SAN SALVADOR, April 27, 2008.- The USA tandems dominated the 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit in El Salvador by sweeping the gold medals in both genders on Sunday.

Americans Ed Ratledge-David Fischer, also winners in the first stop in Boca Chica, took the men’s gold medal with a clear 21-16, 21-14 triumph over the Puerto Rican duo of Orlando Irrizarry-Roberto Rodriguez. They finished the event with 6-0 and 12-0 record in matches and sets respectively. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, April 26, 2008.- USA, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and El Salvador 1 advanced to the men’s semi finals of the 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at El Salvador.

Puerto Rico will be playing against Costa Rica, while the USA team will be pitted with host El Salvador 1 on Sunday.

The Americans (Ed Ratledge-David Fischer) and the Puerto Ricans (Orlando Irrizarry-Roberto Rodriguez) entered the final-four round through the winners’ bracket,  More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, April 26, 2008.- USA and El Salvador 1 became the first semi finalists of  the women’s field in the 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at El Salvador. Both tandems won their two matches of Saturday advancing directly to the stage of the last four teams.

Americans (Erin Byrd-Stephanie Chapek) defeated Canada (Tammy Thomas-Kristina Long) 21-17, 21-15 and continued their success by downing Puerto Rico (Sheila Lopez-Maritere Ramos) 21-18, 21-19.  More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, April 25, 2008.- The men team of Dominican Republic won Pool C of the 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit in El Salvador by winning three matches on Friday.

Yewddys Perez-Charlin Vargas finished the day with a 21-18, 21-12 victory over Guatemala 1 (Jorge Bolanos-Erick Garrido) in a battle of unbeaten teams that both advanced to the second phase. They previously defeated El Salvador 3 (David Vargas-Carlos Leiva) 21-14, 21-19 and Trinidad & Tobago (Colin Charles-Jason Dennis) 21-14, 21-10.

Costa Ricans Andres Lopez-Jose Suarez also won their three matches in Pool D. In a decisive match for the top place, they beat Nicaragua (Winston Calderon-Francisco Castro) 21-14, 21-15. Previously, the Costa Ricans won 17-21, 21-11, 15-13 over Guatemala 2 (Jaime Ozuna-Ivan Pineda) and El Salvador 2 (Luis Morales-Carlos Escobar) 9-21, 22-20, 15-6. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, April 25, 2008.- The women’s teams of Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Canada won their respective pools with 2-0 records advancing to Saturday’s double elimination main bracket. Teams El Salvador 1 and 2 also moved up with 1-1 mark along with USA and St. Lucia.

Puerto Ricans Sheila Lopez-Maritere Ramos won 21-12, 21-16 over St Kitts & Nevis (Shanicia Dyer-Glynis Wilkes) and then edged ESA 1 (Laura Molina-Ivonne Soler) 21-18, 23-21. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, April 25, 2008.- The President of El Salvador National Sport Institute  (INDES) declared officially open the third leg of the 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit in a ceremony that took place Thursday night at Los Cebollines restaurant.

Mr. Jorge Hernandez Isussi welcomed the teams from thirteen countries participating in the event which take place throughout this weekend. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, April 24, 2008.- A workshop addressed to the media covering the El Salvador stage of the 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit was conducted by Dr. Roosevelt Comarazamy under the auspices of the FIVB Regional Development Center in Dominican Republic and the NORCECA Confederation.

Dr. Comarazamy was invited to El Salvador by Dr.Manuel Lozano, President of the National Federation of El Salvador and Vice President of the National Olympic Committee.More Spanish