Vargas vs Mejia in 2025 LPRT Mile High Open final

Number 1 will be play #2 Saturday in the final of the 2025 Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) Mile High Open in Denver, Colorado, where LPRT #1 Maria José Vargas will play 2nd seed Montserrat Mejia. Vargas is going for her fourth straight LPRT tournament win.

Both semi-finals on Friday went to tie-breakers. Vargas held on to beat 5th seed Brenda Laime, 15-1, 7-15, 11-2, while Mejia came back from a game down to defeat 3rd seed Gabriela Martinez, 8-15, 15-7, 11-7.

In doubles, all the quarterfinal matches on Friday were won in two straight games, although there was one slight upset as 5th seeds Sheryl Lotts and Lexi York defeated 4th seeds Cristina Amaya and Jessica Parrilla, 15-8, 15-12. That win sets up a match with the top seeds Valeria Centellas and Vargas, who beat veterans Susana Acosta and Nancy Enriquez, 15-4, 15-7, in the quarters.

The other semi has 2nd seeds Laime and Natalia Mendez against 3rd seeds Alexandra Herrera and Mejia. In the quarters, Laime and Mendez beat veterans Carla Muñoz and Rhonda Rajsich, 15-4, 15-11, while Herrera and Mejia defeated Martinez and Maria Renee Rodriguez, 15-9, 15-13.

Play concludes Saturday with the singles final at 3 PM followed by the doubles final at 5 PM. But first the doubles semis are Saturday morning at 11 AM and noon. All times Mountain. You can check out the action from Denver via the LPRT YouTube channel.

2025 LPRT Mile High Open
Denver, Colorado - November 6-9, 2025

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Maria José Vargas d. 5) Brenda Laime, 15-1, 7-15, 11-2
2) Montserrat Mejia d. 3) Gabriela Martinez, 8-15, 15-7, 11-7

Final - Saturday

1) Maria José Vargas v. 2) Montserrat Mejia - 3 PM

Doubles - Quarterfinals - Friday

1) Valeria Centellas & Maria Jose Vargas d. 9) Susana Acosta & Nancy Enriquez, 15-4, 15-7
5) Sheryl Lotts & Lexi York d. 4) Cristina Amaya & Jessica Parrilla, 15-8, 15-12

3) Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia d. 6) Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez, 15-9, 15-13
2) Brenda Laime & Natalia Mendez d. 7) Carla Muñoz & Rhonda Rajsich, 15-4, 15-11

Doubles - Semi-finals - Saturday

1) Valeria Centellas & Maria Jose Vargas v. 5) Sheryl Lotts & Lexi York - Noon
2) Brenda Laime & Natalia Mendez v. 3) Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia - 11 AM

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