Mixed Pairs: Benoit & Melling beat Weems & Dominguez
Ashley Benoit and Chris Melling defeated Avah Weems and Oscar Dominguez in the Mixed Pairs final at Harrah's Cherokee.
CHEROKEE, N.C. — Ashley Benoit and Chris Melling beat Avah Weems and Oscar Dominguez in Sunday's Mixed Pairs final at the Ultimate Pool USA Grand Finals at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort.
Benoit and Melling took the title 6-2, capping a run that included a 6-1 semifinal win over National Pairs champions Tyler Styer and Margarita Fefilova-Styer. Weems and Dominguez had edged Shane Van Boening and Sofia Mast 6-5 in the other semifinal.
The final, twice postponed from its original Saturday slot, went off on Sunday afternoon and closed the pairs programme at the week-long Cherokee festival. Dominguez, the National Shootout champion earlier in the week, was denied a second title of the festival.
Why it matters: Mixed Pairs was the first of three finals on the Grand Finals' closing day — the Women's Open and National Open title matches followed on Sunday night — and the last pairs trophy of the week, settled in a race to 6 between the last two teams standing from a 63-match bracket.
Result via the official DigitalPool bracket.
