblatt, 11-4, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-5

Tony Carson - BYE
Dan Lavely d. Dan Case, 11-5, 11-5, 11-3

Mike Green - BYE
Lee Connell d. Jose Daniel Alvarez, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6

Toby St. Pierre d. Sebastian Franco
Teobaldo Fumero d. Juan Rivas

Alejandro Herrera - BYE
James Slamko d. Brad Schopieray, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4

Anthony Herrera - BYE
Mike Harmon d. Travis Aldinger, 11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 2-11, 11-6

Paul Orszulak d. John Scott, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10
Alex Ackermann d. Bruno Casalvolone, 11-6, 11-0, 11-3

Round 1

Allan Crockett d. Joshua Keil, 11-4, 11-7, 11-1
Ivan Villegas d. Raul Banegas, 11-0, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6

Geoff Goldblatt d. Dayan Yamin, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7
Joe Linnell d. Stacey Young, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4

Dan Case d. John Davies, 7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
Dan Lavely d. Fernando Sierra, 11-7, 11-0, 11-6

Lee Connell d. Michael Bernstein, 11-9, 11-3, 11-7
Jose Daniel Alvarez d. Vinny Carvallo, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8

Toby St. Pierre d. Jorge Nassar, 11-3, 11-6, 11-5
Teobaldo Fumero d. Ricardo Paez, 11-5, 11-3, 11-3

James Slamko d. Jeremy Best, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-3
Brad Schopieray d. Bobby Ferreiri, 6-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-8

Travis Aldinger d. Scott Gargasz, 11-2, 11-4, 11-8
Mike Harmon d. Christian Wer, 9-11, 11-9, 11-0, 11-3

Paul Orszulak d. Wesley Miller, 9-11, 11-0, 11-6, 11-5
Bruno Casalvolone d. Mauro Barbosa, 11-9, 11-5, 11-0

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