{"id":243880,"date":"2026-05-26T14:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/243880\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:31:49","slug":"new-champions-crowned-at-u22-masters-and-queens-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/243880\/","title":{"rendered":"New Champions Crowned at U22 Masters and Queens in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Jaysen Spanbauer and Melia Mitskavich won the 2026 U22 Masters and Queens<\/a>
\n titles in Orlando. \n<\/p>\n


\n Spanbauer won the U22 Masters title after defeating Chance McLane in the
\n deciding championship match. Meanwhile, Mitskavich won the U22 Queens title
\n after defeating Katelyn Abigania in the final. \n<\/p>\n


\n Both champions entered the stepladder finals as the top seeds in their
\n divisions. \n<\/p>\n


\n \"Best<\/a> \n<\/p>\n


\n In the U22 Masters final, McLane defeated Spanbauer 233-228 in the first
\n championship match. Because Spanbauer entered the finals as the undefeated
\n player from match play, McLane needed to beat him twice to win the title.
\n Spanbauer responded in the deciding game with a 268-258 win. That gave
\n Spanbauer the title and the $4,300 first prize. \n<\/p>\n


\n McLane reached the championship match after defeating Andru Blaney 245-222 in
\n the semifinal. McLane finished second and earned $2,150, while Blaney placed
\n third and earned $1,750. \n<\/p>\n


\n In the U22 Queens, Melia Mitskavich completed her run with a 219-201 win over
\n Katelyn Abigania in the title match. Mitskavich started the championship match
\n with three strikes in her first four frames, kept the lead until the end, and
\n earned the title. The 20-year-old right-hander finished qualifying as the
\n leader, earned the No. 1 seed for match play,<\/a> went unbeaten in bracket play,
\n and then won the stepladder final. \n<\/p>\n


\n The win gave Mitskavich the U22 Queens title and the $4,300 first prize.
\n Abigania earned $2,150 for second place. \n<\/p>\n


\n Defending champion Aleesha Oden finished third after losing to Abigania
\n 268-183 in the semifinal. Oden earned $1,750. \n<\/p>\n

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\n The U22 Masters and Queens also awarded Junior Team USA 2027 spots during the
\n week. The Junior Team USA spots were connected to qualifying results and
\n tournament champions. Age-eligible players had to be under 21 as of Jan. 1,
\n 2027. \n<\/p>\n


\n In the U22 Masters, Junior Team USA spots went to Aidan Furukawa, Kevin
\n Magnuson, Jacob Bockstie, and Gregorio Sicard III. In the U22 Queens, the
\n spots went to Katelyn Abigania, Gianna Brandolino, Abigail Starkey, and Haley
\n Swindle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jaysen Spanbauer and Melia Mitskavich won the 2026 U22 Masters and Queens titles in Orlando. Spanbauer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-243880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}