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Puerto Ricans Allanis Navas and María González
defeated Mexicans Katherine Albarrán and Atenas
Gutiérrez to claim the gold medal at the NORCECA
U23 Women’s Beach Volleyball Qualifier to the
Junior Pan American Games.
Navas/González, considered the pre-tournament
favourites, scored a 2-0 (21-19, 21-12) victory
living up to the expectations.
In the semifinals, Navas/Gonzalez subdued
Canada’s Becky Tresham and Kaylee Glagau 2-0
(21-15, 21-16) while Albarrán/Gutiérrez upset
Cuba’s Lázara Madán and Dayani Zequeira 2-0
(21-13, 21-15) in 31 minutes.
The bronze medal went to Canada’s Tresham/Glagau
who edged Cubans Madán/Zequeira 2-1 (21-13,
17-21, 15-6).
Cubans Luis Reyes and Noslen Diaz were the
champions of the NORCECA U23 Men’s Beach
Volleyball Qualifier to the Junior Pan American
Games
Reyes/Diaz claimed the gold medal following
their 2-0 (21-14, 21-19) victory over Mexico’s
Miguel Sarabia and Raymond Stephens in just 34
minutes.
In the semifinals, Reyes/Díaz defeated
Nicaragua’s Solis and Denis Lopez 2-0 (21-17,
21-10) while Sarabia/Stephens beat Puerto Rico’s
William Rivera and Randall Santiago 2-0 (21-16,
21-17).
The bronze medal went to Puerto Ricans
Rivera/Santiago who won the third-place contest
over Nicaragua’s Solis/Lopez by scores of 2-0
(21-8, 21-18).
The teams qualified were:
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico and Costa Rica in both
genders, the women’s teams of Canada and
Guatemala and the men’s of Nicaragua and
Dominican Republic. |
