OSU and BYU Capture Top Honors!
by Jonathan Greenberg
This year USA Racquetball took the intercollegiate Championships to Tempe, Arizona, March 14-16. First off, a big shout-out goes to Arizona State University Rec Center, Phil Carter, and all of The Arizona State Rec staff who helped us run a successful event!
It was an intense week of competition as 110 athletes from 19 schools across the country competed for top Intercollegiate honors. In summary:
Stats
- 19 states
- 19 schools
- 110 athletes (74 men/36 women)
- 45 divisions
Results
Congrats to Oregon State University for bringing home the Overall Team Title. Second place was earned by Brigham Young University, followed by the University of Missouri.
The Men’s Title was also captured by Oregon State University, with BYU in second and the University of Missouri in third.
The Women’s Title was won by BYU, with Oregon State in 2nd place, followed by Baldwin Wallace in 3rd place.
In the Women’s #1 final, it was Julia Stein (Baldwin Wallace ) vs Erin Slutzky (Arizona State University). Consistency paid off for Stein as she won in two straight games, 15-8, 13-12 (WBF Injury).
In the Men’s # 1 final, we saw Benjamin Horner (Des Moines Community College) vs. Timothy Jack (BYU), and this was the match of the tournament -- a back-and-forth tiebreaker! Horner took this match 15-10,9-15,11-6
The Men’s Doubles final pitted Cody Boucher/Tucker Elkins (Oregon State University) against Ariel Tito/ Samuel Lazcano- Rameriez (Colorado State Pueblo). Tito & Lazcano- Rameriez took this match in an exciting tie breaker! ( 6-15, 15-7, 11-3)
The Women’s Doubles Final featured Angie Case / Julia Stein (Baldwin Wallace University) vs Chloe Hilsenteger/ Katt Macgregor (Oregon State). It was a heavy hitting match, and a lot of side outs. Baldwin Wallace came out on top of this one. (15-11, 13-15, 11-5)
Shoutouts
Special thanks to Mike Kinkin, the Presenting Sponsor of the 2024 Intercollegiate Championships. Thank you, Mike, for your generous support of USAR National Championships – High Schools, Intercollegiate, and Juniors.
Thank you to Jazmin Trevino for running the tournament desk all week!!
To the coaches who spent many long hours at the club supporting your players, you helped make this event a success!
For division and match results, visit Team Dovetail Presents the 2024 USA Racquetball National Intercollegiate Championships (r2sports.com)
