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PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, September 30,
2022.- Duos of Canada, Cuba, United States, and
the Dominican Republic advance to play-offs
winning their pools at the Punta Cana Beach
Volleyball Tournament, the 4th stage of the 2022
NORCECA Beach Tour.
Dominicans Oscar Martinez and Francisco De Jesus
Goris took pool A dominating Daryl
Franklyn/Asmond Franklyn of St. Vincent and the
Grenadines 2-0 (21-16, 21-6) and Adrian
Constant/Jahsun Josin of Antigua and Barbuda 2-0
(21-6, 21-15).
Tournament favorites Noslen Diaz and Jorge Luis
Alayo from Cuba had no difficulties overpowering
pool B beating Scott Hawkins/Sebastian Simmons
of Turks and Caicos 2-0 (21-0, 21-3) followed by
a 2-0 (21-3, 21-5) victory against Luiyi E.
Morales/Koen Tubben of Bonaire.
Finishing first place in pool C, the Canadian
duo of Jake MacNeil and William Russell who
first downed Sheldon Descartes and Joseph
Clercent of St. Lucia 2-0 (21-9, 21-10) and then
triumphed over Jorge Barajas and Ricardo Galindo
of Mexico 2-0 (21-19, 21-12), who earlier had
beaten Jesario Ebanks/Jesper Barrozo of Cayman
Islands by 2-0 (21-6, 21-7).
Timothy Brewster and Kyle Friend of the United
States topped pool D defeating two Central
American teams; first Adrian Guatemala and
Franklyn Flores of El Salvador 2-0 (21-8, 21-11)
and Guatemala’s Andy Leonardo Blanco with Luis
García 2-0 (21-16, 21-15). Blanco and Garcia
prevailed over Andrzej Ozarski/Cullen Diehl of
U.S. Virgin Islands 2-0 (21-12, 21-12).
Second places of each group will advance into
the elimination round when pool-play resumes on
Saturday morning. |
