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Santiago and Acevedo in semifinals at Puerto Vallarta

 

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, October 16, 2010 – Top-seeded Yarleen Santiago and Dariam Acevedo of Puerto Rico and Mexicans Aldo Miramontes and Juan Virgen are the women’s and men’s first semifinalists respectively at Bicentennial Beach Volleyball Cup, the tenth and final stage of 2010 NORCECA Circuit.

 

Santiago/Acevedo advanced following their 21-19, 23-21 victory against Heather Bansley/Elizabeth Maloney of Canada-1 while Miramontes/Virgen made it into the final four round with a 21-18, 21-17 win against Steve Marshall/Benjamin Saxton of Canada.

 

Mexicans Martha Revuelta/Xitlali Herrera and Ulises Ontiveros/Lombardo Ontiveros also advanced to the semifinals through de winners’ bracket.

 

Revuelta/Herrera beat Cayley Thurlby/Kimberly McGiven of USA (21-14, 21-14) and the Ontiveros brothers edged Marcin Jagoda/Michael Diehl of USA-1 (21-17, 18-21, 15-12).

 

Virgen and Miramontes delivered a surprise to Canada’s team thanks to a strong, targeted attack helped by some errors on the Canadian side to decide the winning score.

 

The Mexicans, fresh from winning in Manzanillo, served to secure this win while adding valuable qualifying points for the upcoming Pan American Games.

 

Cubans Yoendri  Kinderlan/Sergio Gonzalez who defeated Canadians Marshall/Saxtos in another stellar contest, and Jagoda/Diehl, who easily downed Guatemala, made the semifinals through the losers’ bracket. The list of women’s semifinalists includes also the teams Thurlby/McGiven and Bansley/Maloney.

 

Women’s results on Saturday: GUA d. MEX-3 (21-16, 21-18), CAN-2 d. MEX-2 (10-21, 21-19, 15-12), CUB d. GUA (21-17, 21-16), CAN-2 d. CRC (21-15, 21-13), MEX-1 d. USA (21-14, 21-14), PUR d. CAN-1 (21-19, 23-21), USA d. CUB (21-9, 18-21, 15-13), CAN-1 d- CAN-2 (18-21, 21-14, 15-8).

 

Men’s results on Saturday: GUA d. MEX-4 (26-24, 21-19), USA-2 d. MEX-3 (21-17, 21-18), GUA d. PUR (21-0, 21-0), CUB d. USA-2 (21-10, 21-17), MEX-1 d. CAN-1 (21-18, 21-17), MEX-2 d. USA (21-17, 18-21, 15-12), CUB d. CAN (21-8, 21-18), USA-1 d. GUA (21-15, 21-12).