Men competition at the U23 Tour in Punta Cana kicks off fiercely 

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, October 7, 2024. - Teams from Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, El Salvador, the United States, Costa Rica, and Canada won both of their matches on the first day of competition at the NORCECA U23 Beach Volleyball Continental Tour in Punta Cana. 

Josué Meneses/Jesy Umaña from Nicaragua and the Dominican duo R. De Jesús/M. De Jesús defeated the team from Saint Vincent, Shadron Delpesche/John Jaimion, and Canada's number 2 team, Cole Linskill/Henry Heider. 

Meneses/Umaña defeated Delpesche/Jaimion 2-0 (21-12, 21-8) and Linskill/Heider 2-1 (21-14, 22-24, 18-16). R. De Jesús/M. De Jesús overcame Delpesche/Jaimion 2-0 (21-12, 21-8) and Linskill/Heider 2-1 (21-18, 16-21, 15-10). 

Cubans Damián Gómez/Eblis Veranes won their matches against George Wilmore/Rolvin Maldonado (DOM2) 2-0 (21-19, 21-14) and Alexander Southern/Braedon Cooke from Bermuda 2-0 (21-8, 21-5). 

Other pairs that remained undefeated on the first day included the Guardado twins from El Salvador, who beat José Izaguirre/Mario Ventura from Guatemala 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) and Kymani Greenidge/Cole Sommer from the U.S. Virgin Islands 2-0 (21-3, 21-7). Ayden Keeter/Carson Barnes from the United States defeated Greenidge/Sommer 2-0 (21-6, 21-3) and the Guatemalan duo Izaguirre/Ventura 2-0 (21-14, 21-12). 

Julián Araya/Stanley Grant from Costa Rica triumphed over Stephen Watson/Alexander Finnikin from the Cayman Islands 2-0 (21-10, 21-9) and Luiyi Morales/Emmanuel Montenegro from Bonaire 2-0 (21-7, 21-10). The Canadian team of Dorsey Connor/Aiden Hilkowitz defeated Morales/Montenegro 2-0 (21-9, 21-12) and Watson/Finnikin 2-0 (21-7, 21-10). 

Other Results:

Julian Bristol/Clerique Ward (SKN) d Southern/Cooke (BER) 2-0 (21-8, 21-17); Wilmore/Maldonado (DOM2) d Bristol/Clerique 2-0 (21-17, 21-14).