Four men's pairs start undefeated in Juan Dolio

JUAN DOLIO, Dominican Republic, June 19, 2026. – Four men's pairs representing the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Cuba, and Costa Rica remained undefeated at the start of the sixth stop of the NORCECA Continental Beach Volleyball Tour, being held on the sand courts installed on Juan Dolio beach.

In Group A, the Dominican pair Hayerling De Jesús/Oscar Martínez secured two victories. They first defeated Joshua Ashby/Cael Greenidge of Barbados 2-0 (21-12, 21-14) and then beat Zendai Richards/Julian Bristol of St. Kittes & Nevis in straight sets 2-0 (21-12, 21-16).

In Group B, the Mexican pair Antonio Lares and Carlos Ayala secured their first victory in a hard-fought three-set match against Dominicans Alexander Wilmore and Ramón De Jesús 2-1 (20-22, 21-16, 15-11), and in their second match, they defeated the Honduran duo Irving Reyes and Jairo Gálvez 2-0 (21-14, 21-15).

Meanwhile, in Group C, Cubans Eblis Veranes and Damián Gómez dominated their matches, defeating Edgar Maldonado and José Izaguirre of Guatemala 2-0 (21-8, 21-14) and Canadians Rouzbeh Rahnavard and Robert Kemp 2-0 (21-13, 21-18).

In Group D, Costa Ricans Julián Araya and Yulius Brown maintained their perfect record, defeating Puerto Ricans William and Daniel Rivera in three sets 2-1 (21-14, 15-21, 15-13) and Cayman Islands duo Jesario Ebanks and Dylan Lynne 2-0 (21-11, 21-12).

The tournament continues this Saturday starting at 8:00 a.m. (local time) with the continuation of the preliminary round, followed by the qualifying matches and the quarterfinals.

Other results:

(SKN) Richards/Bristol d (ISV) Jared Brown/Cole Sommer 2-0 (21-9, 21-11);(BAR) Ashby/Greenidge d (ISV) Brown/Sommer 2-0 (21-14, 21-12); (HON) Reyes/Gálvez d (BER) Kyle Hamilton/Sean Tucker 2-1 (26-24, 18-21, 15-10); (SUN2) Wilmore/De Jesús d (BER) Hamilton/Tucker 2-1 (19-21, 21-13, 15-9); (CAN) Rahnavard/Kemp d (TTO) Daynte Stewart/Daneil Williams 2-0 (21-15, 21-14); (GUA) Maldonado/Izaguirre d (TTO) Stewart/Williams 2-1 (22-24, 21-13, 15-13); (USA) Piima/Pérez d (CAY) Ebanks/Lynne 2-0 (21-15, 21-8); (PUR) W. Rivera/D. Rivera d (USA) Priima/Pérez 2-0 (22-20, 21-18).