Canada, Mexico, Cuba and United States reach men’s semifinals
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, December 10, 2022.- Canada, Mexico, Cuba
and the United States reached the men’s semifinals of the 2022 NORCECA
Beach Volleyball Tour Finals after winning their quarterfinal matches in
Punta Cana.
Sunday’s men’s semifinals feature Samuel Schatcher and Daniel Dearing of
Canada against Chaim Schalk and Theodore Brunner of the U.S. and
Mexicans Juan Virgen and Miguel Sarabia facing Cubans Noslen Díaz and
Luis Alayo.
The first team to reach the semifinals was Samuel Schatcher and Daniel
Dearing of Canada taking down Dominicans Oscar Martínez and Hayerling De
Jesus 2-0 (21-17, 21-11).
Earlier, Scatcher and Dearing finished second in pool B falling 0-2
(16-21, 20-22) to Cubans Noslen Díaz and Luis Alayo who recovered from a
five-point deficit (15-20) in the second set stealing their opportunity
to play a tie-break.
Later, Díaz and Alayo prevailed 2-0 (21-11, 21-13) against Guatemalans
Andy Blanco and Luis García to move into the semifinals.
Juan Virgen and Miguel Sarabia of Mexico defeated Ruben Mora and
Jefferson Cascante of Nicaragua 2-0 (21-19, 21-16) to advance to
semifinals. Previously, Virgen and Sarabia topped pool C over Dominicans
Martínez/ De Jesus 2-0 (21-12, 21-12).
Americans Chaim Schalk and Theodore Brunner defeated Jhostin Varela and
Daniel Dyner of Costa Rica 2-0 (21-11, 21-18), who came from beating
Franklin Flores and Pepe Vargas of El Salvador 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) to
advance into the play-offs.
Earlier in pool-play, Schalk and Brunner finished first in pool A
beating Nicaraguans Ruben Mora and Jefferson Cascante 2-0 (21-19,
21-19), while Blanco/García of Guatemala took third place over Franco
Roark and Lorenzo Rivera of Puerto Rico 2-0 (21-13, 21-12).
Third place in pool B went to Flores/Pepe (ESA) who defeated Bryce Mayer
and Travis Edward Lee of the U.S. Virgin Islands 2-0 (21-16, 21-17).
In pool C, Dominicans Oscar Martínez and Hayerling De Jesus won 2-0
(21-16, 21-12) to Mark Blake and Owayne Lawrence of Jamaica; while
Jhostin Varela and Daniel Dyner of Costa Rica also beat Jamaicans 2-0
(21-10, 21-16).
In matches for positions 9/12 Flores and Pepe of El Salvador dominated
Puerto Ricans Roark/Rivera 2-0 (21-19, 22-20) and Mayer/Lee (ISV)
defeated Blake/Lawrence (JAM) 2-0 (21-15, 21-19). |