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title: "Ultimate Pool USA Grand Finals: Day-8 Results Snapshot"
url: https://ncuemedia.com/ultimate-pool-usa-grand-finals-day-8-results-snapshot
published: 2026-11-09T05:07:04Z
updated: 2026-11-09T06:27:36Z
summary: "Day-8 snapshot: Benoit & Melling win Mixed Pairs, Margaret Styer the Women's Open, Cohen Bradford the Junior Open and Tom Cousins the National Open — the Grand Finals week at Cherokee is complete."
author: "Ncue Media Desk"
categories: ["Pool"]
tags: ["Cherokee", "Grand Finals", "Margaret Fefilova-Styer", "Tom Cousins", "Tyler Styer", "Ultimate Pool USA"]
lang: en
---

# Ultimate Pool USA Grand Finals: Day-8 Results Snapshot

*All four of Sunday's open titles are settled at Harrah's Cherokee — ending with Tom Cousins beating Tyler Styer 6-5 in the National Open final to close out the 2026 Grand Finals.*

:::note{type=info}
**This is a results snapshot, not live coverage.** Scores and the state of play are frozen at **05:00 UTC on Sunday, November 9** — the closing day of the 2026 Ultimate Pool USA Grand Finals at Harrah's Cherokee, NC. Sources are listed under each section; scores appear only where confirmed by the official DigitalPool bracket.
:::

The biggest week in American league pool came down to its final match. Three of Sunday's title matches are in the books — Ashley Benoit & Chris Melling won the Mixed Pairs, Margaret Styer took the National Women's Open and Cohen Bradford the Junior Open — and the last of them all, the 512-player National Open, has since gone to Tom Cousins, who beat Tyler Styer 6-5 in the final. With that, the Grand Finals are done.

## Mixed Pairs: Benoit & Melling take the title at last

The final postponed twice across the week was finally played on Saturday night, and Ashley Benoit & Chris Melling won it 6-2 over Avah Weems & Oscar Dominguez — the bracket closing the match out at 21:01 UTC.

Both champions had waited through a long week for the trophy. Benoit lost Monday's Women's Shootout final to Margaret Styer before this title; Melling, runner-up in Friday's National Pairs with Shane Van Boening, leaves Cherokee a champion after all. The semi-finals had gone Benoit & Melling 6-1 over Tyler Styer & Margarita Fefilova Styer — the National Pairs champions — and Weems & Dominguez 6-5 in the hill-hill decider over Van Boening & Sofia Mast.

*Scores per the official DigitalPool bracket; the final's completion time is the bracket's own record.*

## National Women's Open: a third title of the week for Margaret Styer

Margaret Styer — the Fefilova-Styer of the earlier snapshots — won the 128-player National Women's Open, beating Skylar Hess 6-1 in a final the bracket closed at 03:01 UTC. It is her third title of the week: the Women's Shootout on Monday, the National Pairs with husband Tyler on Friday, and now the Women's Open.

| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-final | Skylar Hess | 6-2 | Rachel Lang |
| Semi-final | Margaret Styer | 6-1 | Sofia Mast |
| Final | **Margaret Styer** | **6-1** | Skylar Hess |

In the parallel Second Chance bracket, Tarah Connor beat Savannah Hall 4-3 in its final.

*Scores per the official DigitalPool bracket at the cutoff.*

## National Open: Tom Cousins closes out the week

The week's biggest field — 512 players chasing $20,000 — was still deciding its champion when this snapshot was taken, with the Main Event final between Tyler Styer and Tom Cousins level at 5-5. The wait ended a little over an hour later: Cousins won the final 6-5, the official bracket closing the match at 06:16 UTC — the last result of the Grand Finals.

Styer reached the final by beating Shane Van Boening 7-5 in the quarter-finals and Gerson Martinez Boza 7-5 in the semis; Cousins came through Jeremy Seaman 7-5 and Joe Prince 7-3. It was Cousins' second final of the week after his 5-4 loss to Oscar Dominguez in the National Shootout — this time he leaves Cherokee a champion. For Styer, the title would have completed a remarkable family week alongside his wife's three crowns.

| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter-final | Tyler Styer | 7-5 | Shane Van Boening |
| Quarter-final | Gerson Martinez Boza | 7-6 | Skyler Woodward |
| Quarter-final | Tom Cousins | 7-5 | Jeremy Seaman |
| Quarter-final | Joe Prince | 7-3 | Leon Contreras |
| Semi-final | Tyler Styer | 7-5 | Gerson Martinez Boza |
| Semi-final | Tom Cousins | 7-3 | Joe Prince |
| Final | **Tom Cousins** | **6-5** | Tyler Styer |

The Second Chance bracket went to Sean King, who beat Justin Stock 5-2 in its final.

*Scores per the official DigitalPool bracket at the cutoff.* *Updated 06:30 UTC — National Open final result added; the bracket closed the match at 06:16 UTC.*

## National Junior Open: Bradford 5-4 Axe

Cohen Bradford won the National Junior Open, edging Austin Axe 5-4 in a final the bracket closed at 00:32 UTC. Bradford had beaten Jordan Helfrey 5-2 in the semi-final, with Axe a 5-2 winner over Brayden Splawn. Johnny Hammontree took the Second Chance final 5-4 over Isaac Garza.

*Scores per the official DigitalPool bracket; the bracket records Bradford as champion.*

## The week closes

The week at Harrah's Cherokee ends here: six days, dozens of league and open champions crowned, the richest team prize in league pool history paid out to Rack Of Ages on Saturday night — and Tom Cousins' 6-5 win over Tyler Styer to close the 512-player National Open, the last match of the 2026 Grand Finals. Saturday's play is in the [day-7 snapshot](/ultimate-pool-usa-grand-finals-day-7-results-snapshot).