Weekend Round Up - Croft, Sada, Acosta win

Ben Croft won the 9th Annual Carl Myers Memorial in Garden City, Kansas, as he beat Rocky Carson in the final, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4. Winning the Tier 3 International Racquetball Tour (IRT) event bodes well for Croft, who’ll return to his home state to play in the Tier 1 IRT 30th Annual Shamrock Shootout in Lombard, Illinois this coming weekend.

In the semi-finals, Croft defeated Alvaro Beltran, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9, while Carson needed five games to fend off Jose Rojas, 11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 2-11, 11-7.

In Corpus Christi, Texas, Eddie Sada won the Corpus Christi Athletic Club Pro-Am - a Tier 5 IRT event - by defeating John Rhodes in the final, 11-2, 11-5, 11-2. In the semis, Sada beat Ramon Florez, 11-3, 11-1, 11-4, and Rhodes defeated Juan Esparza, 11-3, 7-11, 11-3, 11-4.

Susana Acosta won the Women’s Open division at the New Jersey Open in Warren, New Jersey on the weekend. She defeated Da’monique Davis in the final, 15-11, 15-11. Acosta beat Carla Muñoz in the semi-finals, 8-15, 15-14, 11-8, while Davis defeated Melania Sauma, 15-7, 15-7.

9th Annual Carl Myers Memorial - Garden City, Kansas

Final

Ben Croft d. Rocky Carson, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4

Semi-finals

Carson d. Jose Rojas, 11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 2-11, 11-7
Croft d. Alvaro Beltran, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9

Corpus Christi Athletic Club Pro-Am - Corpus Christi, Texas

Final

Eddie Sada d. John Rhodes, 11-2, 11-5, 11-2

Semi-finals

Eddie Sada d. Ramon Florez, 11-3, 11-1, 11-4
John Rhodes d. Juan Esparza, 11-3, 7-11, 11-3, 11-4

New Jersey Open, Warren, New Jersey

Women’s Open Final

Susana Acosta d. Da’monique Davis, 15-11, 15-11

Semi-finals

Susana Acosta d. Carla Muñoz, 8-15, 15-14, 11-8
Da’monique Davis d. Melania Sauma, 15-7, 15-7

Quarterfinals

Susana Acosta d. Naomi Sasso, 15-10, 15-0
Carla Muñoz d. Maria Renee Rodriguez, 15-4, 9-15, 11-3
Melania Sauma d. Jessica Parrilla, forfeit
Da’monique Davis d. Michèle Morissette, 15-11, 15-10

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