{"id":116648,"date":"2026-01-13T18:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/116648\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:32:10","slug":"photo-gallery-results-pickleball-tournament-at-the-courts-of-cape-coral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/116648\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO GALLERY &#038; Results | Pickleball tournament at The Courts of Cape Coral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoralbreeze.com\/sports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                    \/Sports and Fishing                                                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 11<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/505-1100x733.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida State University Gold\u2019s Tate Keber goes low in the near corner to return the Florida Atlantic serve in mixed doubles competition. MARK CLIFFORD<\/p>\n<p>2 \/ 11<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/465-1100x733.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida Atlantic University\u2019s Bella Nelson charges the net and goes for the kill shot in women\u2019s doubles action. MARK CLIFFORD<\/p>\n<p>3 \/ 11<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/420-1-1100x733.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida State University Gold\u2019s Bennett Reeves looks on as teammate Francisco Davila stretches to return the volley in men\u2019s doubles competition. MARK CLIFFORD<\/p>\n<p>4 \/ 11<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/346-1100x733.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida State University Gold\u2019s Tessa O\u2019Neal (left) and Tate Keber (right) celebrate after scoring a crucial point in women\u2019s doubles action. MARK CLIFFORD<\/p>\n<p>5 \/ 11<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide_tall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/338-560x840.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida State University Gold\u2019s Tate Keber goes airborne as she prepares to hammer the kill shot in women\u2019s doubles action. MARK CLIFFORD<\/p>\n<p>6 \/ 11<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/253-1100x733.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>University of Southern Florida\u2019s Tessa Wilson eyes the ball through her shades as she returns the volley in women\u2019s doubles action. MARK CLIFFORD<\/p>\n<p>7 \/ 11<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/222-1100x733.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida State Gold\u2019s Bennett Reeves watches as teammate Tate Keber returns the volley in mixed doubles competition. MARK CLIFFORD\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>8 \/ 11<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide_tall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/201-560x840.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>University of Southern Florida Green\u2019s Adan Ahmed returns the serve in men\u2019s doubles competition. MARK CLIFFORD<\/p>\n<p>9 \/ 11<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide_tall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/163-560x840.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tournament director Kenny Herrmann. MARK CLIFFORD<\/p>\n<p>10 \/ 11<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide_tall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/034-560x840.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>University of Southern Florida Gold\u2019s Benjamin Sims goes to the backhand deep in the backcourt to return the volley in men\u2019s doubles action. MARK CLIFFORD<\/p>\n<p>11 \/ 11<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/002-1100x733.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Before the tournament begins tournament director Kenny Herrmann goes over the tournament schedule and seeding rules with the players. MARK CLIFFORD<\/p>\n<p>            <a class=\"prev next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(-1)\"><\/a><br \/>\n            <a class=\"next next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(1)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            [expand]<\/p>\n<p>        close<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The APP Collegiate Qualifier Tournament pickleball event this past weekend at The Courts Cape Coral.<\/p>\n<p>Results<\/p>\n<p>First Place \u2013 Florida Atlantic<\/p>\n<p>Players: Ava Cavataio, Bella Nelson, Jayden Broderick, Alec Lamacchio<\/p>\n<p>Second Place \u2013 Florida State (Gold)<\/p>\n<p>Players: Zack Florendo, Francisco Davila, Tessa O\u2019Neal, Tate Keber, Bennett Reeves<\/p>\n<p>Third Place \u2013 Florida (Orange)<\/p>\n<p>Players: Christian Franke, Maxwell Ruyle, Martine Sundsten, Caitlyn Khan<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Place \u2013 UCF (Gold)<\/p>\n<p>Players: Ethan Jauschneg, Gianna Southwick, Ben Brietz, Romina Casanova<\/p>\n<p>These four teams receive automatic qualifying bids for the APP Selkirk U.S. Collegiate Championships, held March 6-8 in Cape Coral.<\/p>\n<p>Complete results from the tournament can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/app.pickleballden.com\/external-tournament\/7780766\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">app.pickleballden.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; \/Sports and Fishing &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; 1 \/ 11 Florida State University&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-116648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}