IRT Shamrock Shootout Round of 16

No upsets in the Round of 16 at the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) Shamrock Shootout in Lombard, Illinois, but there were two five game matches with the higher seeded players finding themselves in must win situations.

But top seed Rocky Carson was a straight game winner over 17th seed Andres Ramierez, 11-0, 11-1, 11-9, and 2nd seed Kane Waselenchuk also won in three straight games against Felipe Camacho, 11-1, 11-7, 11-1.

Fourth seed Daniel De La Rosa and Coby Iwaasa had a barn burner of a match, with Iwaasa ahead 2-1 in games before De La Rosa came back to win in five, 6-11, 11-7, 4-11, 11-6, 11-1.

Jansen Allen was in tougher, as Danny Lavely went up 2-0 on him, forcing the 6th seed to win three in a row. But Allen rose to the task, winning 1-11, 3-11, 11-1, 11-2, 11-6. After four lopsided games, they were close in game five, and tied at 5-5 before Allen won six of the next seven points.

The quarterfinals will kick off at 5 PM CDT Friday, and will be available via the IRT Network.

2015 Shamrock Shootout
Lombard, Illinois

Round of 16 (with seeding)

1 Rocky Carson d. Andres Ramierez, 11-0, 11-1, 11-9
8 Ben Croft d. Charlie Pratt, 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 11-4

5 Jose Rojas d. Tim Landeryou, 11-1, 12-10, 11-1
4 Daniel De La Rosa d. Coby Iwaasa, 6-11, 11-7, 4-11, 11-6, 11-1

3 Alvaro Beltran d. Alejandro Herrera, 11-5, 11-3, 11-7
6 Jansen Allen d. Danny Lavely, 1-11, 3-11, 11-1, 11-2, 11-6

7 Marco Rojas d. Robert Collins, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6
2 Kane Waselenchuk d. Felipe Camacho, 11-1, 11-7, 11-1

Quarterfinals (with seeding)

1 Rocky Carson v. 8 Ben Croft
4 Daniel De La Rosa v. 5 Jose Rojas

3 Alvaro Beltran v. 6 Jansen Allen
2 Kane Waselenchuk v. 7 Marco Rojas

Follow the bouncing ball….