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El Salvador with two teams in AFECAVOL semifinals

 

   

PUERTO CORTES, Honduras, June 13, 2015 – The women’s semifinals of the XV Central American Beach Volleyball Championship are set following Saturday’s actions at Playas Municipales of Puerto Cortés, Honduras.

 

The duos of Costa Rica-1 (Natalia Alfaro/Karen Cope), Nicaragua 1 (Lolette Rodríguez/Elia Machado) and the two teams of El Salvador, the number one of Ivonne Soler/Laura Molina and the second of María Fernanda Vargas/Kathya Vásquez reached the final four phase of the event.

 

The Central American defending champions Alfaro/Cope outlasted in quarterfinals the number two team of Nicaragua (Claudia Machado/Swan Mendoza) 2-0 (21-14, 21-10) and will play Soler/Molina who eliminated Panamanians Hashlyn Cuero/Kihary Perez 2-0 (21-18, 21-13).

 

In the other quarterfinals, the Nicaraguan pair of Rodríguez/Machado didn’t have complications to get the victory over the second team of Costa Rica (Eugenia Ramírez/Yuliana González) 2-0 (21-16, 21-18) and will play the second team of El Salvador (Vargas/Vasquez) who benefited from a default against the Orellana sisters of Guatemala (María José/María André) due to an injury sustained by the eldest of the siblings.

 

Women’s results on Saturday:

 

Pool A: CRC 2 –HON 1 (2-0) 21/16, 21/15; Pool B: NCA 1 – ESA 2 (2-1) 21/14, 19/21, 15/11; GUA 2 – CRC 1 (0-2) 17/21, 8/21; Pool C: ESA 1 – NCA 2 (2-0) 21/17, 21/15; HON 2 – GUA 1 (0-2) 10/21, 5/21; Quartefinals: CRC 1 – NCA 2 (2-0) 21/14, 21/10; ESA 1 – PAN (2-0) 21/18, 21/13; CRC 2 – NCA 1 (0-2) 16/21, 18/21; ESA 2 – GUA 1 (2-0) 21/0, 21/0.