Majo Vargas beats Valeria Centellas to win Northern Virginia title

Maria Jose Vargas turned the Northern Virginia final into a one-sided statement, beating Valeria Centellas 15-8, 15-0 to win the 2026 LPRT Northern Virginia Invitational at Worldgate Athletic Club & Spa in Herndon, Virginia. The scoreline told the story as clearly as the rankings did: Vargas stayed No. 1 in the LPRT singles race, and Centellas left with a career milestone anyway, reaching her first pro final.

The win came on June 7, 2026, in an event built around a sponsor-centered format on just three courts, with pro-am doubles and prize money spread across four amateur events and two pro divisions. That setting produced a final that matched the tour’s top seed against a rising challenger, and Vargas handled it with the kind of control that has separated her from the rest of the field. She entered as the No. 1 seed, took a first-round bye, and never let Centellas settle into the match once the final began.

The second game was the clearest measure of the gap. After taking the opening game 15-8, Vargas shut Centellas out 15-0, a finish that reinforced why she remains the standard on the women’s pro tour. The result also pushed Vargas to 7-0 in their LPRT head-to-head series. Before this final, she had already led Centellas 6-0 in prior meetings, and the latest meeting gave Vargas another clean answer to one of the tour’s emerging names.

Centellas’ run still mattered. A first trip to a pro final is a real marker in racquetball, especially on a stop that has quickly become a benchmark for the women’s game. The Northern Virginia Invitational produced a different singles champion in 2025, when Montse Mejia took the title, and this year’s final added another layer to a tournament that has become a familiar proving ground for top-end talent.

The final was streamed on YouTube Live, putting Vargas’ latest title run in front of the wider LPRT audience in real time. For now, the separation at the top is not subtle: Vargas has the No. 1 ranking, the 7-0 edge over Centellas, and a final in which she closed with total command.