Calling all Collegiate Pool Players - ACUI National 9-Ball Qualifying Tournaments

[Benward452]

Think you are the best pool player in collegiate pool?

Compete against the best and find out!

Qualifying Tournaments for the 2017 ACUI National Collegiate 9-ball Championship:

University of Michigan Independent Qualifier
Feb. 11–12 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor | University of Michigan Billiards & Games Room
Register now

Lindenwood University Independent Qualifier
Feb. 18 | Lindenwood University | Lindenwood Billiards Arena
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ACUI Southern Mid-Atlantic Sectional Tournament
Feb. 25 | University of North Carolina–Pembroke | UNCP Hawks Nest
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University of Houston Independent Qualifier
March 4 | University of Houston | University of Houston Student Center Satellite Games Room
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ACUI Central Midwest Sectional Tournament
March 3–5 | University of Akron | University of Akron Student Union Game Room
Register Now

ACUI Coastal Southeast Sectional Tournament
March 11–12 | Florida International University | Porter Davis Game Room
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ACUI Southeast Sectional Tournament
March 24–26 | University of Florida | Reitz Union Game Room
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ACUI Western Mid-Atlantic Sectional Tournament
March 31–April 2 | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech Breakzone
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Penn State University Independent Qualifier
April 8 | Penn State University | The Break Zone: HUB-Robeson Center
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We are still working with a few schools in the west and southwest to have the best possible coverage of qualifying tournaments! I will update this post if we have additional hosts.

The Association of College Unions International (ACUI) is thrilled to announce the qualifying tournament schedule for the 2017 ACUI National Collegiate 9-ball Championship. Each host University will hold a men’s and women’s double elimination tournament open to all eligible collegiate players. Invitations to the 2017 ACUI National Collegiate 9-ball Championship will be extended to the top finishers (25% of the field) in each qualifying tournament with the winner receiving paid entry into the national tournament.

Registration details and entry fee payment for all tournaments must be completed online through ACUI, here

The entry fee will vary by host university. Students may compete in multiple tournaments until qualified. Once a student has qualified for the Collegiate 9-ball Championship they will be ineligible to compete in additional qualifying tournaments.

Academic eligibility guidelines can be found here.

ACUI recognizes the top three winners of the men’s and women’s national tournament with individual scholarships and trophies along with the top competitors receiving the prestige of being the ACUI National Collegiate 9-ball champions.

A full list of past ACUI collegiate champions can be found here

I will be happy to answer questions regarding the program and qualifying tournaments through the forum.

Ben Litvak
Volunteer – ACUI National Collegiate 9-ball Director
http://www.acui.org/billiards/
Radford University, Coordinator for Student Organizations

 

[Benward452]

College Pool Players!

The registration for Lindenwood University's Independent Qualifier coming up on Saturday, February 18th will close this coming Wednesday, February 15th at 11:59p. Don't be late.

Register for the event at the link below for only $20!
https://myaccount.acui.org/Meetings/Registration/MeetingDetails.aspx?mid=48f8020a-8d39-43ea-a1c4-0802f915270d

Please remember to bring your signed eligibility form to the event!
http://acui.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=31911

For a list of all qualifying tournaments for this year's Collegiate 9-Ball Championship, visit:
http://acui.org/Programs/Student_Programs/Sectional_Recreation/21302/

Additionally, good luck to the 32 male and 2 female competitors fighting it out this weekend at ACUI's first qualifying event, the 2017 University of Michigan Independent Qualifier! Thank you Betsy and the University of Michigan for your support.

Lastly, we have three more qualifying tournaments in the works so stay tuned for the tournament announcement for those events.

-Ben

 

[skip100]

Any coming on the west coast?

 

[Benward452]

We are working on a tournament in Texas. Unfortunately, we have had difficulty getting venues out west at college and university rooms.

 

[Benward452]

Here are two additional locations to qualify!

University of Houston Independent Qualifier
March 4 | University of Houston | University of Houston Student Center Satellite Games Room
Register Now

Penn State University Independent Qualifier
April 8 | Penn State University | The Break Zone: HUB-Robeson Center
Register Now

 

[Benward452]

The University of Michigan Billiards Room hosted our first ACUI 9-ball qualifier of the season this past weekend. 33 men competed for 8 qualifying spots while 3 women duked it out in a round robin tournament for 2 qualifying spots at this year's ACUI National Collegiate 9-ball Championship.

Below are the results:

Men's Qualifiers
7th-8th place Ryan Liu (Carnegie Mellon) and Weiyi Li (Wisconsin)
5th-6th place Zihan Huang (Illinois) and Eric Bumgarner (Madison Area Technical College)
4th place: David Milostan (Akron)
3rd place: Daniel Petro (Purdue)
2nd place: Junyu Huang (Carnegie Mellon)
1st place: Zishan Cai (Illinois)

Women's Results - Top two invited to nationals
3rd place: Lin Yuan (Illinois)
2nd place: Chi Zhang (Wisconsin)
1st place: Frances Tso (Carnegie Mellon)

Congratulations competitors! Some of the later rounds of the Men's tournament was streamed on Facebook on ACUI's 9-ball page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2206805860/

This weekend students will be competing at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri!

Register to compete at any of the remaining qualifying tournaments here: http://acui.org/Programs/Student_Programs/Sectional_Recreation/21302/

 

[Vivian Marran]

Very, very nice. I played for 4 years during my undergrad days at U of I in Champaign in the late 90's.

Collegiate pool and youth billiards is becoming more and more cool to me as I get a bit older. Keep it up.

Keep us posted!!

 

[Benward452]

Lindenwood University hosted the second ACUI 9-ball qualifier of the season this past weekend. 11 men competed for 3 qualifying spots while 2 women played in a best 2 out of 3 sets, race to 4 for paid entry entry into this year's ACUI National Collegiate 9-ball Championship. Both female competitors automatically qualify for nationals!

Below are the results:

Men's Qualifiers
3rd place: Brandon Vanoverbeke (Lindenwood University)
2nd place: Landon Shuffett (Lindenwood University)
1st place: Chris Robinson (Lindenwood University)

Women's Results - Top two invited to nationals
2nd place: Carly Fristoe (Lindenwood University)
1st place: Kindra Hurlburt (University of Evansville)

Congratulations competitors! Photos of the qualifiers can be found on ACUI's 9-ball page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2206805860/


This weekend students will be competing at the University of North Carolina - Pembroke! 20 men and 2 women will be competing! Good luck to everyone who will be there!

The University of Akron will be hosting the next qualifier the weekend of March 3-5! Register to compete at Akron or any of the remaining tournaments here! http://acui.org/Programs/Student_Programs/Sectional_Recreation/21302/

 

[Benward452]

Hello everyone!

We have one tournament this coming weekend.

Registration for it will close tomorrow, Wednesday, March 8 at 11:59p

ACUI Coastal Southeast Sectional Tournament
March 11–12 | Florida International University | Porter Davis Game Room
Register Now: https://myaccount.acui.org/Meetings...aspx?mid=9fe92d78-ff19-41be-9734-26491e9f4fa6

Please remember to bring your signed eligibility form to the event!
http://acui.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=31911

For a list of all qualifying tournaments for this year's Collegiate 9-Ball Championship, visit:
http://acui.org/Programs/Student_Programs/Sectional_Recreation/21302/

Congratulations to our winners the past two weeks!

ACUI Southern Mid-Atlantic Sectional Tournament
Feb. 25 | University of North Carolina–Pembroke

Men's Qualifier
4th place: DeMarkeis McInnis (UNC - Charlotte)
3rd place: Kevin Stepp (UNC - Pembroke)
2nd place: Matthew Oxendine (UNC - Pembroke)
1st place: Logan Brummitt (UNC - Charlotte)

Women's Qualifier - Top two invited to nationals
2nd place: Rachel Caffrey (UNC - Charlotte)
1st place: Juliana Iannucci (UNC - Charlotte)

ACUI Central Midwest Sectional Tournament
March 4 | University of Akron

Men's Qualifier
3rd place: Shucheng Chao (Carnegie Mellon University)
2nd place: Omar Salagoor (University of Akron)
1st place: Nabil Sawan (University of Akron)

University of Houston Independent Qualifier
March 4 | University of Houston

Men's Qualifier
2nd place: Burak Temel (College of the Mainland)
1st place Brandon Tang (University of Texas - Austin)