Puerto Ricans González/Navas start the

tournament in full force

San Salvador, El Salvador. September 12, 2025. – The Puerto Rican duo of María Claudia González and Allanis Navas started strong in their quest for a sixth consecutive title, on the first day of action of the 8th Stop of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour 2025, held at the Flor Blanca Beach Sports Stadium.

The tournament kicked off with a commanding win by gold medal favorites María González and Allanis Navas of Puerto Rico, who swept Nicaragua’s Yulimar Alvarado and Ella Danielle Resau 2-0 (21-8, 21-10). In their second match, the Puerto Rican duo kept up their dominant pace, defeating Honduras’ Ruth Villegas and Shannia Rivera in straight sets 2-0 (21-11, 21-10).

This first position of Pool B will be decided on Saturday, as Venezuela’s Oriana Granadilla / Yonnielis Camacho also finished the day with two victories: 2-0 (21-10, 21-10) over Villegas/Rivera of Honduras and 2-0 (21-14, 21-12) over Alvarado/Resau of Nicaragua.

Another match that marked the start of the tournament was the Central American classic, and it did not disappoint. Guatemala’s Natalia María Girón / Paola Alvarado defeated Katherine Quesada / Eugenia Ramírez of Costa Rica 2-1 (15-21, 21-17, 15-12). Later, in the other Pool A match, the Costa Ricans recovered from their initial loss and beat the local duo Daniela Vigil / Karla Tovar 2-0 (21-10, 21-19). The positions in this pool will be determined on Saturday at 9:20 AM (local time) with the match between El Salvador and Guatemala.

In Pool C, the Americans Kelly Belardi / Natalie Myszkowski dominated their two matches. First, they defeated Canadians Alison McKay / Darby Dunn 2-0 (21-11, 21-15), and over  Dominicans Yari Cleto / Rosario Payano 2-0 (21-17, 21-14). The Americans still need to face Mexico’s Atenas Gutiérrez / Susana Torres), who were surprised by the Dominicans in their debut, losing 0-2 (19-21, 17-21).

In Pool D, Canadians Dana Roskic / Katarina Pantovic lead with two victories. In their first match, they defeated Torres/Ramírez of Mexico 2-1 (24-22, 18-21, 15-11) and then beat Guzmán/Donni of El Salvador 2-0 (21-10, 21-14). Canada will close the group stage facing  Nicaraguans Socorro López / Lolette Rodríguez, who have one victory 2-0 (21-11, 21-11) over El Salvador and one loss against the Mexicans Angélica Torres / María Jimena Ramírez.

The tournament will continue Saturday starting at 9:20 AM (local time). In the afternoon, the quarterfinals will be played to define the semifinalists and the classification matches for positions.