2016 IRT Ghost of Georgetown - Round of 16

Two upsets in the Round of 16 at the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) 17th Annual Ghost of Georgetown presented by Novasors in Overland Park, Kansas. Alejandro Landa defeated 5th seed Jose Rojas, 11-9, 11-1, 11-7, and Jake Bredenbeck beat Alvaro Beltran, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5, and Landa and Bredenbeck will meet in the quarterfinals with one of them assured of a semi-final appearance.

In that semi, they will likely face IRT #1 Kane Waselenchuk, who defeated Andree Parrilla, 11-4, 11-0, 11-1, in the 16s. Waselenchuk will play Felipe Camacho in the quarters, as Camacho was a straight game winner against Mauro Rojas, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7.

On the bottom of the draw, IRT #2 Rocky Carson was pushed to five games against Jose Diaz, who was up 2-1 in the match. But the veteran Carson came back and won it, 11-1, 7-11, 9-11, 11-2, 11-1. Carson will play Marco Rojas, who defeated Samuel Murray, 11-2, 11-3, 11-3.

Finally, Daniel De La Rosa and Jansen Allen will face off in the other quarterfinal. De La Rosa needed four games to beat David Horn, 11-9, 6-11, 11-0, 12-10, in what was a feisty match. In his match, Allen made short work of Francisco Troncoso, winning 11-3, 11-2, 11-0.

The quarterfinals will be streamed live Friday from 4 AM Central via the IRT Network with the semi-finals Saturday at 4 and 5 PM and the final Sunday at noon. All times Central.

17th Annual Ghost of Georgetown presented by Novasors - September 8-11, 2016
Overland Park, Kansas

Round of 16 - Friday

1) Kane Waselenchuk d. Andree Parrilla, 11-4, 11-0, 11-1
8) Felipe Camacho d. Mauro Rojas, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7

Alejandro Landa d. 5) Jose Rojas, 11-9, 11-1, 11-7
Jake Bredenbeck d. 4) Alvaro Beltran, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 12-10

3) Daniel De La Rosa d. David Horn, 11-9, 6-11, 11-0, 12-10
6) Jansen Allen d. Francisco Troncoso, 11-3, 11-2, 11-0

7) Marco Rojas d. Samuel Murray, 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
2) Rocky Carson d. Jose Diaz, 11-1, 7-11, 9-11, 11-2, 11-1

Quarterfinals - Friday

1) Kane Waselenchuk v. 8) Felipe Camacho - 5 PM
Alejandro Landa v. Jake Bredenbeck - 7 PM

3) Daniel De La Rosa v. 6) Jansen Allen - 6 PM
2) Rocky Carson v. 7) Marco Rojas - 4 PM

Follow the bouncing ball….