Field/Wilcox take revenge and claim gold at the
first
stop of the 2026 NORCECA Tour
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, April 19, 2026.-
The
U.S. duo of Troy Field and Ryan Wilcox captured the gold medal at
the first stop of the 2026 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour in Costa
Rica, defeating Mexico’s Carlos Andrés Ayala and Inés Antonio Vargas
Lares 2-0 (22-20, 21-19) in a tightly contested final decided by the
finest of margins.
With
this result, Field and Wilcox celebrate their first gold medal as a
team on the circuit, avenging their loss in the 2025 NORCECA Tour
final in Honduras, where they fell to the same Mexican duo in
straight sets.
That
recent history added extra intensity to the championship match in La
Sabana. On that occasion, Ayala and Vargas prevailed 2-0 (21-17,
21-18), a result that heightened anticipation for this new clash
between the two teams.
The
road to the title included a dominant semifinal performance by the
Americans, who defeated Canada’s Luke de Greeff and Tynan Gannett
2-0 (21-13, 21-11) with authority.
Meanwhile, the Mexican pair had to dig deep in their semifinal,
rallying for a 2-1 (22-24, 21-17, 15-11) victory over Costa Rica’s
Stanley Grant and Julián Araya in one of the most intense matches of
the day.
In
the bronze medal match, de Greeff and Gannett claimed third place
with a 2-1 (21-23, 21-17, 15-9) win over Grant and Araya in another
high-intensity matchup.
The
men’s tournament concluded with a highly competitive outlook in the
region, with new duos establishing themselves among the circuit’s
elite and others reaffirming their status at the start of the 2026
season.
MEN’S FINAL RANKING
1.
Field / Wilcox (USA)
2. Carlos Andres / Lares (MEX)
3. de Greeff / Gannett (CAN)
4. Grant / Araya (CRC)
5. Rivera / Rivera (PUR)
6. Dickinson / Owen (USA)
7. R Vargas / GABO (ESA)
8. Estrada / Izaguirre (GUA)
9. Mora / Lopez (NCA)
10. Guardado C. / Guardado Y. (ESA)
11. Brown / Valenciano (CRC)
12. Akerson / Oporta (CRC)
13.
Labossiere / Pauls (CAN)
14.
LYNEE / Duty (CAY)
15.
Bristol / Morton (SKN)
16.
Kymani / Rojas (ISV)
RESULTS DAY 3
GOLD: Field/Wilcox (USA) 2-0 Carlos Andrés/Lares (MEX)
(22-20/21-19)
BRONZE: de Greeff /Gannett (CAN) 2-1 Grant/Araya (CRC)
(21-23/21-17/15-9)
SEMIFINALS: Carlos Andrés / Lares (MEX) 2-1 Grant/Araya (CRC)
(22-24/21-17/15-11); Field/Wilcox (USA) 2-0 de de Greeff/Gannett
(CAN) (21-13/21-11)
F5:
Paniagua/Almanzar (DOM) 2-1 Race/Hunt (USA) (21-19/17-21/15-12)
F7: Molina/Aguilar (CRC) 2-1 Tovar/Vigil (ESA) (21-13/14-21/15-8)
C5/8: Paniagua/Almanzar (DOM) 2-0Molina/Aguilar (CRC) (21-13/21-17);
Race/Hunt (USA) 2-1 Tovar/Vigil (ESA) (22-20/16-21/15-10)
F9: Hladyniuk/Robitaille (CAN) 2-0 Alvarado/Gonzalez (GUA)
(21-12/21-10)
F13: López/Lolette (NCA) 2-0 Gumbs/Hensley Philip (SKN) (21-9/21-11)
F15: Vernecia/Jordan (ISV) 2-1 Smith-Johnson/A Robinson (CAY)
(16-21/21-18/15-13) | 
