Dominican Republic, Canada, Puerto Rico,

and Mexico secure their ticket to the World Cup

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, September 20, 2025.- The women's teams from the Dominican Republic, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico advanced this Saturday to the Semifinals of the NORCECA 2025 Beach Volleyball World Cup Qualifying Tournament being held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, securing this way their ticket to the World Cup, which will take place from November 14 to 23 in Adelaide, Australia.

Dominicans Yari Cleto and Julibeth Payano defeated Socorro López and Lolette Rodríguez of Nicaragua 2-0 (21-13, 21-11) in their Quarterfinal match. They will face Marie-Alex Belanger and Lea Monkhouse of Canada in the Semifinals. They advanced after defeating Aliza Aguilar and Laura Molina of Costa Rica 2-0 (21-10, 21-8).

María González and Allanis Navas advanced to the semifinals by defeating T'ara Austin/Taylor Buckner of the Virgin Islands 2-0 (21-13, 21-10). They will now play against Susana Torres and Atenas Gutiérrez, who defeated Cubans Maykelin Drik and Kailin Garrido 2-0 (22-20, 22-20) in the quarterfinals.

The tournament continues this Sunday at 9:00 a.m. (local time) with the semifinals and positional matches. The bronze medal match and the Grand Final will be played in the afternoon.

Other results of the day were: CAN Belanger/Monkhouse vs. MEX Torres/Gutiérrez 2-0 (21-18, 21-16); NCA López/Lolette vs. CRC Aguilar/Molina 2-0 (21-12, 23-21); ISV Austin/Buckner d DOM Cleto/Payano 2-0 (21-16, 21-19); ESA Donnina Argueta/Keiry Guzmán d CAY Deajra Tulloch/Amanda Robinson 2-0 (21-14, 21-10).