Beach Volleyball in final stages
in Cartagena
CARTAGENA, Colombia, July 22,
2006.- The Puerto Rican duo of
Raul Papaleo and Joseph Gil
moved to the semi finals of the
men’s beach volleyball
tournament at the XX Central
American and Caribbean Games
with a victory over the
Colombian pair of Wilfredo
Barrios-Herney Saldarriaga by
score of 21-13, 21-17.
The Puerto Ricans dominated the
first set without problems but
had to erase a deficit of 11-8
to obtain the triumph in the
second.
The defending champions Puerto
Ricans now will have the
opposition of the Cubans
Francisco Alvarez-Wilfredo Villa
in one of the semi finals.
Mexicans Ulises Ontiveros-Lombardo
Ontiveros had to battle for
three sets to beat Costa Ricans
Marcelo Arraya-Jonathan Guevara
by score of 18-21, 21-12, 15-11.
The Costa Ricans dominated the
first set with an effective
offensive combination, but the
experience of the Ontiveros
brothers made things to happen
in the following sets.
The other semi final in the
men’s tournament will pit
Ontiveros-Ontiveros against the
Venezuelan pair Jackson
Henriquez-Igor Hernandez.
The winners of the Sunday
morning session will play for
the gold in the afternoon while
the losers will battle for the
remaining bronze medal.
Colombians and Costa Ricans will
play for the fifth place.
In other matches, Jeovanny
Medrano-Francisco Abreu of El
Salvador defeated Dominicans
Jeuddys Perez-Francisco Abreu
for the seventh place, Honduras
finished in the ninth place with
a victory over Trinidad & Tobago
and St. Kitts & Nevis beat U.S.
Virgin Islands for the eleventh
position.
In the women’s side, Puerto
Ricans Lyann Puig and Yamileska
Yantin advanced to the semi
finals with a strong victory
over Colombians Andrea
Galindo-Claudia Galindo by score
of 21-13, 21-10, and Mexicans
Vanesa Virgen-Martha Revuelta
had little opposition from
Dominicans Margarita Suero-Rosa
Medrano in their victory 21-10,
21-14.
Virgen-Revuelta will meet in the
semi final round against
Venezuelans Frankelina
Rodriguez-Alejandra Garcia, and
Puig-Yantin will oppose Cubans
Tamara Larrea-Dalixia Fernandez.
Colombians and Dominicans will
play for the fifth position.
In other matches, Maria Jose
Orellana-Ana Ramirez of
Guatemala beat Costa Ricans
Natalia Alfaro-Yanina Aguilar
for the seventh place, Indira
Inestroza-Sonia Pino of Honduras
beat Nancy Joseph-Andrea Davis
of Trinidad & Tobago 21-14,
21-12 for the ninth slot and
Laura Molina-Diana Romero of El
Salvador finished in the
eleventh place with their
victory over U.S. Virgin Islands
21-13, 21-13. |