Canadian men teams are in semifinals at Cayman Islands
SEVEN MILES BEACH, Grand Cayman, March 24, 2012. – Two teams of
Canada will be joined by the representatives of Dominican
Republic and Puerto Rico in Sunday’s men semifinals at the
Cayman Islands’ 2012 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit.
The Canadians continued with their winning streak finishing atop
in their respective pools.
The quarterfinal match between Samuel Schachter and Maverick
Hatch of CAN-1 and Americans James Drost and Steven Vanderwerp
has been the best display of skills so far in the tournament,
with the Canadians claiming a come-from-behind win coming 2-1
(18-21, 21-18, 15-10). They also beat Fabien Whitfield and
Daneil Williams of Trinidad 2-0 (21-10, 21-15).
Joshua Binstock and Martin Reader of Canada-2 prevailed over
Gillan Octave and Julien Biscette of LCA 2-0 (21-10, 21-8) but
struggled to win over Whitfield/Williams of Trinidad and Tobago
in the quarterfinals 2-0 (21-12, 24-22).
Youngsters German Recio and Luis Adames of Dominican Republic
booked their place in the semifinals first winning to El
Salvador’s Luis Morales and Ovidio Quintanilla 2-0 (25-23,
21-16) to win Pool B and later against home boys Shervin Rankin
and Richard Campbell of CAY-1 2-0 (21-8, 21-16).
For Roberto Rodriguez and Eric Haddock of Puerto Rico, the road
to the semifinals started with a victory over Hector Belardo and
Jerall Nicholas of U.S. Virgin Islands 2-0 (21-6, 21-8) and
against Morales/Quintanilla of El Salvador 2-0 (21-12, 21-12).
Matches on Sunday feature the semifinals Puerto Rico v. Canada-2
and Dominican Republic v. Canada-1. Winners advance to the final
game and losers for the third place.
Men’s Results Saturday:
Pool A:
PUR d. IVS 2-0 (21-6, 21-8); CAY-1 d. CAY-3 2-1 (11-21, 21-10,
15-11); Pool B: DOM d. ESA 2-0 (25-23, 21-16); SKN d. FSM
2-0 (21-17, 21-14); Pool C: CAN-1 d. TRI 2-0 (21-10,
21-15); CAY-2 d. ANT 2-1 (22-20, 19-21, 16-14); Pool D:
CAN-2 d. LCA 2-0 (21-10, 21-8); USA d. GUA 2-0 (21-19, 21-13).
Main Draw: CAN-1 d. USA 2-1 (18-21, 21-18, 15-10); CAN-2
d. TRI 2-0 (21-12, 24-22); CAN-2 d. TRI 2-0 (21-12, 24-22); DOM
d. CAY-1 2-0 (21-8, 21-16); PUR d. ESA 2-0 (21-12, 21-12). |