Americans men Stolfus and Wong won the gold  

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 8, 2007.- American  men’s pair of  Scott Wong and Hans Stolfus won the gold medal of the Boca Chica Tournament, the first leg of the 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit, with a 21-19, 21-10 victory over Marcelo Araya and Jonathan Guevara of Costa Rica.

Cuban Yunieski Ramirez and Yoendris Kindelán won the bronze medal in defeating Jorge Bolanos and Jose Gonzalez of Guatemala by 21-9, 21-14.

“The first set shows how good the Costa Ricans are,” said Stolfus after the match. “It was a tough battle, but we were able to put together a good streak in the second set.”

And Wong added: “We lacked consistency in the first set, but the we were able to focus and that was the difference.”

The USA team made to the finals with victories over Dominican Republic III (Edward Rogers-Alejandro Flores) 21-13, 21-11 and Cuba 21-8, 21-16. Costa Rica reached the gold medal match with triumphs over El Salvador (Geovanny Medrano-David Vargas) 21-19, 21-18 and Guatemala 21-14, 21-15.

Men’s results on Sunday:

Quarterfinals: CUB d. PUR II (21-14, 21-19); USA d. DOM III (21-13, 21-11); GUA d. PUR I (21-13, 21-9); Semi finals: USA d. CUB (21-8, 21-16); CRC d. GUA (21-14, 21-15). Bronze: CUB d. GUA (21-9, 21-14). Gold: USA d. CRC (21-19, 21-10).