Iwaasa & Lambert win at 1st Racquetball Canada Selection Event

Coby Iwaasa and Frédérique Lambert won the Men’s and Women’s titles, respectively, at Racquetball Canada’s first National Team Selection Event of the season on the weekend in Brossard, Québec. Iwaasa had a walkover win in the final against Samuel Murray, as Murray’s knee injury from last month is still bothering him. He was able to play through the first rounds, but didn’t want to push it against Iwaasa in the final.

Lambert won the Women’s title by defeating Michèle Morissette, 11-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, in the final. She defeated Danielle Ramsay in one semi-final, 11-2, 11-4, 11-5, while Morissette beat Juliette Parent, 9-11, 11-8, 14-12, 11-4, in the other. Racquetball Canada has adopted the match format used by the International Racquetball Federation (IRF): best of 5 games with each game to 11 and the winning margin must be at least two points with each rally resulting in a point (rally scoring).

In the Men’s semi-finals, Iwaasa beat Trevor Webb, 11-8, 11-2, 11-3, and Murray defeated Lee Connell, 11-2, 11-8, 11-6.

These results are the first results that will count towards selecting Team Canada for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile next October. They will be combined with the results from the second National Team Selection Event that will be held in Grand Prairie, Alberta in February, as well as the 2023 Canadian Racquetball Championships to be held in Winnipeg in May, to select the Pan Am Games team.

Racquetball Canada National Team Selection Event #1
November 11-12, 2022 - Brossard, Québec

Men's Open

Final

2) Coby Iwaasa d. 1) Samuel Murray, forfeit

3rd Place

3) Trevor Webb d. 5) Lee Connell, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5, 3-11, 11-9

Semi-finals

1) Samuel Murray d. 4) Lee Connell, 11-2, 11-8, 11-6
2) Coby Iwaasa d. 3) Trevor Webb, 11-8, 11-2, 11-3

Quarterfinals

1) Samuel Murray d. 8) Francis Guillemette, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6
4) Lee Connell d. 5) Tanner Prentice, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-9

3) Trevor Webb d. 6) Michael Leduc, 14-12, 11-4, 11-9
2) Coby Iwaasa d. 10) Mitchell Brayley, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6

Women's Open

Final

1) Frédérique Lambert d. 3) Michèle Morissette, 11-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7

3rd place

2) Juliette Parent d. 4) Danielle Drury, 11-8, 11-4, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9

Semi-finals

1) Frédérique Lambert d. 4) Danielle Drury, 11-2, 11-4, 11-5
3) Michèle Morissette d. 2) Juliette Parent, 9-11, 11-8, 14-12, 11-4

Quarterfinals

1) Frédérique Lambert d. 8) Chloe Jauvin, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3
4) Danielle Drury d. 5) Marjolaine Parent, 12-10, 15-9, 11-4
3) Michèle Morissette d. 6) Cassie Prentice, 11-6, 11-4, 14-12
2) Juliette Parent d. 7) Ofelia Wilscam, 12-10, 11-3, 11-1

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