Round of 64 & 32 at 2018 IRT MWRA Pro-Am

The first rounds of the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) MWRA Pro-Am in Laurel, Maryland are over, and there were a few upsets. The primary one was Andres Acuña beating Felipe Camacho in a Costa Rica showdown, 15-11, 15-6. Acuña will play 4th seed Sebastian Franco in the Round of 16 Friday morning. Also on Thursday, Nick Montalbano defeated Robert Collins, 8-15, 15-8, 11-5, and will play 2nd seed Alejandro Landa in the 16s.

There are several tasty match ups in the Round of 16, including David Horn versus Andree Parrilla, which will be a rematch of last season’s Shamrock Shootout, which was won by Parrilla. In a heavyweight battle, Samuel Murray plays Jake Bredenbeck, and Jansen Allen will take on Jose Diaz.

Look for action from Maryland at the IRT Network, or the IRT Facebook page. The Round of 16 will be Friday morning at 10 and 11 AM with the quarter finals Friday evening from 5 PM on. The semi-finals will be Saturday morning at 11 AM and noon with the singles final Saturday at 7 PM. All times Eastern.

2018 IRT MWRA Pro-Am, September 13-15, 2018
Laurel, Maryland

Qualifying Round 1 - Thursday

Gerardo Franco d. Jordy Alonso, 15-7, 15-12
Nicholas Riffel d. David Austin, 15-7, 15-4

Andree Parrilla d. Jamal Harris, 15-5, 15-5
Maurice Miller d. Set Cubillos, 15-13, 15-7

John Wolfe d. Erick Fernandez, 15-6, 15-10
Adam Manilla d. Diego Garcia, 5-15, 15-8, 11-3

Felipe Camacho d. Dan Fowler, 15-12, 15-5
Andres Acuña d. Mitch Posner, 15-1, 15-0

Justus Benson d. Tommy Murray, 15-8, 10-15, 11-8
Thomas Carter d. Geoff Heskett, 15-9, 15-4

Jake Bredenbeck d. Troy Moore, 15-2, 15-5
Mauro Rojas d. Kule Ulliman, 15-10, 15-4

Troy Warigon d. Sergio Acuña, 15-14, 15-14
Jose Diaz d. Pedro Meruvia, forfeit

Robert Collins d. Brent Walters, 15-14, 15-12
Nick Montalbano d. Scott McClellan, 15-10, 15-6

Qualifying Round 2 - Thursday

Q8) Gerardo Franco d. Nicholas Riffel, 15-2, 15-13
Q1) Andree Parrilla d. Maurice Miller, 15-11, 15-8

Q4) Adam Manilla d. John Wolfe, 15-1, 15-1
Q5) Andres Acuña d. Felipe Camacho, 15-11, 15-6

Q6) Thomas Carter d. Justus Benson, 11-15, 15-6, 11-3
Q3) Jake Bredenbeck d. Mauro Rojas, 15-14, 15-11

Q2) Jose Diaz d. Troy Warigon, 15-7, 15-9
Q7) Nick Montalbano d. Robert Collins, 8-15, 15-8, 11-5

Round of 16 - Friday

1) Rocky Carson v. Gerardo Franco - 11 AM
8) David Horn v. Andree Parrilla - 11 AM

5) Mario Mercado v. Adam Manilla - 11 AM
4) Sebastian Franco v. Andres Acuña - 11 AM

Thomas Carter d. 3) Kane Waselenchuk, forfeit
6) Samuel Murray v. Jake Bredenbeck - 10 AM

7) Jansen Allen v. Jose Diaz - 10 AM
2) Alejandro Landa v. Nick Montalbano - 10 AM

Follow the bouncing ball….