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TAVARES, Florida, USA, September 12, 2015. – Delaney Knudsen and
Katie Spieler of United States-B are the only semifinalists so
far at the 5th stop of the NORCECA BVB 2015 Tour at
the Hickory Point Beach Sand Volleyball Complex in Tavares, as
the event had to be suspended for safety measures.
Tavares was struck by lightning and thunderstorms, which forced
the NORCECA officials and organizing committee to suspend
Saturday’s actions, while pool-play and one quarterfinal match
was completed.
In their first NORCECA ever, Delaney Knudsen and Katie Spieler
of USA-B topped Pool B and downed the USA-C team of Jace Pardon
and Vanessa Freire by 2-0 (21-16, 21-16) in quarterfinals to
advance to the semifinals.
Delaney and Katie were very excited in reaching the women’s
semifinals; Delany said “it’s our first Tour and we are super
excited for the results. We knew battling Jace and Vanessa was
going to be tough; we scrimmaged against them to prepare for the
tournament. We know each other well and we are good friends, we
had a lot of fun”.
Still to be completed are the quarterfinal matches between
Kimberly Dicello/Kendra Vamzwieten of USA-A and Rachel
Cockrell/Camille Saxton of CAN-A; Megan Nagy/ Marie Lapointe of
CAN-B and Kristina Pellitieri/Julie Brown of USA-D; and Karen
Cope/Ingrid Alfaro of Costa Rica and Mexico’s Zaira Orellana/Stephanie
Burnside.
The event will continue on Sunday with quarterfinals, semifinals
and finals.
Women Results Saturday Sep/12
QF:
USA-B d USA-C 2-0 (21-16, 21-16);
Consolation: 13-16
ISV d HON 2-0 (22-20, 21-15); TTO d ANT 2-1 (21-14, 19-21,
15-10) 9-12 USA-E d NCA 2-0 (21-17, 21-14); ESA d CRC-B
2-0 (22-20, 21-16);
Pool A
USA-C d ANT 2-0 (21-9, 21-9); USA-A d NCA 2-0 (21-8, 21-13);
Pool B CAN-A d ESA 2-0 (21-7, 21-12); USA-B d ISV 2-0 (21-9,
21-8); Pool C CRC-A d HON 2-0 (21-8, 21-14); USA-D d
CRC-B 2-1 (21-15, 14-21, 15-11); Pool D MEX d TTO 2-0
(27-25, 21-8); CAN-B d USA-E 2-0 (21-15, 21-18). |
