First Round WPBL Playoffs: Cruise upset the Hustlers
First Round WPBL Playoffs: Cruise upset the Hustlers LAS VEGAS, NV (February 7, 2014) In the third match of the World Professional Billiard League’s 2013-2014 Playoffs the Houston Hustlers took on the Miami Cruise at the WPBL Arena in Las Vegas February 7, 2014. A difficult cut shot by Jose Parica clinched the match for the Cruise, who upset the Hustlers 7-4 in Friday’s first round of the WPBL Championship Playoff tournament.Miami only needed to avoid a shut-out in the match’s final game of 3 on 3, which happened when Parica sank a one point purple ball giving #10 seed Miami the win. Miami had a chance to clinch the match a game earlier in singles, however Hunter Lombardo couldn’t finish off Justin Hall in a shoot-out that Hall won 31-18, putting Houston within 7-4.The loss was the only one for Miami in singles, as Jose Parica and Corey Deuel knocked off Chip Compton and Jeremy Jones 30-9 and 30-10 respectively. Houston’s only regulation win came in doubles, when Compton and Hall defeated Parica and […]