Stanford El Grande #2 Preview

CASR TOURNAMENT PREVIEW

Stanford El Grande #2 9/24-9/25


The California Roundnet 2022 season continues this Saturday (9/24) at a legendary school Stanford! Big shout out to Stanford Roundnet for helping us put this one together. Stanford roundnet is a newly formed club but definitely has been popping off with all the big pickups and tournaments going on this past year. A lot is on the line this weekend with players in the 4.0-4.5 Contender Division getting the chance to earn Expert Status which allows them to play in our top divisions. This is going to be a pivotal point in the 5.0-5.5 Expert Division and 4.0-4.5 Women’s Division with a lot of players closing in on those top 8 and 4 spots.


#CaliRoundnetcommunity Shoutout

  • Big shoutout to Stanford Roundnet for helping with field/after party

  • BigShoutout to the SoCal peeps for bringing a big crew

  • Big shoutout to our sponsors


NOTES

  • Big Congrats to Karah Hui for taking home the gold for USA Coed team  and Women's Squad team

  • 44 total teams competing (11 teams in Expert, 12 teams in Contender,7  teams in Women’s, and 14 teams in Co-Ed on Sunday)

  • 3rd Women's division of 2022 CASR Main Series

  • Top 2 teams of the Contender Division will qualify for the Expert division

  • Will anyone take down Trevor Barbosa/Jacob Payer?


Top Players

(Competing in Expert/Womens/Coed)

Rankings From June

Mens

CA #4 Trevor Barbosa(Expert/Coed)

CA #8 Sam Buckman(Expert/Coed)

CA #9 Jacob Martinez(Expert/Coed)

CA #10 Allan Iwamoto(Expert)

CA #11 Jacob Payer(Expert)

CA #12 Josh Fragiacomo(Expert/Coed)

CA #13 Jason Rhoads(Expert)


Womens

CA #1 Karah Hui (Womens/Coed)

CA #2 Kayla Wu (Womens/Coed)

CA #4 Alex Buckman(Womens/Coed)

CA #6 Perrin York (Womens/Coed)

CA #8 Malia Sato(Womens/Coed)

CA #9 Elle Lowe(Womens/Coed)

CA #11 Sebastiani Kim(Womens/Coed)

CA #14 Kayla Nga(Womens/Coed)

CA #15 Christine Chang(Womens/Coed)

CO #2 Joelle Nguyen(Womens/Coed)


 California State Team INFO

~Picking process for the Last 2 Spots in Mens/Womens Team~

The Men's Team will consist of 10 Players(5 Teams), Top 8 by points, last 2 Players are picked

The Women's Team will Consist of 6 Player(3 Teams), Top 4 by points, last 2 Players are picked


  • For the Men's team, The top 8 players and CASR will talk and discuss all potential candidates for the team, final Decisions will be made by CASR


  • For the Womens, the top 4 players and CASR will talk and discuss all potential candidates for the team, final Decisions will be made by CASR

Criteria 

  • Results in STS/CASR/WCS Tournament in respected divisions

  • CASR Points

  • How Much your skill has improved over the year

  • How many tournaments do you attend

  • Eye Test


Pools

Expert Division

Pool A

  1. The Order of the White Lotus(Trevor Barbosa/Jacob Payer) 2850pt

  2. Dialed(Luke Pennington/Josh Cain) 1200pt

  3. Ryder Revol(Jason Rhoads/Andrew Kosche) 825pt

  4. Daryl Hall and John Oates(Mason Thau/Cormac Alonzo) 200pt

  5. Josh set us up(Sasha M/Clifton Miller) 175pt


Pool B

  1. Chelsea United(Josh Fragiacomo/Ethan Zehr) 2050pt

  2. Brown/Kosche(Jacob Martinez/Schon Siguenza) 1275pt

  3. DQ'd(Quinn Hufler/Dylan Medveal) 575pt

  4. Buckmoto(Allen Iwamoto/Samuel Buckman) 475pt

  5. tuck & druck’s dump trucks(Patrick Drucker/tucker judkins) 125pt

  6. git reverse(Connor Nelson/Michael Du) 25pt

Women's Division

Pool A

  1. Nyguendy Wu Homecoming Warrior(Kayla Wu/Joelle Nguyen)

  2. Big and Lil Spoon(Sebastiani Kim/Karah Hui)

  3. Mr. & Mrs. Buckman(Alex Buckman/Perrin York)

  4. Sato/Lowe(Elle Lowe and Malia Sato)

  5. $$ KA-CHING $$(Kayla Ngai/Christine Chang)

  6. Shebalicious(Sheba Naderzad and Abby Cham)

  7. Paige Kosche/Lavender(Lavender Billingsley and Paige Kosche)

Contender Division

Pool A

  1. just the jackalopes(Ben Walker and Aditya Vunnum)

  2. Microsoft Edge(Jakob Seidner and max bentley)

  3. Fruit Ninjas(Joseph Lee and Rohun Shroff)

  4. Boogly woogly(Spencer Seay and Sammy Potter)

  5. Rocket League Later?(Nate Silverman and Haakon Ellingboe)

  6. Settlers of Alan(Andrew Li and Quinn Dooley)

Pool B

  1. 2 Yellow Yokes(Michael Hayashi and Thompson Yang)

  2. Michael's Exes(JC Meave and Dylan Cunningham)

  3. Patrick and Josh(Josh Brennan and Patrick Stinebaugh)

  4. Palo Sopranos(Carlos Diaz and Rahat Ullah)

  5. Nils and Ralph(Ralph Skinner/Nils de La Beaumelle)

  6. W Munchers(dara akhavein and Issey Tateishi)

Coed Division

Group A

  1. Mr. & Mrs. Ortlip(Andrew Kosche and Karah Hui)

  2. X/6(Trevor Barbosa and Kayla Ngai)

  3. Where’s Perrin? Over Zehr(Ethan Zehr and Perrin York)

  4. Sea Cucumbers(Kayla Wu and Clifton Miller)

  5. Where's Malia? Luke Over There(Luke Pennington and Malia Sato)

  6. Fans of Riley(Abby Cham and Quinn Hufler)

  7. Tree Huggers(Lavender Billingsley and Joseph Lee)

Group B

  1. Big Bucks(Alex Buckman and Samuel Buckman)

  2. Defenthive Kimarsthree(Sebastiani Kim and Jacob Martinez)

  3. Assistant to the Chef (Christine Chang and Josh Fragiacomo)

  4. Margarita Lime(Joelle Nguyen and Josh Cain)

  5. Nelson/Lowe(Elle Lowe and Connor Nelson)

  6. She's My Sister Now(Warner Curtis and Paige Kosche)

  7. Knee Slappers(Christina Pirrotta and Garth Verdeflor)


Predictions

Contender

  1. just the jackalopes(Ben Walker and Aditya Vunnum)

  2. 2 Yellow Yokes(Michael Hayashi and Thompson Yang)

  3. Michael's Exes(JC Meave and Dylan Cunningham)

  4. Microsoft Edge(Jakob Seidner and max bentley)

Honorable Mentions: Fruit Ninjas(Joseph Lee and Rohun Shroff)Patrick and Josh(Josh Brennan and Patrick Stinebaugh)/W Munchers(dara akhavein and Issey Tateishi)/Nils and Ralph(Ralph Skinner/Nils de La Beaumelle)


Women’s

  1. Nyguendy Wu Homecoming Warrior(#2 Kayla Wu/Joelle Nguyen)

  2. Big and Lil Spoon(#1 Karah Hui/#11 Sebastiani Kim)

  3. Mr. & Mrs. Buckman(#4 Alex Buckman/#6 Perrin York)

  4. Sato/Lowe(#9 Elle Lowe/#8 Malia Sato)

Honorable Mentions:$$ KA-CHING $$(Kayla Ngai/Christine Chang)/Shebalicious(Sheba Naderzad and Abby Cham)/Paige Kosche/Lavender(Lavender Billingsley and Paige Kosche)



Coed 

  1. Mr. & Mrs. Ortlip(Andrew Kosche/#1 Karah Hui)

  2. Big Bucks(#4 Alex Buckman/#8 Samuel Buckman)

  3. X/6(#14 Kayla Ngai/#4 Trevor Barbosa)

  4. Defenthive Kimarsthree(#11 Sebastiani Kim/#9 Jacob Martinez)

Honorable Mentions:Where’s Perrin? Over Zehr(Perrin York and Ethan Zehr)/Assistant to the Chef(Christine Chang and Josh Fragiacomo)/Margarita Lime(Josh Cain and Joelle Nguyen)


Expert

  1. The Order of the White Lotus(#4 Trevor Barbosa/#11 Jacob Payer)

  2. Ryder Revol(#13 Jason Rhoads/Andrew Kosche)

  3. Chelsea United(#11 Josh Fragiacomo/#17 Ethan Zehr)

  4. Buckmoto(#8 Sam Buckman/#10 Allen Iwamoto)

Honorable Mentions: Brown/Kosche(Jacob Martinez/Schon Siguenza)/tuck & druck’s dump trucks(Patrick Drucker/tucker judkins)/Dialed(Luke Pennington/Josh Cain)


PRIZES

Prize Pot $1050

5.5 Expert (Total $350)

1st - Trophy/$200

2nd - Trophy/$100

3rd - Trophy/$50

2.0-5.0 Coed (Total $450)

1st - Trophy/$250

2nd - Trophy/$150

3rd - Trophy/$50

2.0-4.5 Women’s (Total $250)

1st - Trophy/$120

2nd - Trophy/$80

3rd - Trophy/$50

3.0-4.5 Contender

1st -Qualify for Expert Division/2x Medals/Tomahawk Shades

2nd - Qualify for Expert Division/2x Medals/Spikeball Shirts

3rd -2x Medals/Spikeball Socks



This preview was written by Josh Fragiacomo.