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GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, March 21, 2010 –
First ranked team of Orlando Irizarry and Joseph
Gil of Puerto Rico and Canadian duo of Martin
Reader and Ray Sewell continued their successful
run advancing to the semi final round of the
Cayman Islands Men’s Beach Volleyball
Tournament.
Irizarry and Gil now play against the USA Team
of Jeff Moran and Ivan Mercer who entered the
semi final phase through the loser’s bracket in
the double elimination event. Reader and Sewell
will meet compatriots Maverick Match and Ben
Saxton of Canada-2.
The Puerto Ricans had to play to the limit to
win their two matches of Saturday. They first
defeating Seth Burhanm and Lucas Wisniakowski of
USA-2 by score of 14-21, 21-19, 15-13 and then
Match and Saxton 15-21, 21-15, 15-13. Meanwhile,
Reader and Sewell scored a 21-16, 21-14 victory
against Puerto Rico-2 of Daniel Erazo and Erick
Hadock and then beat Moran and Mercer 21-16,
21-11.
Americans Moran and Mercer kept their hopes
alive by edging Jamaicans Mark Lewis and Dany
Wilson 21-15, 16-21, 15-13 and Canadians Match
and Saxton entered the semi finals with a 21-13,
21-9 win against Burhanm and Wisniakowski.
The closing ceremony at Seven Miles Beach will
be attended by the Honorable Primer Minister of
Cayman Islands H.E. W. Makeeva Bush marking the
first time the top authority of a country is
present in this type of event in the NORCECA
Confederation.
Saturday Men’s results:
PUR-1 d. USA-2 (14-21, 21-19, 15-13), CAN-2 d.
GUA (21-7, 21-15), CAN-1 d. PUR-2 (21-16,
21-14), USA-1 d. CAY-1 (21-18, 21-14), PUR-2 d.
TTO (21-13, 21-13), ESA d. GUA (21-15, 18-21,
15-9), JAM d. CAY-1 (21-16, 21-7), USA-2 d. ARU
(21-15, 25-23), PUR-1 d. CAN-2 (15-21, 21-15,
15-13), CAN-1 d. USA-1 (21-16, 21-11), JAM d.
PUR-2 (19-21, 21-19, 15-12), USA-2 d. ESA
(19-21, 21-9, 15-10), USA-1 d. JAM (21-15,
16-21, 15-13), CAN-2 d. USA-2 (21-13, 21-9).
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