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Ryan Stone captured his first U.S. Amateur Open title by winning 7 straight matches on the one-loss side. He double dipped that player that dealt him his first loss, Germany's Dominic Jentsch, in the finals.
Ryan Stone captured his first U.S. Amateur Open title by winning 7 straight matches on the one-loss side. He double dipped that player that dealt him his first loss, Germany's Dominic Jentsch, in the finals.
The Open 8-Ball, Women's 8-Ball and Seniors 8-Ball divisions of the Ozone Billiards U.S. Amateur Open at Bankshot Billiards in Jacksonville, FL concluded Thursday.
In the Seniors' 8-Ball Open hot seat match featured David Ross and Tom Lapointe, where David Ross bested Lapointe and sent him on to play Bill Stoll in the finals of the one-loss side. Stoll dispatched Lapointe after a tough match and proceeded into the finals where he dealt David Ross a pair of losses for the championship.
In the Womens' 8-Ball Open, the hot seat match featured Samm Diep of Colorado and Monica Riley Jacksonville, FL where Riley handed Diep her passport to the west side of the brackets. There Diep encountered the straight-shooting Ashea (pronounced Asia) Erdahl. Diep proved to be too much for Erdhal as Diep capitalized on a few unforced errors by Erdahl and crossed the finish line first. It was not all roses for Diep though as she ran into an eager Monica Riley in the finals. Riley turned up the heat and once again served Diep her second loss to win the Womens' title.
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Monica Riley
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Samm Diep
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Ashea Erdahl
The Amateur 8-Ball Open started the day with the hot seat match between 16 year old German phenom Dominic Jentsch defeating Bobby Livrago. Livrago headed the one-loss side of the brackets only run into a buzz saw named Ryan Stone of Dayton, Ohio. Stone dismantled Livrago to set up a rematch with Jentsch. This time it was Stone winning both sets, 4-3, to capture his first Open Amateur 8-Ball title.
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Riley, AJ of the APA, and Stone
Open Results:
1st Ryan Stone $1000
2nd Dominic Jentsch
3rd Bobby Livrago
4th Ramsey Barrett
5th David Ross
6th Mike Fieldhammer
7th Adam Benhke
8th Nick Tafoya
9th Pat Howey
10th Jimmy Hightower
11th Chad Benhke
12th Doug Arcadi
13th Jeff Pitts
14th Danny Tanner
15th Bret Hawes
16th Brian Lafluer
Womens' Results:
1st Monica Riley $300
2nd Samm Diep
3rd Ashea Erdahl
4th Christina de la Garga
Seniors' Results: 1st Bill Stoll $350 2nd David Ross 3rd Tom Lapointe 4th Billy Schmidt, Ship Williams, Denny Frey
