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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - October 9, 2021 -
Couples from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala
and Costa Rica will seek the gold medal of the
XX Major Central American Beach Volleyball
Championship.
Ivonne Soler/Sofía Velásquez, of El Salvador 1,
advanced to the semifinals by beating Paola
Alvarado/Laura Quiñonez of Guatemala 2 in three
exciting sets.
Soler/Velásquez, lost the first set 18-21, but
recovered winning 21-18 the second and 15-13 the
third, advancing to the semifinal, where they
will face Angel Williams/Ximena Núñez, Costa
Rica 1, who were seeded as the winners of group
C.
Nicaraguans Valeska Hernández and Socorro López
beat Blanca Colato/Gabriela Funes of El Salvador
2, in the quarterfinals, 2-0 (21-16, 21-12) and
will now face Natalia Girón/Estefanie
Bethancourt of Guatemala 1, seeded by winning
group B.
To reach the quarterfinals, Soler/Velazquez of
El Salvador 1, beat Camila Villegas/Ana Fallas
of Costa Rica 2, 2-0 (21-19, 21-16) in the group
stage, finishing second of B.
Meanwhile, Hernández/López, beat Alvarado/Quiñonez
of GUA 2, 2-0 (23-21, 21-17) to win group A.
Saturday results
Pool Play
NCA 1 def GUA 2
2-0 (23-21, 21-17)
ESA 1 def CRC 2
2-0 (21-19, 21-16)
GUA 1 def HON 2
2-0 (21-11, 21-7)
ESA 2 def HON 1
2-0 (21-18, 21-17)
CRC 1 def NCA 2
2-0 (21-11, 21-15)
Quarterfinals
NCA 1 def
ESA 2 2-0 21-16, 21-12)
ESA 1 def GUA
2 2-1 (18-21, 21-18, 15-13)
Positions
7-10
PAN def NCA
2 2-1 (18-21, 21-12, 15-9)
CRC 2 def HON 1
2-0 (21-17, 21-14) |
