NMT at ACUI 2004.


The tournament was held at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, February 19th through 21st.   Fifty-five students, from eleven schools (FRCC, LCCC, NMSU, NMT, UA, UCB, UCCS, UU, UVSC, UW, and WSU) entered the 9-ball tournament.

Auxiliary Services sponsored the top players of the NMT qualifying tournament the Billy Aardd's Club conducted last November.   For the women: Elizabeth Ball, and Trista Sloan.   For the men: Jeremiah Gage, Nick Tarasnko, Will Thomson, Larry Padilla, Lloyd Carothers, and Chris Cruz.

Double elimination play started Friday at 8:00 AM and continued well into the night.   Play also started at 8:00 AM on Saturday and barely finished in time for the banquet.

Here are the initial Men's and Women's schedules.

Times shown are based on an average of 45-minutes per match.
NOTE: To keep the tournament moving play after the opening
round will start AS SOON AS A TABLE IS AVAILABLE (i.e. it can start
BEFORE the estimated start times shown
).   A player late to start
will forfeit one game for every 3-minutes past the estimated starting time.

ACUI Men's 9-Ball
University of Wyoming
February 20-21, 2004.

Matches are race to 5.
(Semi and Final race to 7).
Match
Numbr
Est.
Start
Tbl Player Scr Scr Player
1 8:15 1 (UVSC)   Milton Gale W F (UCCS)   Steve Kruger
2 8:15 2 (WSU)   Nick Keil 5 3 (UW)   Dan Silva
3 8:15 3 (FRCC)   Chris King 0 5 (UCB)   Shawn Baland
4 8:15 4 (WSU)   Zach Sanders 1 5 (UA)   Andy Kachur
5 8:15 6 (NMSU)   Tibor Kocsis 5 1 (UU)   Travis Stroud
6 9:00 1 (UW)   Michael Schonbachler 1 5 (UU)   Olaotan Elenitoba-Johnson
7 9:00 4 (UW)   Shannon Laurence 5 2 (UCB)   Seth Valentine
8 9:00 3 (NMT)   Larry Padilla 5 4 (FRCC)   Mike Turner
9 9:00 6 (NMT)   Chris Cruz 4 5 (UW)   Bryan Jackson
10 9:00 1 (UU)   Edward Whitney 5 0 (FRCC)   Tony Plute
11 9:45 3 (NMT)   Lloyd Carothers 4 5 (WSU)   Salvador Spinuzza
12 9:45 6 (UW)   Chancey Duncan 5 2 Milton Gale
13 9:45 1 (UU)   Jesse Johnson 5 1 (UW)   John French
14 9:45 4 (NMT)   Jeremiah Gage 5 3 Nick Keil
15 9:45 2 (WSU)   Tom Buchanan 3 5 Shawn Baland
16 10:30 2 (UCCS)   Josh Schneider 3 5 Andy Kachur
17 10:30 1 (UVCS)   Bo Earls W F (UW)   Ethan Schulte
18 10:30 6 (UW)   Shawn Carothers 2 5 (UCB)   Matthew Kandell
19 10:30 1 (UCCS)   Nick Babl 5 2 Tibor Kocsis
20 10:30 1 (NMSU)   Adam King 5 0 Olaotan Elenitoba-Johnson
21 11:15 3 (FRCC)   William Clarius 1 5 (WSU)   Evan Major
22 11:15 4 (NMT)   Will Thomson 2 5 Shannon Laurence
23 11:15 6 (WSU)   Jeffery Giles 4 5 Larry Padilla
24 11:15 1 (WSU)   Antony Joseph 4 5 Bryan Jackson
25 11:15 4 (NMT)   Nick Tarasenko 1 5 Edward Whitney
26 12:00 3 (LCCC)   George Marlin 5 4 (FRCC)   Justin Henall
27   2 (UA)   Bryan Wilson 5 1 Salvador Spinuzza
28   - Steve Kruger F W Salvador Spinuzza
29   4 Dan Silva 2 5 Nick Tarasenko
30   1 Chris King 1 5 Antony Joseph
31   6 Zach Sanders 2 5 Jeffery Giles
32   4 Travis Stroud 2 5 Olaotan Elenitoba-Johnson
33   3 Michael Schonbachler 5 4 Tibor Kocsis
34   2 Seth Valentine 5 1 Ethan Schulte
35   4 Mike Turner 0 5 Josh Schneider
36   1 Chris Cruz 3 5 Tom Buchanan
37   2 Tony Plate 1 5 Nick Keil
38   4 Milton Gale 0 5 Lloyd Carothers
39   3 Salvador Spinuzza 5 1 Justin Henall
40   1 Nick Tarasneko 4 5 Antony Joseph
41   2 Will Thomson 3 5 Jeffery Giles
42   4 William Clarius 2 5 Olaotan Elenitoba-Johnson
43   3 Shawn Carothers 2 5 Michael Schonbachler
44   2 Seth Valentine 0 5 Josh Schneider
45   3 Tom Buchanan 3 5 Nick Keil
46   4 John French 3 5 Lloyd Carothers
47   1 Chancey Duncan 1 5 Jesse Johnson
48   4 Jeremiah Gage 2 5 Shawn Baland
49   2 Bo Earls 0 5 Andy Kachur
50   3 Matthew Kendall 2 5 Nick Babl
51   1 Adam King 5 2 Evan Major
52   2 Shannon Laurence 5 0 Larry Padilla
53   1 Edward Whitney 5 1 Bryan Jackson
54   2 George Marlin 5 0 Bryan Wilson
55   3 Salvador Spinuzza 3 5 Matthew Kendall
56   4 Antony Joseph 2 5 Bo Earls
57   1 Jeffery Giles 5 1 Jeremiah Gage
58   2 Olaotan Elenitoba-Johnson 4 5 Chancey Duncan
59   4 Michael Schonbachler 2 5 Bryan Wilson
60   1 Josh Schneider 5 0 Bryan Jackson
61   3 Nick Keil 4 5 Larry Padilla
62   2 Lloyd Carothers 5 4 Evan Major
63   1 Bo Earls 5 4 Matthew Kandell
64   4 Jeffery Giles 5 1 Chancey Duncan
65   4 Josh Schneider 1 5 Bryan Wilson
66   2 Larry Padilla 5 3 Lloyd Carothers
67   1 Jesse Johnson 5 4 Shawn Baland
68   3 Andy Kachur 5 2 Nick Babl
69   6 Adam King 5 0 Shannon Laurence
70   2 Edward Whitney 3 5 George Marlin
71   1 Bo Earls 1 5 Edwaed Whitney
72   6 Jeffery Giles 5 3 Shannon Laurence
73   1 Bryan Wilson 1 5 Nick Babl
74   2 Larry Padilla 0 5 Shawn Baland
75   3 Edward Whitney 5 4 Jeffery Giles
76   4 Nick Babl 5 3 Shawn Baland
77   1 Andy Kachur 5 0 Jesse Johnson
78   1 George Marlin 3 5 Adam King
79   2 Jesse Johnson 4 5 Edward Whitney
80   4 George Marlin 5 4 Nick Babl
81 08:00 4 Edward Whitney 7 6 George Marlin
82 08:00 1 Andy Kachur 5 7 Adam King
83 09:10 1 Edward Whitney 1 7 Andy Kachur
84 10:05 1 Adam King 7 5 Andy Kachur

 

Times shown are based on an average of 45-minutes per match.
NOTE: To keep the tournament moving play after the opening
round will start AS SOON AS A TABLE IS AVAILABLE (i.e. it can start
BEFORE the estimated start times shown
).   A player late to start
will forfeit one game for every 3-minutes past the estimated starting time.

ACUI Women's 9-Ball
University of Wyoming
February 20-21, 2004.

Matches are race to 4.
(Semi and Final race to 6).
Match
Numbr
Est.
Start
Tbl Player Scr Scr Player
1 12:45 6 (WSU)   Amanda Hadlock 4 1 (NMT)   Trista Sloan
2 1:30 6 (NMSU)   Kristina Barrio 2 4 (WSU)   Kim Darger
3 2:15 6 (UA)   Bethany Quorto 2 4 (UW)   Cassidy Durkee
4 3:00 1 (UW)   Nicole Taylor 2 4 (UW)   April Devlin
5 3:45 1 (UW)   Alyssa Blount 4 0 Amanda Hadlock
6 4:30 6 (WSU)   Coral Edwards 4 1 Kim Darger
7 5:15 6 (NMSU)   Maria Mayne 4 1 Cassidy Durkee
8 6:00 6 (NMT)   Elizabeth Ball 4 3 April Devlin
9 6:45 6 Trista Sloan 2 4 April Devlin
10 7:30 4 Kristina Barrio 1 4 Cassidy Durkee
11 7:30 3 Bethany Quorto 4 0 Kim Darger
12 8:15 4 Nicole Taylor 4 1 Amanda Hadlock
13 8:15 3 April Devlin 4 2 Cassidy Durkee
14 9:00 6 Bethany Quorto 4 1 Nicole Taylor
15 9:00 4 Alyssa Blount 4 2 Coral Edwards
16 9:00 2 Maria Mayne 4 1 Elizabeth Ball
17 9:45 6 Coral Edwards 4 3 April Devlin
18 9:45 1 Elizabeth Ball 4 2 Bethany Quorto
19 10:30 3 Alyssa Blount 6 3 Maria Mayne
20 10:30 1 Coral Edwards 2 6 Elizabeth Ball
21   2 Maria Mayne 6 0 Elizabeth Ball
22   2 Alyssa Blount 6 5 Maria Mayne
23   (x)
* 24   - Trista Sloan W F Kristina Barrio
* 25   6 Cassidy Durkee F W Bethany Quorto
* 26   - Kim Darger F W Amanda Hadlock
* 27   - Nicole Taylor F W April
* 28   4 Trista Sloan 3 4 Bethany Quorto
* 29   6 Amanda Hadlock 4 1 April Devlin
* 30   6 Amanda Hadlock 3 4 Bethany Quorto

* indicates matches played to determine 5th place.

 

Region 13     ACUI 9-Ball     Top Finishers
University of Wyoming: February 20-21, 2004.
Women's Division   Men's Division
Player School Rank Player School
Alyssa Blount University of Wyoming 1 Adam King New Mexico State University
Maria Mayne New Mexico State University 2 Andy Kachur University of Arizona
Elizabeth Ball New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 3 Edward Whitney University of Utah
Coral Edwards Weber State University 4 George Marlin Laramie County Community College


Elizabeth shooting the "9"
in the International event at
the University  of  Colorado
in Boulder on April 2004.

 

Below are the people who made it to the International event.

Region 13     ACUI 9-Ball     Top Finishers
University of Wyoming: February 20-21, 2004.
Women's Division   Men's Division
Player School Region Player School
LaQueta Hudson Fairfield University 1 Binh Thanh Le Northeastern University
Kristin Caiella Monroe Community College 2 David Coon (2nd, Region 10) No tournament -- spot assigned.
Nicha Chitphakdithai Johns Hopkins 3/4 Jianyi Liu Johns Hopkins University
Andrea Sudik University of Pittsburgh 3/4 Andrew Fair Johns Hopkins University
Tracey Masuda University of Tennessee - Knoxville 5 Mike Tran Virginia Commonwealth University
Takako Ueno University of Florida 6 William Paul Song Georgia Institute of Technology
Tracy Koss Wayne State University 7 Mark Ritter Michigan State University
Maria Juana University of Wisconsin - Madison 8 William Harris Marquette University
Olivia Cheng University of Illinois 9 Lars Vardaman Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
Dana Tonjum University of Minnesota 10 Josh Shones North Dakota State University
Angela Moore Kansas State University 11 Mike Scofield Southwest Missouri State University
(Results not in when notice sent out.) 12 (Results not in when notice sent out.)
Alyssa Blount University of Wyoming 13 Adam King New Mexico State University
Elizabeth Ball (3rd) New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology 13 Andy Kachur (2nd) University of Arizona
Hope Jensen Boise State University 14 Michael Jensen Boise State University
Eleanor Callado San Francisco State University 15 James Winter University of California - Los Angeles
Chelsea Hussong (2nd, Region 10) SW Minnesota State University * Christian Wilson (2nd, Region 11) University of Nebraska

* indicates an Equity Spot.


Billy Aardd.