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Americans men Stolfus and Wong won the gold
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 8, 2007.-
American men’s pair of Scott Wong and Hans Stolfus won
the gold medal of the Boca Chica Tournament, the first
leg of the 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit, with a
21-19, 21-10 victory over Marcelo Araya and Jonathan
Guevara of Costa Rica.
Cuban Yunieski Ramirez and Yoendris Kindelán won the
bronze medal in defeating Jorge Bolanos and Jose
Gonzalez of Guatemala by 21-9, 21-14.
“The first set shows how good the Costa Ricans are,”
said Stolfus after the match. “It was a tough battle,
but we were able to put together a good streak in the
second set.”
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Americans Roca and Polzin triumphed in Boca
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SANTO DOMINGO , Dominican
Republic , April 8, 2007.- Americans Paula Roca and
Alicia Polzin won the women’s gold medal of the Boca
Chica Beach Tournament after a tough battle with
Canadians Annie Martin and Dana Cooke.
Roca and Polzin prevailed
21-16, 20-22, 15-8, while Cubans Ion Canet and Kirenia
Ballar also needed three sets to win the bronze medal
with a 19-21, 21-16, 15-8 victory over Ingrid Morales
and Natalia Alfaro of Costa Rica.
The event sponsored by Presidente Light beer is the
first of five legs of the 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball
Circuit.
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Americans Stolfus-Wong are favorites in Boca
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SANTO
DOMINGO , Dominican Republic , April 7, 2007.-
Hans Stolfus and Scott Wong of USA advanced to the men’s
quarter finals of the Boca Chica Beach Volleyball
Tournament as winners of Pool A with an easy victory
21-15, 21-13 over Yewddys Perez and Juan Pozo of
Dominican Republic I.
The Americans are considered as favorites to win the
first leg of the five-stop 2007 NORCECA Circuit which
will continue in Guatemala , Mexico , Puerto Rico and
Trinidad & Tobago.
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Women of USA, Costa Rica, Canada and Cuba
move to semis in Boca Chica |
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SANTO DOMINGO , Dominican Republic , April 7, 2007.-
USA , Costa Rica , Canada and Cuba placed their women
teams in the semi finals of the Boca Chica Beach
Volleyball Tournament, the first stop of the 2007
NORCECA Circuit, with each pair being successful in two
outings on Saturday.
On Sunday, USA meets Costa Rica while Canada plays
against Cuba in the final day of the event sponsored by
Presidente Light beer.
Americans Paula Roca-Alicia Polzin won Pool E with a 21-15, 21-12
victory over Dominican Republic I (Suero-Almanzar) and eliminated
Guatemalans Maria Orellana-Anna Ramirez) in quarter finals by
score of 21-11, 21-13.
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 Men of Costa Rica, Guatemala and Puerto Rico
made successful starts in Boca Chica Beach
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 6, 2007.-
The men’s teams of Costa Rica, Guatemala and Puerto Rico II
secured places in the second round of the Boca Chica Beach
Volleyball Tournament, the first leg of the 2007 NORCECA
Circuit, an inaugural five-stop tour in both genders.
These pairs won both of their matches today before good
crowds and excellent weather at Boca Chica beach, 20 miles
to the east of the Dominican capital. The event is sponsored
by Presidente Light beer and qualifies four teams to the Pan
American Games in Rio de Janeiro next July.
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Pairs from eleven countries will compete in Boca
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 3, 2007.- Teams
from eleven countries in both genders will participate in
the first leg of the five-stop 2007 Norceca Beach Volleyball
Circuit to be held on the sands of Boca Chica, outside of
the Dominican capital next weekend.
Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts &
Nevis, Trinidad & Tobago and United States of America have
registered their representatives for the event sponsored by
Presidente Light Beer.
During a press conference held at the NORCECA headquarters.
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