November 10th. 2024
Jade Race and Devanne Sours of USA Take Gold Medal in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, November 10, 2024.- Jade Race and Devanne Sours of the United States won the gold medal at the eighth stop of the 2024 NORCECA Tour after Canada's Dana Roskic and Anna Licht were forced to withdraw due to injury during the final match at the Flor Blanca Beach Sports Stadium in El Salvador. This is Devanne Sours' second consecutive gold medal, having won gold in Bonaire with Carly Kan. Jade Race claimed her third consecutive medal on the 2024 NORCECA Tour, with previous bronze medals in Puerto Cortés and Bonaire. In pool-play, Race and Sours defeated Roskic and Licht. With heavy hearts, both Jade and Devanne spoke about winning the gold medal. Jade said, “Unfortunately it’s not so exciting winning the gold medal like that”. She spoke about the game adding  “We had a very tough match against this team in pool-play and we were able to beat them; today they brought another look at the gold medal, winning the first set. I think we could have gone to three and it would have been anyone’s game”.  More Español

November 10th. 2024
Canadian Arran Chambers Repeats Gold in El Salvador, Now with Jake MacNeil

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, November 10, 2024.- Canadian Arran Chambers repeated his gold medal performance on the NORCECA Tour here in El Salvador, this time teaming up with Jake MacNeil to defeat the U.S. duo of Diego Perez and Ryan Ierna 2-0 (21-13, 21-13) at the eighth stop of the 2024 season, held from November 8 to 10 at the Flor Blanca Beach Sports Stadium. Arran Chambers claimed his second NORCECA Tour gold medal, his first was also here in El Salvador last year alongside Liam Kopp. Just a week ago, Chambers and MacNeil took the silver medal in Bonaire. Arran said, “El Salvador is my house”. He added “This is a special place for me, the tournament was organized beautifully, and it’s been such a pleasure to be here once again”. About the gold medal match he commented “We came out really hard, we trusted each other, and we just didn’t let our foot off the gas, we prepared really hard for this, played really focused and it showed”.  More Español

November 9th. 2024
Nicaragua, USA, and Two Canadian Teams Advance to Semifinals in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, November 9, 2024.- Mora/López of Nicaragua, Perez/Ierna of the United States, and both Canadian teams have advanced to the men’s semifinals at the eighth stop of the NORCECA Tour, taking place at the Flor Blanca Beach Sports Stadium in El Salvador. The semifinals will be held on Saturday at 9:15 a.m., with Rubén Mora and Dany López of Nicaragua facing Diego Perez and Ryan Ierna of the United States, while the Canadian teams of Martin Licht/Luke De Greeff and Jake MacNeil/Arran Chambers will battle face off. Rubén Mora and Dany López earned their semifinal spot with a solid 2-0 (21-18, 21-8) victory over Daniel Dyner and Julian Araya of Costa Rica. More Español

November 9th. 2024
Two Duos from Canada, Nicaragua, and USA in Women’s Semifinals in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, November 9, 2024.- The two Canadian duos, López/Valeska from Nicaragua, and Race/Sours from the United States are set for the women’s semifinals at the eighth stop of the 2024 NORCECA Tour in El Salvador. In Saturday’s semifinals, the two Canadian duos will face off: Dana Roskic and Anna Licht vs. Amy Ozee and Kaylee Glagau, while Socorro López and Valeska Hernández from Nicaragua will go up against Jade Race and Devanne Sours from the United States. Both matches are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Canada’s Dana Roskic and Anna Licht advanced to the semifinals with a comfortable 2-0 (21-10, 21-13) quarterfinal victory over Jessica McGuire and Ella Gray of the United States.  The other Canadian team, Amy Ozee and Kaylee Glagau, also won firmly over Paola Alvarado and Danna Aguilar of Guatemala, 2-0 (21-16, 21-9).  More Español

November 8th. 2024
Six Women Tandems Off to a Good Start at the NORCECA Tour in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, November 8, 2024.- The two U.S. teams, U.S. Virgin Islands, Ozee/Glagau of Canada, López/Valeska of Nicaragua and Alvarado/Aguilar of Guatemala, off to a good start at the eighth stage of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour at the Beach Sports Stadium at the Flor Blanca Sports Complex in El Salvador. In Pool A, Jessica McGuire and Ella Gray of USA kicked off the day with a 2-0 (21-12, 21-11) victory over Kristina Lumsde and Petal Smith of Jamaica and then they went on to beat  Daniela Vigil and Karla Tovar de El Salvador 2-0 (21-16, 21-15), securing to move into the next round. The other U.S. team, Jade Race/Devanne Sours, outplayed Canadians Dana Roskic and Anna Licht 2-0 (23-21, 21-19) who earlier earned a strong win 2-0 (21-12, 21-12) against Aliza Aguilar and Crystell Arce of Costa Rica in their first match in pool B.  More Español

November 8th. 2024
Seven Undefeated Men Teams at NORCECA Beach in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, November 8, 2024.- Both teams from Canada and the United States, the Guardado brothers from El Salvador, Mora/López from Nicaragua, and Costa Rica remain undefeated on the first day, advancing to the men’s quarterfinals of the eighth stop of the NORCECA Tour at the Beach Sports Stadium in the Flor Blanca Sports Complex in El Salvador. El Salvador’s Yoel and Christopher Guardado triumphed over Nicaragua’s Axel Gutiérrez and Jesy Umaña 2-0 (21-15, 22-20) and also defeated Irvin Reyes and Manuel Serrano of Honduras  2-0 (21-15, 21-14). Costa Rica’s Daniel Dyner and Julian Araya had to give their all to come back and secure a hard-fought victory against Reyes/Serrano of Honduras, winning 2-1 (24-26, 21-16, 20-18) in their first appearance. The Costa Rican duo then defeated Gutiérrez/López 2-0 (21-17, 21-19). More Español

November 7th. 2024
El Salvador Hosts the NORCECA Tour for second year in a row

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, November 7, 2024.- The Beach Sports Stadium at the Flor Blanca Sports Complex will host the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour for the second year in a row, with the eighth stage of the 2024 season taking place from November 8 to 10. Thirty teams are registered for the competition (16 men’s teams and 14 women’s teams). Among the men’s teams, Canada’s Arran Chambers, who won the gold medal last year here in El Salvador, teams up with Jake MacNeil, with whom he won the silver medal just a week ago in Bonaire during the Tour’s seventh stop. Also representing Canada, Martin Licht and Luke de Greef, who made their debut in the NORCECA Tour, winning the bronze medal in Bonaire. More Español