Top Seeds Berkmeyer, Migdal Advance to Sunday Semifinals
It was a cool, blustery day for Saturday’s Round of 16 and Quarterfinal matches of the 2016 Old Warson Cup at Old Warson CC! The two top seeds Skip Berkmeyer and Sam Migdal survived the day and will advance to Sunday’s Semifinal matches.
Berkmeyer, a 5-time champion of the match play event, defeated Van Pierce 3&2 Saturday morning and then got past Tony Gumper 3&2 in the afternoon. His last win in this event came 2009, but has been a 4-time Runner-Up since. Berkmeyer will square off against 2015 Old Warson Cup champion Phil Caravia at 7:00am. Caravia had a little more work on Saturday morning with Patrick Riordan taking him all the way to 18 before a 1up victory. He then got by Chad Niezing 3&2 in the afternoon to advance.
The Semifinals is a tale of two draws, the veterans Berkmeyer and Caravia on one side and the young guns Sam Migdal and Nick Arman on the opposite side. Two Seed Migdal opened with a convincing 6&5 victory over Steven Souchek in the Round of 16. He faced Ryan Sullivan on Saturday afternoon and pulled off a 3&1 victory to advance to Sunday. Arman, who passed up graduation ceremonies at Rockhurst to participate in the Old Warson Cup, also cruised to a 7&5 victory over Tim Jasper on Saturday. He and 2015 Amateur Champion Jimmy Siegfried then tangled up in what maybe was the best match of the day, escaping with a 1up victory.
Sunday’s Semifinal matches begin at 7:00am with the Final Match to start at approximately 11:45am. For the full results check out the Plaza Motors Scoreboard via the following link: 2016 OLD WARSON CUP MATCHES
(Round of 16)
Skip Berkmeyer (1) def. Van Pierce (16), 3 and 2
Tony Gumper (9) def. Ted Moloney (8), 5 and 4
Chad Niezing (13) def. Chris Kovach (4), 3 and 2
Phil Caravia (5) def. Patrick Riordan (12), 1 up
Sam Migdal (2) def. Steven Souchek (15), 6 and 5
Ryan Sullivan (10) def. Ryan Eckelkamp (7), 3 and 1
Jimmy Siegfried (3) def. Toppie Hogan (14), 5 and 4
Nick Arman (6) def. Tim Jasper (11), 7 and 5
(Quarterfinal)
Skip Berkmeyer (1) def. Tony Gumper (9), 3 and 2
Phil Caravia (5) def. Chad Niezing (13), 3 and 2
Sam Migdal (2) def. Ryan Sullivan (10), 3 and 1
Nick Arman (6) def. Jimmy Siegfried (3), 1 up
(Semifinal)
7:00am Skip Berkmeyer (1) vs. Phil Caravia (5)
7:10am Sam Migdal (2) vs. Nick Arman (6)
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