{"id":1145,"date":"2022-04-12T15:55:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2022-04-12T17:38:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T17:38:40","slug":"canadians-advance-at-pan-am-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/ns\/canadians-advance-at-pan-am-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians Advance at Pan Am Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WINNIPEG (April 12, 2022) &#8211; Pool play at the Pan Am Championships has come to a close for Team Canada with strong results in men\u2019s and mixed doubles and men\u2019s singles. The tournament is taking place in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia from April 9 to 16, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samuel Murray of Baie-Comeau and Coby Iwaasa of Lethbridge have advanced to the medal round seeded fourth after going undefeated in pool play. The team only lost one game in the first three days of competition when their opponents from Chile squeaked out a win by one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iwaasa is also playing Mixed Doubles with Juliette Parent of Saint-Jacques. The team had solid results in pool play, winning two of three matches. They showed their resilience, with all three matches going to five games.&nbsp; Iwaasa and Parent go into the medal round seeded third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murray won two of this three singles matches in pool play. His first two matches were won easily, but he faced a tough opponent in a loss to Elias Nieto of Mexico. Murray goes into the medal round in seventh place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassie Prentice of Macrorie and partner Alexis Iwaasa of Edmonton have also advanced to the medal round in women\u2019s doubles where they are seeded seventh. Prentice is also seeded fifth in the Girl\u2019s 21 &amp; U singles medal round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Changes to the competition format for the Pan Am Championships mean that only the top two players from each pool advance to the medal round. Trevor Webb of Cambridge, Mich\u00e8le Morissette of Baie-Comeau and Juliette Parent of Saint-Jacques will play singles in the consolation round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Team Event, which is making a return to international competition, begins on April 14. Teams from each national will face off in a series of singles and doubles matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/website\/division-list.asp?TID=39092&amp;sortBy=defaultOrder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for complete results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/?page_id=1071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for athlete biographies for Team Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Team Canada Pool Play Results from April 9 to 11, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s Open Singles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Gabriela Martinez (GUA) defeated <strong>Mich\u00e8le Morissette (CAN)<\/strong>, 15-8, 15-10, 11-15, 15-8;<\/li><li>Rhonda Rajsich (USA) defeated <strong>Morissette (CAN)<\/strong>, 11-15, 11-15, 15-11, 15-10, 11-7;<\/li><li>Maricruz Ortiz (CRC) defeated <strong>Morissette (CAN),<\/strong> 15-9, 15-14, 15-13;<\/li><li>Angela Ortega (MEX) defeated <strong>Juliette Parent (CAN)<\/strong>, 15-10, 14-15, 15-13, 10-15, 11-8;<\/li><li>Kelani Lawrence (USA) defeated <strong>Parent (CAN)<\/strong>, 15-10, 15-1, 15-3;<\/li><li>Carla Mu\u00f1oz (CHI) defeated <strong>Parent (CAN),<\/strong> 15-6, 15-9, 15-7.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s Open Singles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Samuel Murray (CAN)<\/strong> defeated Set Cubillos (COL), 15-9, 15-12, 15-11;<\/li><li><strong>Murray (CAN)<\/strong> defeated Diego Gatica (CHI), 15-6, 15-7, 15-7;<\/li><li>Elias Nieto (MEX) defeated <strong>Murray (CAN),<\/strong> 15-13, 15-3, 3-15, 15-7;<\/li><li>Mario Mercado (COL) defeated <strong>Trevor Webb (CAN)<\/strong>, 15-5, 15-7, 15-11;<\/li><li>Diego Garcia (ARG) defeated <strong>Webb (CAN)<\/strong>, 15-5, 15-11, 15-4;<\/li><li>Rodrigo Montoya (MEX) defeated <strong>Webb (CAN)<\/strong>, 15-7, 15-10, 15-0.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s Open Doubles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Micaela Meneses \/ Yazmine Sabja (BOL) defeated <strong>Alexis Iwaasa \/ Cassie Prentice (CAN)<\/strong>, 15-10, 15-1, 15-7;<\/li><li>Alejandra Herrera \/ Samantha Salas (MEX) defeated <strong>Iwaasa \/ Prentice (CAN)<\/strong>, 15-5, 15-10, 15-9;<\/li><li>Erika Manilla \/ Rhonda Rajsich (USA) defeated <strong>Iwaasa \/ Prentice (CAN)<\/strong>, 15-9, 15-3, 15-13.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s Open Doubles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Coby Iwaasa \/ Samuel Murray (CAN)<\/strong> defeated Rafael Gatica \/ Rodrigo Salgado Jr. (CHI), 15-14, 15-8, 14-15, 15-5;<\/li><li><strong>Iwaasa \/ Murray (CAN)<\/strong> defeated Geovani Mendoza \/ Juan Salvatierra (Guatemala), 15-12, 15-8, 15-13;<\/li><li><strong>Iwaasa \/ Murray (CAN)<\/strong> defeated Juan Francisco Cueva \/ Jose Daniel Ugalde (ECU), 15-9, 15-12, 15-7.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mixed Open Doubles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Coby Iwaasa \/ Juliette Parent (CAN)<\/strong> defeated Felipe Camacho \/ Maricruz Ortiz (CRC), 14-16, 6-15, 15-13, 15-12, 11-9;<\/li><li><strong>Rodrigo Salgado Jr. \/ Carla Mu\u00f1oz (CHI)<\/strong> defeated Iwaasa \/ Juliette Parent (CAN), 15-7, 8-15, 9-15, 15-14, 11-7;<\/li><li><strong>Iwaasa \/ Parent (CAN)<\/strong> defeated Cristina Amaya \/ Mario Mercado (COL), 13-15, 11-15, 15-11, 15-12, 11-8.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Girl\u2019s 21 &amp; U Singles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Cassie Prentice (CAN)<\/strong> defeated Jazmin Elizabeth Aguilar Salvatierra (GUA), 12-15, 15-7, 9-15, 15-11, 11-9;<\/li><li>Maria Gutierrez (MEX) defeated <strong>Prentice (CAN)<\/strong>, 15-7, 13-15, 15-5, 15-7.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG (April 12, 2022) &#8211; Pool play at the Pan Am Championships has come to a close for Team Canada with strong results in men\u2019s and mixed doubles and men\u2019s singles. The tournament is taking place in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia from April 9 to 16, 2022. 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