The 2008 Winter Blast Tournament is scheduled for liftoff on Saturday Dec 6, 2008. This will be one of the biggest and best events on the intercollegiate calender, and will attract schools throughout the US. All skill levels are encouraged to participate- THIS MEANS YOU!!! Any match between ladder players will be recorded on the ladder. Signup deadline is Dec. 3. Email Brandon for more info.

After surviving the canning season in Alaska, the Racquettball ladder is back for 2008-2009 and anxious to serve you.

The ladder will reopen September 2, 2008 (coincidentally the first day of classes!) Returning people should have gotten an extremely long email which boils down to : Email Jeff by September 5 or be dropped from the ladder, forfeits suck, and you have to sign a recsports waiver.

If you are new and would like to join the ladder, do it now!! It's easy and the most fun you will ever have in your college career.

Clear your busy schedules, the University of Wisconsin Club Racquetball Spring Fling tournament is officially scheduled for Saturday April 12, 2008. We are expecting a large draw again, with several top schools already committed. The world famous raffle promises a high chance of winning fabulous prizes, and the four olympic style divisions guarantee competitiveness no matter what you skill level. Don't miss out on one of the biggest and best intercollegiate tournaments in the nation!

Take a look at the flyer!

The 2008 Pinchshot.com Midwest Intercollegiate Championship was held in St. Louis Feb 8-10. Although small in size compared to other schools, the UW team had a strong showing with every member scoring some points for the team, and we brought home an impressive 6 medals. We ended up second in the Big 10 and 5th overall. See all the results here!

As of 1/12/2008, the courts are now all fully functional and ready for your racquetball enjoyment!! Ladder is open as well. Welcome back!!

As you may have heard, the ladder will be temporarily closed until Jan. 22, 2008. All outstanding challenges now have until Feb. 1, 2008 to be played, but they can be played and entered at any time before then. Have a good break!

The UW Club Racquetball Fall tournament was a huge success! 75 players from 8 different schools participated, and the level of play was great in all divisions. More importantly, everyone had a fantastic time. Special thanks to all the teams who traveled, and we hope to see you again in the spring!

Jack Huczek, the #1 ranked professional racquetball player in the world, won the 2007 Lou Bradley Pro-Am in Sun Prairie. He beat #7 ranked Ben Croft in three straight in the finals. Croft (age 22) is a current collegiate player for University of Colorado at Pueblo. Other top pros in attendance were #8 Chris Crowther, #9 Jason Thoerner, #11 Alejandro Herrera, and #14 Juan Herrera.

The draw featured 157 players in 22 divisions from nine different states – PAC’s biggest tournament in more than 20 years. Official wrapup and results are here.

The ladder has officially been reopened, three hours ahead of schedule!!!

The deadline to get your old ranking back has passed, so anyone who did not respond to the email is now a 'resting' player and must come off the resting list at the bottom of the ladder. You will be allowed to challenge anyone in the lower 80% just like any new players can.

All summer games will be painstakingly added to the database eventually, but the rankings have been already adjusted accordingly. If you think you are misplaced, you can email me and complain about it, or you can just go out and beat somebody and then email me to tell me how stupid I am.

If you have any questions or whatever, email me as always. Don't forget you can always play matches and report scores even if it is not 'officially' on the ladder challenge system. Play as much as you want and have fun!

Be sure to reserve a court as the greatest sport on earth is very popular! SERF Reservation Line is (608) 262-8244

Don't forget about the Women's ladder, especially if you are a woman. Womens' Ladder

Click here to download the video. (~1.7MB Xvid encoded)

Stephanie rolls out another weak ceiling shot from Travis on her way to 3rd place in the White division.

Official Results:

GOLD-
1. Juan Nieves 2. Deli Stinnett (Indiana St.) 3. Mike Edwards (UW alum)

BLUE-
1. Nick Trentadue (UW) 2. S. Summers (Purdue) 3. Mike Kaufman (UW)

RED-
1. Eli Persky (UW) 2. Grothe (Purdue) 3. Shah

WHITE-
1. Jeff Wendorff (UW alum) 2. AJ Dahlberg 3. Stephanie Eisch (UW)

The UW Racquetball club travelled to St. Louis to participate in the 2007 Pinchshot.com Midwest Intercollegiate Championships on Feb 16-18. Almost 20 schools participated and some of the top ranked players in the nation were present, and we're proud to report that Wisconsin brought home the trophy for 3rd place team overall. In the blue singles division it was all Wisconsin as Brandon Miller and Kevin Arnold took the 1 and 2 singles spots respectively. Kevin Arnold and Mike Kaufman took 1st in red doubles. The rest of the team fared well with everyone putting wins on the board securing third place by Sunday afternoon.

Official results: 1. Missouri (147), 2. Illinois (93), 3. Wisconsin (65), 4. St. Louis (60), 5. Oklahoma (56), 6. SIU-Carbondale (54), 7. Missouri State (48), 8. SEMO (32), 9. Purdue (20), 10. Indiana State (11), 11. (tie) Kalamazoo & Ohio State (10), 13. Washington Univ (9), 14. Bellevue (8), 15. Kansas (7), 16. (tie) Truman State & St. Louis Comm Coll (6)

If your game is the perfect combination of power, style, finesse and grace, you may want to check out the brand new women's ladder.

UW Racquetball Women's Ladder

As you can see it's basically the exact same format as the main ladder, and of course you are free to be on both if you like. Sign up now, and tell all your friends, this is guaranteed to be the hot new trend for winter!

I just want to clear up a couple minor points.

If you are challenged from below, and you do not play the match, you will automatically forfeit and the person who challenged you will move up above you. Please don't let this happen, as we would like the rankings to be as accurate as possible. I will always give you as much time as you need, but you have to CONTACT ME about it. To give you more time, I change 1 database entry. To fix a forfeit, I have to change about 75 entries. I will not change forfeits. The way I see it, if you have the time to email me and complain about it, then you had the time to email me and ask for more time. You should be getting two different reminders before your match is forfeited.

If you plan on playing a ladder or league match during the regular club times (M 6-8, W 8-11), please make a court reservation as a courtesy to other players. It's been very crowded lately and it would allow more people to play. The reservation line for SERF is (608) 262-8244.

Please remember to wear eyeguards whenever you play racquetball. If not for the sake of your own eyes, think of how bad your opponent will feel if they accidentally blind you.

New users - to register please click on the login link above and then click on >>register here

I'm basing the inital ladder positions on last year's data from leagues, so if you are new, you'll have to fight your way up. We let you challenge someone pretty high in your first challenge if you think you deserve to start higher. Contact the admins if there's a problem and we'll place you wherever you want.

Please help perfect the ladder by reporting any bugs you may encounter to the administrator. Everything should work fine, so use it as normal. (don't TRY to break it- I'm sure names like J$ ' O/%& Smith will screw it up etc.) Feel free to ask any questions or send any criticism constructive or otherwise as well. Thanks and enjoy!