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PRESS RELEASE 03/10/2009


Great semifinals in Norceca’s Beach Volleyball Circuit

MANZANILLO, Colima. October 03, 2009- Norceca Maeva 2009 will have great games in its semifinal games, both genders. In the men´s competition, Canada 1 will play against Mexico 1, and Cuba´s confronting Canada 2. In the women´s competition, United States will play Mexico 1, and Cuba will have to eliminate Canada 2, if they want to be in the final game.

 

The first female´s game this Saturday was held at Estadio Miramar, where United States (Van Fleet-Smith) defeated Saint Lucia (Mann-Hamilton), with scores 21-11 and 21-7.

 

At Maeva Stadium, Costa Rica (Morales-Alfaro), started their day winning, against Trinidad and Tobago (Joseph-Phillip), in two sets, 21-9 and 21-13.

 

The next game was held in this same court, where locals Vanessa Virgen and Polet Cruz (Mexico 2) lost to Mexico 3 (Reyes-Herrera), in an interesting game that went to a third set, with scores 21-23, 21-16 and 11-15.

 

The women´s competition continued at Maeva Stadium, and Guatemala (Orellana-Ramirez) beat in two sets against Costa Rica´s Morales-Alfaro, with a double 21-16.

 

In the next game, Mexico 3 females, with Reyes-Herrera, couldn´t beat Puerto Rico´s Santiago-Acevedo, which had an easy first set, 10-21, and suffered in the second set, but still beat 22-24.

 

Cuba (Ion Canet-Milagros Crespo) qualified to semifinals after beating Mexico 1 (Estrada-Revueltas), in two competitive sets, 21-17 and 24-22.

 

United States was the second women´s team to go to semifinals, after they beat Canada 2 in Miramar Stadium, 21-13 and 21-16.

                                              

The third women´s team to qualify for the semifinals was Canada 2 (Thomas-Broder), which defeated the Puerto Rican´s, in two sets, by 16-21 and 17-21.

 

Mexico 1 won a place in the women´s semifinal, after winning to El Salvador, in two sets, 17-21 and 19-21, in the last game of this Saturday.

 

 

In the men´s competition, Saturday´s first game was the opening game at Estadio Maeva, and Canada 2 (Sewell-Reader) defeated Trinidad and Tobago (Williams-Whitfield), with identical scores, 21-13.

 

Mexico´s second team, Ulises and Lombardo Ontiveros, defeated Costa Ricans López-Monge without many complications, in a pair of sets, 21-8 and 21-11.

 

One of the biggest surprises in the tournament happened at noon, when Mexico 4, Oscar Cardenas and Edgar Barajas, had a victory over the United States (Burnham-Jagoda), in two sets, 21-14 and 21-17.

 

Mexico 2, Ulises and Lombardo Ontiveros, played an excellent game against Canada 1 (Binstock-Zbysewski), that went on to three sets. Despite their good game, Mexico lost 25-23, 20-22, 15-17.

 

In one of the starring matches of this Saturday, Mexico 1 (Miramontes-Virgen), past over Puerto Rico in two sets, 21-13 and 21-12, and they won their pass to Sundays semifinals.

 

Cuba, in men´s competition, played at Miramar Stadium and qualified to semifinals, after beating Mexico 3 leaving no doubt of its quality, with scores 21-12 and 21-03.

 

Mexico 3 lost again, and missed their chances to semifinals, when they lost to Canada 1 in quarterfinals, 21-10 and 21-14. Canada 1 is semifinalist.

 

Canada 2 won its place in the men´s semifinals, after a great game that finished in three sets against Puerto Rico. The score was 15-21, 24-22 and 13-15.  

 

COMPLETE WOMEN´S RESULTS:

USA-SLC (21-11/21-7); MEX2-MEX3 (21-23/21-16/11-15); GUA-CRC (21-16/21-16); MEX3-PUR (10-21/22-24); USA-SCL (21-11/21-07); PUR-SLC (21-8/21-8); CAN1-ESA (9-21/13-21); GUA-ESA (12-21/14-21); USA-CAN1 (21-13/21-16); CUB-MEX1 (21-17/24-22); PUR-CAN2 (16-21/17-21) ; ESA-MEX1 (17-21/19-21)

 

COMPLETE MEN´S RESULTS:

CAN2-TTO (21-13/21-13); CRC-MEX2 (8-21/11-21); MEX4-USA (21-14/21-17); MEX2-CAN1 (25-23/20-22/15-17); CAN1-NCA (21-12/21-10); CAN2-ESA (21-12/21-13); CAN2-MEX4 (21-9/21-15); CUB-MEX3 (21-12/21-03); CAN1-MEX3 (21-10/21-14); MEX1-PUR (21-12/21-13); PUR-CAN2 (15-21/24-22/13-15).

  

MEN´S SEMIFINALS:

CAN1 VS MEX1

CUB VS CAN2

 

WOMEN´S SEMIFINALS:

USA VS MEX1

CUB VS CAN2
 

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