Minnesota State Handball Association

MSHA Open Singles Tournament
April 20-21, 2018
University of Minnesota Recreational & Wellness Center

No Tiger Woods like comeback in this tournament!  The dominant Andy Nett resides solidly on top of the Minnesota handball scene taking his ninth Open Singles title in a row.  There were some great matches in the Open: in the quarters David Schiller defeated Quinn Foley 21-17, 13-21, 11-5.  Then Ryan Pesch defeated Schiller 21-14, 20-21, 11-4 to get to the finals against Andy.  Meanwhile, Andy cruised through the upper bracket with no one scoring more than 10 points in a game.  Andy controlled the first game 21-16 as Pesch missed too many opportunities.  The second game was a different story: Pesch hit every opportunity he had and just like he wanted to -  soundly defeating Andy 21-9 setting up what promised to be an exciting tie-breaker.  Andy, however, had other plans and ran off the first 5 points. A couple time-outs could not stem the tide and Ryan went down 11-0 as Andy found another gear, as he often does. George Repine from Madison, WI took third in a very close match with Schiller 17-21, 21-20, 11-7 – Age over youth! Donovan proved too much for brother Quinn in the consolation finals – another thriller 21-18, 10-21, 11-10! Yes, Quinn, you got more total points.

John Laliberte almost broke through for the A Singles title but lost in an 11-4 tie-breaker to Adrian Anderson.  Adrian got a break with a no-show in the first round but earned his  path to the finals defeating Andrew Burkhart and Erling Holdahl while Laliberte defeated Issac Alberg and Henry Arneson.  Arneson defeated Holdahl for third place and Joseph Lallier defeated Joshua Pfister for the consolation honors.

Going the iron man route, Joseph Lallier also played in and won the B Singles.  In his six matches in the A and B divisions, four were tie-breakers, including the B finals against Isaac Alberg 16-21, 21-12, 11-8. Both Isaac and Joseph are products of father Mitchel Lallier’s youth program – great to see the kids progressing!  Kyle Schmitz defeated Vern Miller and Brendon Hoehn in a third place runoff. 

Looks like some good competition coming up as the C Singles provided some entertaining matches.  Antonio Flores looks ready for the B’s as he walked through to the finals.  Tom Klapperich had to work a little harder to get to the finals and proved a worthy opponent.  Look out for these guys!  Vishall Gupta took third place over Austin Volling and Anthony Mazza defeated Alfonso Torrez for consolation honors.

The Novice Round Robin produced Theo Birkholz as the winner over Edgar Loez and Julia Buffalini.

In his first year of eligibility, Brett Broxey dominated the Super Master’s A (60+) Singles with no one scoring over 5 points!  Mike McQuillan looked exhausted after his marathon 11-9 tie-breaker semi final match with Mike Burke.  He did not put up much of a fight against Broxey. John Naksone took what was left of Mike Burke in the third place match.  Phil Kleineschay came back from a 3-21 loss in the first game of the consolation finals to defeat Bill Ingram 11-10 in the tie breaker, and yes, Bill had total points!

John Johnson won the Super Master’s B( 60+) round robin over Mike Dorscher and Tom Pearson.

John Nett won the Diamond Master’s (70+) round robin over Gary Rohrer and Greg Taylor.

The Women’s Open provided some very entertaining handball in a five player round robin – lots of great handball.  Mary Troullier defeated all to take the championship.  Maddie Kennedy took second and Carina Aguilar took third.

Once again, the University of Minnesota provided world-class facilities unparalleled in the country.  We are truly blessed to have such a great venue.  Thanks to all our sponsors and players that make all this such a great event.

 

Open 
Quarter finals

• Andy Nett (Eden Prairie, MN) def. Andrew Lyons (Montrose, MN) Score(s): 21-1, 21-0
• George Repine (Madison, WI) def. Donovan Foley (Mounds View, MN) Score(s): 21-6, 21-18
• David Schiller (Minneapolis, MN) def. Quinn Foley (Shoreview, MN) Score(s): 21-17, 13-21, 11-5
• Ryan Pesch (Saint Paul, MN) def. Mike Gustafson (Otsego, MN) Score(s): 21-6, 21-20

Semi Finals

• Andy Nett (Eden Prairie, MN) def. George Repine (Madison, WI) Score(s): 21-10, 21-7
• Ryan Pesch (Saint Paul, MN) def. David Schiller (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-14, 20-21, 11-4

Finals

• Andy Nett (Eden Prairie, MN) def. Ryan Pesch (Saint Paul, MN) Score(s): 21-16, 9-21, 11-0

Third Place

• George Repine (Madison, WI) def. David Schiller (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 17-21, 21-20, 11-7

Consolation

• Donovan Foley (Mounds View, MN) def. Quinn Foley (Shoreview, MN) Score(s): 21-18, 10-21, 11-10

 

A Division 
Round of 16

• John Laliberte (Shoreview, MN) BYE
• Isaac Alberg (St. Paul, MN) def. Joshua Pfister (Oconomowoc, WI) Score(s): 21-14, 13-21, 11-7
• Ben Kleineschay (Maple Grove, MN) def. Abdul Ghandi (USA) Score(s): WBF - No Show
• Henry Arneson (Hopkins, MN) def. Sam Matenaer (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-3, 21-9
• Adrian Anderson (North Mankato, MN) def. Sebastijan Mileusnich (Rochester, MN) Score(s): WBF - No Show
• Andrew Burkhart (Minneapolis, MN) def. Joseph Lallier (Eagan, MN) Score(s): 21-5, 21-15
• Erling Holdahl (White Bear Lake, MN) def. Kevin Lam (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-3, 21-19
• Steven Tamminga (Minneapolis, MN) BYE

Quarter finals

• John Laliberte (Shoreview, MN) def. Isaac Alberg (St. Paul, MN) Score(s): 21-4, 21-1
• Henry Arneson (Hopkins, MN) def. Ben Kleineschay (Maple Grove, MN) Score(s): 21-7, 21-4
• Adrian Anderson (North Mankato, MN) def. Andrew Burkhart (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-12, 21-17
• Erling Holdahl (White Bear Lake, MN) def. Steven Tamminga (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-20, 21-7

Semi Finals

• John Laliberte (Shoreview, MN) def. Henry Arneson (Hopkins, MN) Score(s): 21-4, 21-16
• Adrian Anderson (North Mankato, MN) def. Erling Holdahl (White Bear Lake, MN) Score(s): 21-2, 21-7

Finals

• Adrian Anderson (North Mankato, MN) def. John Laliberte (Shoreview, MN) Score(s): 15-21, 21-2, 11-4

Third Place

• Henry Arneson (Hopkins, MN) def. Erling Holdahl (White Bear Lake, MN) Score(s): 20-21, 21-9, 11-6

Consolation

• Joseph Lallier (Eagan, MN) def. Joshua Pfister (Oconomowoc, WI) Score(s): 20-21, 21-11, 11-5

 

B Division 
Quarter finals

• Isaac Alberg (St. Paul, MN) BYE
• Kyle Schmitz (Minneapolis, MN) def. Ibrahim Ghandi (MN) Score(s): WBF - No Show
• Vernon Miller (St. Paul, MN) def. Brenden Hoehn (Hudson, WI) Score(s): 21-4, 10-21, 11-4
• Joseph Lallier (Eagan, MN) def. William Russell (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-16, 21-12

Semi Finals

• Isaac Alberg (St. Paul, MN) def. Kyle Schmitz (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-13, 21-10
• Joseph Lallier (Eagan, MN) def. Vernon Miller (St. Paul, MN) Score(s): 21-8, 16-21, 11-8

Finals

• Joseph Lallier (Eagan, MN) def. Isaac Alberg (St. Paul, MN) Score(s): 16-21, 21-12, 11-8

Third Place

• Kyle Schmitz (Minneapolis, MN) def. Vernon Miller (St. Paul, MN) Score(s): 21-6, 21-8

Consolation

• Brenden Hoehn (Hudson, WI) def. William Russell (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): WBF - No Show

 

C Division 
Quarter finals

• Antonio Flores (St. Paul, MN) def. Alfonso Torrez Gonzalez (USA) Score(s): 21-3, 21-6
• Austin Volling (Minneapolis, MN) def. Justin Klein (Shafer, MN) Score(s): WBF - No Show
• Vishaal Gupta (Woodbury, MN) def. Matthew Bundy (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-15, 21-3
• Tom Klapperich (MN) def. Anthony Mazza (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-17, 21-16

Semi Finals

• Antonio Flores (St. Paul, MN) def. Austin Volling (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s):

• Tom Klapperich (MN) def. Vishaal Gupta (Woodbury, MN) Score(s): 21-13, 21-11

Finals

• Antonio Flores (St. Paul, MN) def. Tom Klapperich (MN) Score(s): 21-15, 21-15

Third Place

• Vishaal Gupta (Woodbury, MN) def. Austin Volling (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-3, 21-6

Consolation

• Anthony Mazza (Minneapolis, MN) def. Alfonso Torrez Gonzalez (USA) Score(s): 21-10, 21-2

 

Novice (round robin)

• Theo Birkholz (Minneapolis, MN) def. Edgar Lopez (MN) Score(s): 20-21, 21-4, 11-3

• Theo Birkholz (Minneapolis, MN) def. Julia Buffalini (MN) Score(s): 21-16, 20-21, 11-5
• Edgar Lopez (MN) def. Julia Buffalini (MN) Score(s): 21-18, 21-13

1 - Theo Birkholz (Minneapolis, MN)

2 - Edgar Lopez (MN)

3 - Julia Buffalini (MN)

 

Super Master A (60+) 
Quarter finals

• Brett Broxey (Minneapolis, MN) BYE
• John Nakasone (Waconia, MN) def. Bill Ingram (Woodbury, MN) Score(s): 21-8, 21-16
• Mike Burke (Saint Paul, MN) def. Phil Kleineschay (Maple Grove, MN) Score(s): 16-21, 21-11, 11-10
• Michael McQuillan (Saint Paul, MN) def. George Langhorst (Moose Lake, MN) Score(s): 21-16, 21-10

Semi Finals

• Brett Broxey (Minneapolis, MN) def. John Nakasone (Waconia, MN) Score(s): 21-5, 21-3
• Michael McQuillan (Saint Paul, MN) def. Mike Burke (Saint Paul, MN) Score(s): 21-19, 16-21, 11-9

Finals

• Brett Broxey (Minneapolis, MN) def. Michael McQuillan (Saint Paul, MN) Score(s): 21-2, 21-1

Third Place

• John Nakasone (Waconia, MN) def. Mike Burke (Saint Paul, MN) Score(s): 21-16, 21-3

Consolation

• Phil Kleineschay (Maple Grove, MN) def. Bill Ingram (Woodbury, MN) Score(s): 3-21, 21-12, 11-10

 

Super Master B (60+) (round robin)

• Mike Dorsher (Hudson, WI) def. Tom Pearson (St. Paul, MN) Score(s): 14-21, 21-5, 11-7
• John Johnson (St. Paul, MN) def. Tom Pearson (St. Paul, MN) Score(s): 21-18, 21-12
• John Johnson (St. Paul, MN) def. Mike Dorsher (Hudson, WI) Score(s): 21-5, 21-14

 

1 - John Johnson (St. Paul, MN)

2 - Mike Dorsher (Hudson, WI)

3 - Tom Pearson (St. Paul, MN)
 

 

Diamond Master (70+) (round robin)

• John Nett (Winona, MN) def. Gary Rohrer (Edina, MN) Score(s): 21-1, 21-1

• Gary Rohrer (Edina, MN) def. Greg Taylor (Woodbury, MN) Score(s): 21-9, 21-8
• John Nett (Winona, MN) def. Greg Taylor (Woodbury, MN) Score(s): 21-7, 21-6

 

1 - John Nett (Winona, MN)

2 - Gary Rohrer (Edina, MN)

3 - Greg Taylor (Woodbury, MN)

 

Women’s Open (round robin)

Round 1

• Maddie Kennedy (Mankato, MN) def. Felicia Herlevi (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 14-21, 21-11, 11-6
• Mary Troullier (Falcon Heights, MN) def. Alexandra Cummins (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-7, 21-18

Round 2

• Mary Troullier (Falcon Heights, MN) def. Maddie Kennedy (Mankato, MN) Score(s): 21-16, 21-14
• Carina Aguilar (Mankato, MN) def. Alexandra Cummins (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-15, 21-6

Round 3

• Maddie Kennedy (Mankato, MN) def. Alexandra Cummins (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-12, 21-14
• Carina Aguilar (Mankato, MN) def. Felicia Herlevi (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-9, 21-12

Round 4

• Mary Troullier (Falcon Heights, MN) def. Felicia Herlevi (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-14, 21-12
• Maddie Kennedy (Mankato, MN) def. Carina Aguilar (Mankato, MN) Score(s): 21-20, 3-21, 11-6

Round 5

• Alexandra Cummins (Minneapolis, MN) def. Felicia Herlevi (Minneapolis, MN) Score(s): 21-18, 21-14
• Mary Troullier (Falcon Heights, MN) def. Carina Aguilar (Mankato, MN) Score(s): 21-15, 21-13

 

1 - Mary Troullier (Falcon Heights, MN)

2 - Maddie Kennedy (Mankato, MN)

3 - Carina Aguilar (Mankato, MN)