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2015 Maverick Open

2015 Maverick Open

2015 Maverick Open
October 23-25, 2015
Mankato Family YMCA, Mankato, MN

The 16th annual Maverick Open Handball tournament was held October 23-25 at the Mankato YMCA.  100 participants played in nine divisions at the tournament featuring collegiate players from Minnesota State, University of Illinois, and University of Minnesota.  Many of the top handball players from the upper Midwest participated in the largest tournament in Minnesota.  The Mavericks were highly successful and advanced deep into almost every division.

The Open Division final came down to current Maverick sophomore, Tyler Stoffel, who finished 9th at last year’s collegiate national tournament against Maverick alum, Matt Job, who finished 13th.  Both players defeated opponents from Minneapolis in the semi-finals.  These two Mavericks spar weekly and are preparing to try and qualify for the professional handball tour in Tucson, AZ in November.  Before a packed gallery at the Y, these two fabulous athletes battled in a tightly contested first game.  Stoffel took an early 10-3 lead, but Job battled back to tie the score at 14, 15, and 16. With a couple of ace serves, Stoffel was able to close out the first game 21-16.  The second game began the same way with Stoffel getting off to a hot start.  Leading 6-0, he rolled his ankle.  After taking an injury timeout and taping his ankle, Stoffel was able to win the championship 21-7.  Maverick sophomore Jordan Taylor won the Open Consolation bracket.

The A division final featured the University of Illinois’s Nathan Stables against 16 year old phenom Devin Peters of Chicago.  Peters is a product of the legendary Lattof YMCA’s handball program in Des Plains, Ill.  Stables proved to be too tough and was victorious by a score of 21-16, 21-11.  Devin and his father took a tour of MNSU’s campus during the open house on Saturday and the Mavericks hope he will become part of the handball team in the fall of 2017.

Maverick sophomores, Adrian Anderson and Austin MacLeod were defeated in the semi-finals of the B Division by local standout Ben McAnnich of Mankato and Sam Ure of Chicago, Ill.  McAnnich defeated the 13-year old Maverick recruit, Ure, by a score of 21-11, 21-0.  The gallery was amazed at the athleticism of young Ure even though he lost to a more experienced opponent.  Maverick assistant handball coach, Josh Hoflock defeated the Maverick’s top women player, Jessica Herion in the B Consolation final.

The C Division final was between Maverick senior Tyler Edwards and Maverick sophomore Dalton Cothron.  Cothron made fewer errors and defeated Edwards by a score of 21-6, 21-11.  The University of Illinois’ Allie Weston took the C Consolation title.

Maverick sophomore, Leah Grisim, took Chicago’s Amy Ure to a tie breaker in the finals of the Women’s Novice Division before losing 8-21, 21-14, 11-0.  Maverick Janice Chen brought home consolation honors.

In the Men’s Novice Division, Maverick newcomer J.T. Nevers defeated Carl Vagle 21-12, 21-11.  Both of these players are currently enrolled in the Introduction to Handball (HP180) course offered through the Human Performance Department.  Anyone interested in learning more about handball should consider enrolling in the course.  It is offered every fall and spring semester.  This upcoming spring semester there are two sections, one on Wednesday from 5-7pm and one on Monday/Wednesday from 11:00 – 11:50am.

The Mavericks are preparing for the United States Handball Association’s national collegiate tournament in February.  Their next major event is the Fall Classic handball tournament at the University of Minnesota in November.

 

Open Singles

  • Tyler Stoffel d. David Schiller 4, 9

Quarters

  • David Miller d. Tyler Fipps 5, 8
  • Matt Job d. Jordan Taylor 6, 6
  • Tyler Stoffel d. Jerad Michels 6, 10
  • Mat Langhorst d. Ricky Ness 14, 10

Semis

  • Job d. Miller 10, 16
  • Stoffel d. Langhorst 11, 17

Finals

  • Stoffel d. Job 16, 7

Consolation

  • Taylor d. Schiller Forfeit

 

90+ Doubles

  • Ray Miller/Mike Wells d. John Miller/Mat Langhorst 3, 9
  • Miller/Langhorst d. Brian Coonce/Mike Kloos 16, (17), 10
  • Miller/Wells d. Larry Larson/David Schiller 3, 13
  • Miller/Wells d. Coonce/Kloos forfeit
  • Larson/Schiller d. Coonce/Kloos 7, 17
  • Miller/Langhorst d. Larson/Schiller forfeit

 

  1. Miller/Wells
  2. Miller/Langhorst
  3. Larson/Schiller
  4. Coonce/Kloos

 

A Singles

Quarters

  • Nathan Stables d. Kristina Rude 3, 12
  • Kevin Pattain d. Joe Nordahl 8, 6
  • Devin Peters d. Steve Gering 0, 9
  • Hugo Cervantes d. Eric Medhurst 17, 10

Semis

  • Stables d. Pattain (13), 16, 8
  • Peters d. Cervantes 18, 17

Finals

  • Stables d. Peters 16, 11.

Consolation

  • Medhurst d. Rude 11, (9), 4

 

B Singles

Round of 16

  • Ben Van Arsdale d. Mndrew MacLeod 2, 13
  • Ray Ure d. Josh Hoflock 17, 17
  • Rachel Fox d. Alex Meyer 11, 20
  • Austin MacLeod d. Sam Ure 8, 8
  • Glenn Oslin d. Jessica Herion 5, 11

Quarters

  • Adrian Anderson d. Van Arsdale 3, 16
  • Ure d. Fox 4, 3
  • MacLeod d. Matt Novak 9, 20
  • Ben McAnnich d. Oslin 5, 2

Semis

  • Ure d. Anderson (11), 10, 4
  • McAnnich d. MacLeod 8, 5

Finals

  • McAnnich d. Ure 11, 0

Consolation

  • Hoflock d. Herion 0, 10

 

C Singles

Round of 16

  • Nathan Stoffel d. Nikki Theobald 10, 6
  • Zack Wells d. Mike Bealke 6, 14

Quarters

  • Stoffel d. Sam Meyers 20, 6
  • Tyler Edwards d. Cameron Heide 9, 17
  • Dalton Cothron d. Allie Weston 19, 10
  • Jimmy Connelly d. Wells forfeit

Semis

  • Edwards d. Stoffel (3), 18, 8
  • Cothron d. Connelly 1, 7

Finals

  • Cothron d. Edwards 6, 11

Consolation

  • Weston d. Heide forfeit

 

Women’s Novice Singles

Round of 16

  • Callie Looft d. Julia Burkhardt 17, 4
  • Miranda Riedel d. Janice Chen 11, (8), 0

Quarters

  • Amy Ure d. Looft 0, 2
  • Bridget Yokiel d. Sydney Cuperus, 6, 10
  • Nora Kronlokken d. Maty Lagoon 12, 6
  • Leah Grisim d. Riedel 2, 3

Semis

  • Ure d. Yokiel 2, 0
  • Grisim d. Kronlokken 12, 17

Finals

  • Ure d. Grisim (8), 14, 0

 

Men’s Novice Singles

Round of 16

  • Zach Manley d. Noah Micke 5, 15
  • Luke Steinborn d. Ben Rohloff 5, 4
  • Alec Persson d. Derek Fensterwalder (7), 12, forfeit
  • Steven Labine d. Carl Anderson 1, 2
  • Nick Eklund d. Andrew James forfeit
  • J.T. Nevers d. Saleh Ashil 0, 1

Quarters

  • Carl Vagle d. Manley 6, 5
  • Steinborn d. Persson 17, 9
  • Labine d. Jose Banuelos 8, 6
  • Nevers d. Eklund 13, 16

Semis

  • Vagle d. Steinborn (20), 14, 0
  • Nevers d. Labine 19, 18

Finals

  • Nevers d. Vagle 12, 11

 

100+ Doubles

Quarters

  • Phil Kleineschay/Dean Held d. Mike Ermanczyk/Tom Bordanave 10, 8

Semis

  • Kleineschay/Held d. Jerry Pietz/Mark McQuillan 13, 7
  • Don Reiter/Ed Simonet d. Bob Melton/John Dockerty 0, 12

Finals

  • Kleineschay/Held d. Reiter/Simonet (18), 20, 3

 

Golden Masters Singles

Quarters

  • Tom Bordenave d. Russ Forbess 14, 10
  • Dean Held d. Ron Allen 13, 4
  • Phil Kleineschay d. Mark McQuillan 7, 18

Semis

  • John Nakasone d. Bordenave 3, 16
  • Kleineschay d. Held 8, (20), 6

Finals

  • Nakasone d. Kleineschay 7, 18

Consolation

Forbess d. McQuillan 13