June 9, 2013

Jennings/Slick dethrone Ontiveros/Virgen 

TOLUCA, Mexico, June 9, 2013 - Casey Jennings and Stafford Slick the number two pair of United States scored a 2-1 (21-17, 16-21, 17-15) victory over defending champions Mexico’s  Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, winners of the past two stages of the 2013 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit. In a game full of excitement and big plays, Jennings/Slick won the first set 21-17 over the Mexicans, who had the support of more than two thousand people who filled the Beach Volleyball Stadium at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. In the second set, Ontiveros/Virgin prevailed 21-16, but the third was for Americans 17-15. More  Español

June 9, 2013

Big Day for United States

TOLUCA, Mexico, June 9, 2013- Emily Day and Whitney Pavlik of United States, claimed the women’s gold medal at the Toluca Tournament, the fourth stop of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Beach, overcoming  Martha Revuelta and Bibiana Candelas of Mexico-A in three sets (15-21, 21-15, 17-15) on Sunday. The Beach Volleyball Stadium at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, was sold out and the crowd cheered for Revuelta and Candelas, who took the first set only to see Day and Pavlik to best them in blocking and good defense to win the next two.  More  Español

June 8, 2013

TOLUCA, Mexico, June 8 2013 - Mexico and United States advanced with two teams each to the semifinals of the fourth stop of the NORCECA Circuit Beach Volleyball, but only one from each country will advance to Sunday's final match. In the quarterfinals, Mexico-A of Martha Revuelta and Bibiana Candelas won 21-11, 21-15 over Diana Peguero and Nairobi Agramonte of Dominican Republic, and will play in semifinals with Mexico-B which offered the biggest surprise when Vanessa Virgin/Stephanie Burnside won 12-21, 21-15, 15-10 to Kacie McTavish/Caleigh Whitaker of Canada-A, the winners of the gold medal in Guatemala during.  More  Español

June 8, 2013

Men’s Semifinals red-hot in Toluca

TOLUCA, México, June 8, 2013 - Puerto Rico, United States, Canada and Mexico reached the men’s semifinals of the Toluca Beach Volleyball Tournament, the fourth stop of the 2013 NORCECA Circuit. Puerto Ricans Roberto Rodriguez and Hector Soto advanced to the semifinals with a 21-5, 21-15 victory over Gerson Contreras/Danny Lopez of Nicaragua. In a great battle, Stafford Slick-Casey Jennings, of United States-B won 21-14, 21-17 over Karell Peña/Sergio Gonzalez of Cuba, last year’s vice champions and silver medalists on the previous stop in Guatemala. Grant O’Gorman/Samuel Pedlow.   More  Español

June 7, 2013

Strong start for Mexico, Canada and USA

TOLUCA, México, June 7, 2013 - The number one teams of Mexico, Canada and United States had a strong start winning their two matches of Friday in the first day of action at the NORCECA Women’s Beach Volleyball Tournament in Toluca. In Pool A, Heather Hughes/Summer Ross of USA 1 won 21-12, 21-14 over Vanessa Virgen/Stephanie Burnside, of Mexico 2 and came back in the afternoon to cruise 21-8, 21-9 against Nicaragua’s Elia Torrez and Swan Mendoza. The second place will be defined between Mexico 2. More  Español

June 7, 2013

Well disputed men's tournament in Toluca

TOLUCA, México, June 7, 2013 - The first day of NORCECA Men's Beach Volleyball Tournament in Toluca saw four pairs advancing into the quarterfinals by winning their two games. Canada, United States, Puerto Rico and Cuba stood out in their groups. In the strong pool C, United States 1 of John Mayer and Bradley Keenan recovered after losing the first set 20-22, to win 21-19, 15-12 over Simon Fecteau-Boutin/Ryan DeBruyn of Canada 2 and then won 21-12, 21-14 against Costa Rica’s Esteban Escobar/Jonathan Guevara.  More  Español

June 6, 2013

Toluca full house for Tour NORCECA Beach Volleyball 

TOLUCA, Mexico, June 6, 2013. - Teams from 17 countries are meeting in that city to compete at the fourth stop of the 2013 NORCECA Beach Volleyball which will start this Friday with their first matches in the excellent Court at the University Mexico State Autonomous. Three couples in Mexico, USA and Canada with two, are the countries that have greater representation in the women's event, while in male, Mexico, Canada and the United States have two pairs each. The teams will play in the form of groups before moving on to a single elimination box. In 16 pairs women are divided into four groups, highlighting the group C with Mexico 1 Costa Rica, Canada 2 United States 2. In males, with 15 couples.  More  Español

June 4, 2013

Virgen and Ontiveros seek third gold in a row

TOLUCA, Mexico, June 4, 2013 – Mexicans Lombardo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen will be seeking for a third men’s consecutive victory in the 2013 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit when the stars of the sand get back into action at the double-gender Toluca Tournament, the fourth competition of the year. The feat has been accomplished three times in the history of the circuit, twice by Virgen combined with Aldo Miramontes in 2009 and 2010 and by Puerto Rican Roberto Rodriguez with three different partners in 2012. Ontiveros and Virgen will be also defending champions in Toluca as they won last year’s gold by defeating Cubans Karell Peña and Sergio Gonzalez (21-15, 21-19) who will be again among the contenders here. More  Español