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MANAGUA, Nicaragua, October 7, 2022.- The City
of Managua, Nicaraguan capital, is the host of
the fifth stage of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball
Tour that runs from October 7-9 at Paseo
Xolotlan.
This is the second occasion that Paseo Xolotlan
receives the NORCECA Tour, they hosted the event
for the first time in 2019; a spectacular venue
constructed for the Managua 2017 Central
American Games.
Twelve countries officially registered for the
event, 16 teams in the men’s division and 12 in
the women’s field.
Americans Timothy Brewster and Kyle Friend will
be competing of their second straight gold, they
won the fourth stop in Punta Cana this past
weekend, defeating Cubans Nolsen Diaz and Jorge
Luis Alayo 2-0 (21-16, 22-20); their first gold
as a pair.
Nicaragua has two male teams, the number one
seed of the tournament Ruben Mora and Denis
Lopez, who qualified this year for the FIVB
Beach World Championship, and Jefferson Cascante
alongside Dany Lopez who has coupled up with
Ruben Mora for many years, the most successful
Nicaraguan team.
In the women’s division, Canadians Amanda
Harnett and Marie-Alex Bélanger aim to reach the
podium the second time in a row, they
claimed Punta Cana’s bronze medal over Mexican
duo Atenas Gutierrez and Maria Celeste Ibarra
2-0 (21-17, 21-18).
Nicaraguan Socorro Lopez and Lolette Rodriguez
will battle to reach Managua’s podium like they
did in the first edition whey they won the
silver medal.
Friday’s schedule features twenty-four matches,
sixteen in the men’s division and eight in
women.
The NORCECA Tour grants important ranking points
as part of the qualification for the multisport
events of 2023, the Central American and
Caribbean Games in El Salvador and the Pan
American Games in Chile.
Women’s Teams
CAN Amanda Harnett/Marie-Alex Bélanger; Devin
Corah/Adriel Goodman; CRC Angel Williams/Kianny
Araya Quesada; ESA Yvonne Soler/Sofia Velasquez;
GUA Natalia Giron/Laura Quiñonez; JAM Petal
Smith/Chauna Kelly; MEX Abril Flores/ Esperanza
Albarran; NCA Socorro Lopez/Lolette Rodriguez;
Silvia Velasquez/Kadderly Rosales; TTO Phylecia
Armstrong/Suraya Chase; USA Katie
Lindstrom/Teegan Van Gunst; ISV Amber
Bennett/Cristina Almeida-Anz
Men’s Teams
CAN Jake MacNeil/William Russell; Liam
Kopp/Arran Chambers; CRC Criforth Fallas/Jose
Pablo Fernandez; Dyner Villa/Sebastian
Valenciano; DMA Deon Vidal/Yahn Florent; ESA
Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado; GUA Andy
Leonardo/Luis Garcia; Daniel Delgado/Roberto
Recinos; JAM Martin Blake/Noley Ferguson; NCA
Ruben Mora/Denis Lopez; Jefferson Cascante/Dany
Lopez; LCA Joseph Clercent/ Sheldon Descartes;
TTO Daneil Williams/Fabien Whitfield; USA
Timothy Brewster/Kyle Friend; Paul Lotman/Raffe
Paulis ISV Marc Lomeli/Daniel Samuelson |
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