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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, April 10, 2010.-
Canada and Cuba became the first two semi
finalists of the fourth leg of NORCECA Beach
Volleyball Circuit.
Canadians Jessie Lelliott and Benjamin Saxton
upset Michael Bruning and Jason Wight of United
States by score of 2-1 (21-18, 18-21, 15-10)
while Cubans Karell Peña and Sergio Gonzalez
defeated Alexander Villegas and Zlatko Piskulich
of CRC 2-0 (21-14, 21-11).
In the semi final round, Lelliott and Saxton
will play against Jamaicans Dany Wilson and Mark
Lewis while Peña and Gonzalez will be pitted
against Bruning and Wight.
“We are confident of giving a good show as we
have a defined game strategy to reach the
finals,” said Canadian Saxton.
“We have done a great effort and we know that
United States is a strong rival”, said Peña, the
captain of Cuban team.
Jamaicans Wilson and Lewis made the semis by
defeating the Trinidad & Tobago Team (21-16,
21-10) and followed with victories over Puerto
Rico (21-17, 19-21, 15-09) and Costa Rica
(23-21, 21-16). Americans Bruning and Wight
defeated Dominicans Yewddys Perez and German
Recio by score of 21-19, 23-21.
Saturday’s men results:
CAY d. BIZ (21-06, 21-16); ESA d. GUA-2 (21-17,
21-15); JAM d. TRI (21-16, 21-10); PUR d. HON
(21-18, 21-19); DOM d. CAY (21-09, 21-14); ESA
d. GUA-1 (21-15, 21-19); CAN d. USA (21-18,
18-21, 15-10); CUB d. CRC (21-14, 21-11); JAM d.
PUR (21-17, 19-21, 15-09); DOM d. ESA (21-18,
21-12); JAM d. CRC (23-21, 21-16); USA d. DOM
(21-19, 23-21).
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