In the men’s division, Eric Durbin battled with Scott Tollefson in the quarterfinals.  Durbin had been playing excellent pool for the past two days during the event, and the balls were floating into the pockets for him until he met the tall U.S. Amateur runner-up.  At that point, he became yet another player who fell victim to the likeable Tollefson, who won that match 4-1.  Tollefson went o­n to meet Jason Kirkwood, who lost the hot seat match to Jeff Sergent 5-3.  The animated Tollefson ran into trouble with his break in this match almost immediately and all but handed the match to Kirkwood 4-2.

In the final match between Kirkwood and Sergent, Kirkwood played some strong, confident pool in the first set, quickly taking a 3-0 lead in the race to 5.  Sergent won the next two after a dry break by his opponent and a break-and-run to make it 4-2.  In the final rack, Kirkwood broke and ran out to the 8 but hooked himself.  Without missing a beat, he kicked the 8 into the side cleanly to win the first set 5-2.  The second set, a race to 4, started out with Sergent gaining a 3-1 lead.  o­n the hill, he got into trouble o­n his way to a run-out and was forced to jump a ball.  He fouled and gave Kirkwood another game.  o­n his next break he came up dry, and Kirkwood looked like he was out, but he hooked himself o­n his last stripe and left the table wide open for Sergent to run the solids out, winning the second match 4-2.

Women’s 8-Ball Results:

1st Tammie Jones $1,500

2nd Pam Bell $1,000

3rd Angie Mancusa $750

4th Rachael Abbink $550

5th/6th Bev Ashton, Jessica Friders $400

7th/8th Tara Davis, Angie Vorhees $300

9th/12th Julie Melman, Joanne Ashton, Joyce Barbin, Janet Domabye $200

13th/16th Jenean Mallory, Amy Latzko, Kathy Keon, Mary Costello $130

Men’s 8-Ball Results:

1st Jeff Sergent $3,500

2nd Jason Kirkwood $2,000

3rd Scott Tollefson $1,000

4th Eric Durbin $800

5th/6th Miles Geringer, Lee Heuwagen $600

7th/8th Steve Hayes, Dave Coles $500

9th/12th Adam Smith, Arnesto Contreras, Jamie Pluta, Scott Herbeck $380

13th/16th Jeff Jones, Steve Hayes, Ike Runnels, Stan Tourangeau $275

17th/24th Tony Zierman, Troy Miley, Rory Hendrickson, Tom Spencer, Duncan Kaufman, Jeff Abernathy, Jamie Wilson, Mike Bandy $175

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