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KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 26, 2009.- The first day
of action in the fourth leg of the 2009 NORCECA
Beach Volleyball Circuit at Barbicon Park of the
Jamaican capital happened without major
surprises. Eight of the nine participating teams
advanced to the second round of the tournament.
The men’s tem of Puerto Rico and the women’s
team of United States lead their respective
genders with two victories in the pool phase.
The Puerto Ricans Roberto Rodriguez and Orlando
Irizarry defeated Netherlands Antilles (Homi
Cathalina and Aegidio Juliana) 21-14, 21-15 and
then edged in a well fought match the Mexican
pair of Juan Virgen and Aldo Miramontes by score
of 15-21, 21-18, 15-8.
Meanwhile, the Americans Emily Day and Claire
Robertson advanced as the top team in the second
phase of the women following their win over
Puerto Rico (Yarleen Santiago-Dariam Acevedo) by
score of 21-18, 15-21, 15-8 and their easy and
quick victory over Canada (Kristina Long-Renee
Laroque) 21-6, 21-10.
The double elimination round kicks-off on
Saturday with ten matches in each gender
starting at 10:00 a.m. In the women side the
first matches features USA-Canada, Trinidad &
Tobago-Dominican Republic, Costa Rica-St. Lucia
and Guatemala-Puerto Rico.
The first matches on the men’s side are Puerto
Rico-St.
Lucia, Guatemala-Jamaica, Costa Rica 2-Dominican
Republic and Costa Rica-Mexico.
The complete results of Day One:
Men: PUR- AHO (21-14, 21-15); GUA-LCA
(21-17, 21-15); MEX-AHO (21-5, 21-16); CRC 2-DOM
(21-19, 21-19); CRC 2-JAM (21-17, 21-19); CRC
2-LCA (21-12, 21-15); PUR-MEX (15-21, 21-18,
15-8); JAM-DOM (21-16, 21-10); CRC 1 – GUA
(20-22, 21-13, 15-13).
Women: GUA-LCA (21-16, 21-18); CRC-JAM
(21-9, 21-13); USA-PUR (21-18, 15-21, 15-9);
TTO-LCA (21-11, 21-14); PUR-CAN (21-16, 21-19);
DOM-JAM (21-14, 21-14); USA-CAN (21-6, 21-10);
CRC-DOM(21-11, 21-17); GUA –TTO (26-24, 21-10). |
