PARC XXVII Pan Am Championships - Day 2 Singles

There through two days of singles competition at the XXVII Pan American Racquetball Championships in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and still no surprises, as you'll see in the results below.

No surprises, but the wins by Maria Jose Vargas are upsets by the seeding, as she is playing for Argentina, which has not done well at previous competitions. Initial seeding into the preliminary groups is based on how well countries have done in previous events.

But Vargas, who was born in Bolivia and played for that country as a junior, is the 3rd ranked women's pro player on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT), so she should be expected to defeat all opponents in Santa Cruz save American Rhonda Rajsich, who's the 2nd ranked LPRT player.

Monday will be the last day of the preliminary round, and there could be some real upsets that day as the highest seeds in the groups will be playing off. The preliminary round results will determine the seeding for the elimination round that will begin Wednesday.

There will be live streaming of the elimination round semi-finals and finals on Friday and Saturday - April 18 and 19 - via the IRT Network.

XXVII Pan American Racquetball Championships
Santa Cruz, Bolivia - April 12-19, 2014

Women's Singles

Group A

Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala) d. Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic), 15-12, 15-3
Samantha Salas Solis (Mexico) - BYE

Group B

Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) d. Mariana Tobon (Venezuela), 15-4, 15-7
Rhonda Rajsich (USA) - BYE

Group C

Susana Acosta (Mexico) d. Gabriella Martinez (Guatemala), 15-6, 14-4
Maria Cespedes (Dominican Republic) d. Irene Caballero (Panama), 15-7, 15-6

Group D

Janel Tisinger (USA) d. Mariana Parades (Venezuela), 15-2, 15-4
Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador) d. Giulia Barboni (Panama), 15-0, 15-0

Group E

Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) d. Jenny Daza (Bolivia), 15-2, 15-7
Carolina Gomez (Colombia) d. Pamela Padilla (Honduras), 15-2, 15-13

Group F

Jennifer Saunders (Canada) d. Melania Sauma (Costa Rica), 15-4, 15-7
Maria Paz Riquelme (Chile) d. Letty Maldonado (Puerto Rico), 15-5, 15-7

Group G

Natalia Mendez (Bolivia) d. Cecilia Ceruetti (Argentina), 15-5, 15-6
Cristina Amaya (Colombia) d. Paula Sierra (Honduras), 15-11, 15-12

Group H

Frédérique Lambert (Canada) d. Sofia Soley (Costa Rica), 15-13, 15-5
Carla Muñoz (Chile) d. Mary Diaz (Puerto Rico), 15-0, 15-2

Men's Singles

Group A

Cesar Castillo (Venezuela) d. Junior Rodriguez (Dominican Republic), 15-1, 15-14
Polo Gutierrez (Mexico) - BYE

Group B

Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina) d. Andrés Solera (Costa Rica), 10-15, 15-8, 11-7
Vincent Gagnon (Canada) - BYE

Group C

Andree Parrilla (Mexico) d. Ezequiel Paez (Venezuela), 15-4, 15--12
Luis Perez (Dominican Republic) d. Diego Vognione (Uruguay), 15-2, 15-1

Group D

Coby Iwaasa (Canada) d. Pablo Kurzbard (Argentina), 15-7, 15-6
Felipe Camacho (Costa Rica) d. Gustavo Farrel (Uruguay), 15-9, 15-0

Group E

Jose Rojas (USA) d. Jared Torres (Puerto Rico), 15-8, 15-8
Alejandro Herrera (Colombia) d. Rodrigo Salgado (Chile), 15-3, 15-5

Group F

Carlos Keller (Bolivia) d. Selvin Cruz (Honduras), 15-0, 15-5
Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) d. Edwin Garcia (Guatemala). 15-13, 15-11

Group G

David Horn (USA) d. Fernando Rivera (Puerto Rico), 15-3, 15-5
Sebastian Franco (Colombia) d. Francisco Troncoso (Chile), 15-10, 15-9

Group H

Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. Miguel Flores (Honduras), 15-6, 15-4
Fernando Rios (Ecuador) d. Pedro Manolo Sandoval (Guatemala), 15-7, 15-6

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