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title: "National Pairs: Styers beat Van Boening and Melling 6-2"
url: https://sportshorts.net/story/national-pairs-styers-beat-van-boening-and-melling-in-cherokee-final
published: 2026-11-07T05:15:14Z
updated: 2026-11-07T05:15:14Z
summary: "Tyler Styer and Margaret Fefilova-Styer beat Shane Van Boening and Chris Melling 6-2 in the National Pairs final at the Grand Finals in Cherokee."
author: "SportShorts Desk"
categories: ["Pool"]
tags: ["Billiards", "Grand Finals", "Margaret Fefilova-Styer", "National Pairs", "Pool", "Ultimate Pool USA"]
lang: en
---

# National Pairs: Styers beat Van Boening and Melling 6-2

*Tyler Styer and Margaret Fefilova-Styer defeated Shane Van Boening and Chris Melling 6-2 in Friday's National Pairs final at Harrah's Cherokee.*

CHEROKEE, N.C. — Tyler Styer and Margaret Fefilova-Styer beat Shane Van Boening and Chris Melling 6-2 in Friday's National Pairs final at the Ultimate Pool USA Grand Finals — husband and wife taking the title at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort.

It is a second trophy of the week for Fefilova-Styer, the National Women's Shootout champion, and a second final defeat in two nights for Van Boening after Thursday's 10-Ball Showdown.

Two more finals overran and were pushed to Saturday: the Mixed Pairs (Ashley Benoit & Chris Melling vs Avah Weems & Oscar Dominguez) and the 10-Ball Teams (In The Stroke Of Time vs Armstrong All-Stars).

**Why it matters:** Saturday's 8-Ball Teams final at 8 p.m. ET is worth $112,000 to the winners — billed as the biggest match in league pool history — and now shares the last day with two finals carried over from Friday.

*Result via the official DigitalPool bracket and [Ncue Media's Day-6 snapshot](https://ncuemedia.com/ultimate-pool-usa-grand-finals-day-6-results-snapshot).*