Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico, and Puerto Rico

Advance to NORCECA Tour Men’s Semifinals

 

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, October 24, 2026. – The Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico, and Puerto Rico secured their spots in the men’s semifinals of the eighth stop of the 2026 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour in Punta Cana, with Mexico’s Carlos Andrés Ayala and Inés Vargas Lares aiming for their sixth gold medal of the season.

 

Sunday’s semifinals will begin at 10:30 a.m., with host duo Hayerling De Jesús and Oscar Martínez of the Dominican Republic facing Cuba’s Damián Gómez and Eblis Veranes. In the other semifinal, Mexico’s Carlos Andrés Ayala and Inés Vargas Lares will take on Puerto Rico’s Diego Rosich and William Rivera.

 

De Jesús and Martínez (DOM1) advanced to the semifinals with a 2-0 (21-16, 21-11) victory over Costa Rica’s Julián Araya and Julius Brown. The Cuban duo earned their semifinal berth after defeating Canada’s Cameron McGregor and Markus Law-Heese (CAN2) in straight sets, 2-0 (21-19, 21-19).

 

The Mexican duo secured its place among the final four with a 2-0 (21-19, 21-13) victory over Canada’s Rouzbeh Rahnavard and Robert Kemp (CAN1), while Rosich and Rivera delivered a commanding 2-0 (21-9, 21-16) win over El Salvador’s twin brothers Christopher and Yoel Guardado.

 

In the classification matches for positions 9–12, USA’s Charles Siragusa and Rowdy Lennon battled past Nicaragua’s Rubén Mora and Jefferson Cascante in three sets, 2-1 (21-18, 13-21, 19-17).

 

Meanwhile, the Dominican Republic’s Ramón De Jesús and Alexander Wilmore (DOM2) defeated Honduras’ Irvin Reyes and Jairo Gálvez 2-0 (21-16, 21-17).

 

In the classification matches for positions 13–16, Guatemala’s Edgar Maldonado and José Izaguirre defeated the Cayman Islands’ Kenneth Glidden and William Duty 2-0 (21-11, 21-6), while the U.S. Virgin Islands’ De Andrae Taylor and A’jahnai Merchant advanced without playing.

 

Other results:

(DOM1) Hayerling De Jesús/Oscar Martínez def. (ESA) Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado 2–0 (21–18, 21–12); (MEX) Carlos Ayala/Antonio Lares def. (GUA) Edgar Maldonado/José Izaguirre 2–0 (21–12, 21–12); (CAN2) Cameron McGregor/Markus Law-Heese def. (USA) Charles Siragusa/Rowdy Lennon 2–1 (21–19, 21–23, 15–11); (PUR) Diego Rosich/William Rivera def. (CRC) Julián Araya/Julius Brown 2–0 (21–16, 21–13); (DOM2) Ramón De Jesús/Alexander Wilmore def. (ISV) De Andrae Taylor/A’jahnai Merchant 2–0 (21–16, 21–11). (CAN1) Rouzbeh Rahnavard/Robert Kemp d (NCA) Rubén Mora/Jefferson Cascante 2-0 (21-18, 21-16); (CUB) Damián Gómmez/Eblis Veranes d (CAY) Kenneth Glidden/William Duty 2-0 (21-3, 21-2).