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Women of Cuba and USA dominate in
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GUATEMALA, April 4, 2009.- Cubans
Nirian Sinal and Kirenia Ballar and
Americans Beth Van Fleet and Saralyn
Smith qualified as the top two semi
finalists of the Gatorade’s Guatemala
Beach Volleyball Tournament, the
second leg of 2009 Norceca Circuit.
Both pairs won their two matches on
Saturday while two others made the
final four’s round via the losers’
bracket under the double-elimination
system. Sinal-Ballar won 21-10, 21-10
over Blanca Resino-Susana Alvarado of
GUA-2 and then beat Costa Ricans
Ingrid Morales-Natalia Alfaro 21-11,
21-11.
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USA and Puerto Rico-1 are top men’s semi
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GUATEMALA, April 4, 2009.- Americans
Hans Stolfus and Anthony Medel and
Puerto Ricans Roberto Rodriguez and
Orlando Irizarry advanced to the semi
finals of the Gatorade’s Guatemala
Beach Volleyball Tournament on the
men’s side with perfect records.
Stolfus-Medel won their morning match
over Luis Morales-Rafael Vargas of
ESA-2 by score of 21-14, 21-11 and
defeated Dominicans Yewddys
Perez-German Recio 21-12, 21-14.
Rodriguez-Irizarry of PUR-1 won 21-15,
21-19 against Jorge Bolaños-Erick
Garrido of GUA-1 and then battled hard
to down Abdel Otero-Joseph Gil of
PUR-2 by score of 21-12, 22-24, 15-10.
They will be joined in the semi final
round by Cubans Sergio Gonzalez-Karell
Peña and Puerto Ricans Otero-Gil.
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Americans Stolfus-Medel start winning in
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GUATEMALA,
April 3, 2009.- Men’s top-seed Hans
Stolfus and Anthony Medel, of USA,
cruised past the preliminary round of
the Gatorade’s Guatemala Beach
Volleyball Tournament winning their
two matches with identical score.
Playing in Pool A, the champions in
Cayman Islands first defeated Abdell
Otero and Joseph Gil of Puerto Rico-2
and then dispatched Costa Ricans
Marcelo Araya and Zlatko Piskulich
21-14, 21-14 in both cases.
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Cubans Sinal and Ballar keep winning
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GUATEMALA, April 3, 2009.- Top-seeded
Nirian Sinal and Kirenia Ballar of
Cuba won their two matches in Pool A
on the opening day of the Gatorade’s
Beach Volleyball Tournament of
Guatemala, the second event of 2009
Norceca Circuit.
Winners in Cayman Islands last week,
Sinal-Ballar defeated Ivonne Soler-Jennifer
Lombardi of El Salvador 21-10, 21-16
and then beat Canadians Julie
Rodriguez-Kristina Long 21-16, 21-10.
Also advanced to the second round with
2-0 records the teams of Mexicans
Vanessa Virgen-Diana Estrada,
Americans Beth Van Fleet-Saralyn
Smith) and Costa Ricans Ingrid
Morales-Natalia Alfaro.
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USA’s Men and Cuba’s Women are top-seeded
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GUATEMALA, April 3, 2009.- Cubans Nirian
Sinal and Kirenia Ballar in the women’s
side and Americans Hans Stolfus and
Anthony Medel in the men’s field are the
top-seeded in the Gatorade’s Guatemala
Beach Volleyball Tournament, the second
stop of the 2009 Norceca Circuit.
The 12 teams in each bracket have been
divided in four pools with the top two
advancing to the main draw after a
round-robin competition.
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Official Opening of Gatorade BVB in
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GUATEMALA.- The oficial opening ceremony
of the Gatorade Beach Volleyball of
Guatemala, the second stop of the 2009
Norceca Circuit, took place on Wednesday
with the presence of Alvaro Arzu, the
Mayor of Guatemala City.
The Mayor presented diplomas declaring
distinguished visitors to all the athletes
from eleven countries taking part in the
big event.
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Pairs from 11 countries in Guatemala’s
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GUATEMALA, April 1, 2009.- Pairs from
eleven countries will take part in the
Gatorade Beach Volleyball Tournament
of Guatemala, the second of ten stops
of the 2009 Norceca Circuit.
The announcement was made during a
press conference held on Tuesday
chaired by Enrique Santis, president
of the Guatemala Volleyball Federation
accompanied by members of its
Executive Committee.
The event runs from Friday to Sunday
at Campo Marte and gathers together
players from Canada,
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