Morales/Alfaro, Araya/Piskulich: Central American Champions

 

GUATEMALA, August 19, 2008.- Ingrid Morales and Natalia Alfaro of Costa Rica were crowned as Champions of the Eighth Central American Cup of Beach Volleyball.

 

Morales/Alfaro faced Ivonne Soler/Laura Molina of El Salvador in the finals. The champions won by score of  21-13, 21-17.

 

María José Orellana/Ana Lourdes Ramírez of Guatemala, won the bronze medal by defeating the pair of Costa Rica 2 of Ivette Alas/Marianela Alfaro by score of 21-18, 21-12.

 

Morales/Alfaro reached the match for the gold medal by defeating Orellana/Ramírez 21-12, 22-20, and Soler/Molina  beat Alas/Alfaro by 21-9, 21-19.

 

In a final between Costa Ricans in the men’s side, Marcelo Araya and Zlatko Piskulich defeated the pair formed by brothers Alexander and Gilberto Villegas. The final score was 21-17, 21-17.

 

Jeovanny Medrano/David Vargas of El Salvador, won the bronze medal with a victory over Winston Calderón/Francisco Castro  of  Nicaragua 2-0 (21-17, 21-13).

 

Araya/Piskulich entered the final match via a victory over Medrano/Vargas 26-24, 21-11, while the Villegas brothers defeated Calderón/Castro19-21, 21-17. 15-7.

 

Final Positions

Women
1. Morales/Alfaro CRC 1
2. Soler/Morales ESA
3. Orellana/Ramirez GUA 1
4. Alas/Alfaro CRC 2
5. Recinos/Alvarado GUA 2
6. Traña/Rostrán NIC 1
7. Martínez/Torrez NIC 2
8. Usher/Usher BIZ

Men
1. Araya/Piskulich CRC 1
2. Villegas/Villegas CRC 2
3. Medrano/Vargas ESA 1
4. Calderón/Castro NIC
5. Bolaños/Garrido GUA 1
6. Ozuna/Pineda GUA 2
7. Woods/Miller HON 1
8. Sanchez/Baide HON 2
9. Quintanilla/Zavala ESA 2
10. Requena/Neal BIZ