IRT - New York Temperature Controls Preliminary Results

Only a couple of upsets in the preliminary rounds at the New York Temperature Controls Pro-Am in Syosset, New York, which is the sixth event of the 2012-13 International Racquetball Tour (IRT) season.

The biggest upset was by Joe Palazzo who got a forfeit win over Juan Herrera to reach the Round of 16 - the only lower seeded player to get into the 16s. That came after Palazzo defeated Andree Parrilla, 6-11, 11-6, 4-11, 12-10, 11-3, in the second round of qualifying.

John Behm was one of the other upset winners, as he first defeated Alex Winter, 0-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4, and then won a five game battle against Arthur Schmeiser, 13-11, 8-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7. However, Behm missed out on getting to the Round of 16, as he lost his final qualifying match to Agustin Tristan, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9.

Also, Robert Collins upset Lee Connell, 11-5, 11-6, 11-2, in the first round of qualifying but then fell to Marco Rojas, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4. Rojas will face Alvaro Beltran in the Round of 16 on Friday.

Regardless of those upsets, the Round of 16 matches that we most anticipated have been set up: Alejandro Landa will play Andy Hawthorne, Brad Schopieray is up against Javier Moreno, Anthony Herrera faces Jose Diaz, and Nick Montalbano goes up against Jose Rojas.

The main draw of 16 will begin Friday at 10 AM EST in Syosset, New York and can be viewed via the IRT Network.

New York Temperature Controls Pro-Am - January 10-13, 2013
Syosset, New York

Preliminary Draw Round 3

Q8: Mauricio Zelada d, Luis Reveron, 11-4, 11-4, 11-5
Q1: Brad Schopieray d. Spencer Shoemaker, 11-9, 11-0, 9-11, 11-1

Q4: Jose Diaz d. Cesar Castillo, 4-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-3
Q5: Agustin Tristan d. John Behm, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9

Q6: Nick Montalbano d. Andrew Gale, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5
Q3: Joe Palazzo d. Juan Herrera, forfeit

Q2: Alejandro Landa d. Eric Muller, 13-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9
Q7: Marco Rojas d. Robert Collins, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4

Round of 16

Rocky Carson v. Mauricio Zelada
Javier Moreno v. Brad Schopieray

Anthony Herrera v. Jose Diaz
Chris Crowther v. Agustin Tristan

Jose Rojas v. Nick Montalbano
Ben Croft v. Joe Palazzo

Andy Hawthorne v. Alejandro Landa
Alvaro Beltran v. Marco Rojas

Preliminary Draw Round 2

Luis Reveron d. Nicolas Bousquet, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7
Mauricio Zelada d. Jonathan Clay, 11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6

Spencer Shoemaker d. Mitch Posner, 11-1, 11-1, 11-0
Cesar Castillo d. Alec Wasilonsky, 11-6, 11-3, 11-0

John Behm d. Arthur Schmeiser, 13-11, 8-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7
Agustin Tristan d. Tom Keogh, 11-6, 11-4, 11-2

Andrew Gale d. John Wolfe, 11-4, 11-4, 11-0
Nick Montalbano d. Pedro Castro, 11-2, 11-4, 11-1

Joe Palazzo d. Andree Parrilla, 6-11, 11-6, 4-11, 12-10, 11-3
Eric Muller d. Andrew Kopf, 11-0, 11-6, 11-5

Marco Rojas d. Samuel Murray, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9
Robert Collins d. Lee Connell, 11-5, 11-6, 11-2

Preliminary Draw Round 1

John Behm d. Alex Winter, 0-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4
Pedro Castro d. Abraham Cardenas, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3

Follow the bouncing ball….