Ghost of Georgetwwn - Preliminary round results

Alex Ackermann is the big winner after the preliminary rounds of the 12th Annual Ghost of Georgetown / Kansas City Pro-Am presented by Novasors, the first stop on the International Racquetball Tour's (IRT's) 2011-2012 season. Ackermann was the only player to upset a higher seed in the final round of qualifying, as he beat Alejandro Landa, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3. The puts Ackermann in the Round of 16 versus Rocky Carson.

Ruben Gonzalez's quest for the top 10 hit a snag, as he lost his first match to 20th seed Sebastian Franco, 11-6, 12-10, 6-11, 11-8. Franco lost in the next round to Mexican veteran Javier Moreno, 11-4, 11-7, 13-11. Moreno will face 4th seed Chris Crowther in the 16s.

The IRT Network is webcasting the Ghost of Georgetown through the weekend with the Round of 16 beginning at 11:30 AM CDT and quarter finals starting at 5:30 CDT.

12th Ghost of Georgetown, Kansas City

Round 1 (128s)

Brad Shopieray d. Logan Reese, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7
Francisco Gomez d. Armando Bermudez, 11-2, 11-5, 11-5
Tyler Otto d. Bart Miller, 11-3, 11-0, 11-6

Bradley Rogers d. Juan Carlos Torres, 11-9, 12-10, 6-11, 6-11, 11-8
Peter Wrigley d. Brian Watson, 11-6, 11-1, 11-7
Cesar Castro d. Clinton Mehta, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3

Cesar Castillo d. Travis Kern, 13-11, 11-6, 11-2
Travis Woodbury d. Dan Case, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-1

Round 2 (64s)

Felipe Camacho d. Juan Martinez, 11-7, 11-4, 11-3
Teobaldo Fumero d. Arthur Schmeiser, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-0

Anthony Herrera v. BYE
Francisco Gomez d. Brad Shopieray, 8-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-6

Juan Herrera d. Juan Rivas, 10-12, 11-8, 14-12, 11-0
Tyler Otto d. Erik Leetch, 5-11, 11-8, 11-3 11-4

Javier Moreno d. Bradley Rogers, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7
Sebastian Franco d. Ruben Gonzalez, 11-6, 12-10, 6-11, 11-8

Alejandro Herrera d. Peter Wrigley, 11-8, 11-2, 11-7
Jansen Allen d. John Scott, 11-1, 11-6, 11-5

Tony Carson d. Cesar Castro, 11-8, 11-2, 11-3
Nick Montalbano d. Hiroshi Shimizu, 11-4, 6-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-3

Alvaro Beltran d. Cesar Castillo, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4
Polo Gutierrez d. James Slamko, 11-6, 11-3, 11-5

Alejandro Landa d. Travis Woodbury, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8, 11-3
Alex Ackermann d. Jose Diaz, 9-11, 11-2, 11-2, 11-8

Round 3 (32s)

Q1: Felipe Camacho d. Teobaldo Fumero, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8
Q8: Anthony Herrera d. Francisco Gomez, 11-1, 11-8, 11-2

Q4: Juan Herrera d. Tyler Otto, 9-11, 11-4, 11-1, 11-3
Q5: Javier Moreno d. Sebastian Franco, 11-4, 11-7, 13-11

Q6: Alejandro Herrera d. Jansen Allen, 11-6, 11-2, 11-4
Q3: Tony Carson d. Nick Montalbano, 11-5, 13-11, 13-11

Q2: Alvaro Beltran d. Polo Gutierrez, 3-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3
Q7: Alex Ackermann d. Alejandro Landa, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3

Round of 16

Kane Waselenchuk v. Felipe Camacho
Charlie Pratt v. Anthony Herrera

Andy Hawthorne v. Juan Herrera
Chris Crowther v. Javier Moreno

Ben Croft v. Alejandro Herrera
Jose Rojas v. Tony Carson

Shane Vanderson v. Alvaro Beltran
Rocky Carson v. Alex Ackermann

Follow the bouncing ball....