Nicaragua, Cuba, United States, and Mexico

Advance to Men's Semifinals on NORCECA Tour

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, September 27, 2025 – The men's teams of Nicaragua, Cuba, the United States, and Mexico advanced to the semifinals of the ninth stage of the NORCECA Continental Beach Volleyball Tour, being played at Los Corales Beach in Punta Cana.

Nicaragua's Rubén Mora and Dany López defeated Dominicans Melvin de Jesús/Ramón de Jesús (DOM2) 2-0 (22-20, 21-15) in the quarterfinals and will face the Cuban duo of Damián Gómez/Eblis Veranes in the semifinals, who defeated Canadians Rouzbeh Rahnavard/Dylan Devecseri 2-0 (21-14, 21-13).

Americans James Drost/Troy Field defeated Venezuela's Juliangel Vargas and Enyenser Delgado 2-0 (21-12, 21-15) in the quarterfinals and will play in the semifinals against Mexicans Antonio Lares/Carlos Ayala, who defeated Hayerling de Jesús/Jorge Matos (DOM1) 2-0 (21-11, 21-15).

In the 9th/12th place qualifying matches:

CRC Justin Solano/Victorio González d GUA José Izaguirre/Santiago Penagos 2-0 (21-18, 23-21)

BER Sean Tucker/Benjamin Barnett d ISV Jared Brown/Cole Sommer 2-0 (21-12, 23-21)

In the 13th/16th place qualifying matches:

ESA Rafael Vargas/Fernando Ortiz d AGU Aiden Hazzard/Da'Qwan Fredericks 2-0 (21-7, 21-8)

TTO Joel Theodore/Stephen Enile -----------BYE

The competition begins on Sunday at 8:00 a.m. (local time) with the semifinals and the position matches, and the bronze medal match and final will be played in the afternoon.

Other results of the day were: NCA Mora/López d DOM1 De Jesús/Jorge 2-0 (21-18, 21-17); MEX Lares/Ayala d ESA Vargas/Ponce 2-0 (21-4, 21-11); DOM2 M. de Jesús/R. de Jesús d BER Sean Tucker/Benjamin Barnett 2-0 (21-13, 21-17); VEN Vargas/Delgado d CAN Rahnavard/Devecseri 2-1 (19-21, 21-19, 17-15); ISV Jared Brown/Cole Sommer d AGU Aiden Hazzard/Da´Qwan Fredericks 2-0 (21-14, 21-13); USA Drost/Field d CRC Solano/González 2-0 (21-5, 21-16); CUB Gómez/Veranes d TTO Theodore/Enile 2-0 (21-9, 21-12).