Puerto Rico, México, Cuba and Dominican Republic advance to Women’s
Semifinals
COSTA DEL SOL, El Salvador, June 24, 2023.-
Three Caribbean countries and one from the North will battle for the two
tickets into the women’s finals beach volleyball tournament of the 2023
San Salvador Central American Games.
Puerto Rico with their flawless performance (velocity and strength),
Mexico with their calm and effective game, Dominican Republic with their
blocking reach and strong kills, and Cuba with youth and energy, are the
four best teams of the Games to advance into Monday’s semifinals.
The semifinal matches will be on Monday June 24.
María González and Allanis Navas of Puerto Rico with great defense,
combined with a good touch and power, dominated Gabriela Brito and
Juliennis Regalado of Venezuela 2-0 (21-16, 21-16).
Mexico’s Abril Flores and Atenas Gutiérrez beat Yvonne Soler/Laura
Molina of El Salvador 2-0 (21-15, 21-12) and will face Puerto Rico’s
González/Navas in semifinals who are having a great season.
Cubans Yenifer Rivera and Amanda Armenteros won their semifinal spot
after defeating Natalia Girón/Estefanie Bethancourt (CCS) who couldn’t
complete their quarterfinal match because Bethancourt suffered a knee
injury.
Cuba’s semifinal opponents are Julibeth Payano and Bethania Almanzar of
Dominican Republic who beat Nahima Silva and Lolette Rodríguez of
Nicaragua
2-0 (21-14, 21-16), to set the Caribbean derby.
Position matches 9-23
In classification matches for positions 9 to 23,
Chauna Kelly/Petal Smith (JAM) won 2-0 (12-8, 12-10) against Lisa
Leblanc/Megan Calhoun (BER).
Denila/Neptune (LCA) won 2-0 (21-14, 21-9) against Edwards/Lewis (ANT);
Joseph/Glasgow (TTO) beat Almeida/Bennett (ISV) 2-0 (21-18, 21-19);
Beltrand/ Moreno (COL) won 2-0 (21-5, 21-5)
to
Tulloch/Gaetos (CAY); Honduras finished their performance in position
21. Williams/Araya (CRC) won 2-0 21-17, 21-13) to Ramirez/Arnold (BIZ).
Quarterfinal Results
MEX 2-0 ESA (21-14, 21-17)
PUR 2-0 VEN (21-16, 21-16)
CUB def CCS (injury team B)
DOM 2-0 (21-14, 21-16) NCA
Positions 9 to 23
SKN 2-0 HON (21-14, 21-17)
LCA 2-0 ANT (21-14, 21-9)
TTO 2-0 ISV (21-18, 21-19)
COL 2-0 CAY (21-5, 21-5)
JAM 2-0 (2-8, 21-10)
CRC 2-0 BIZ (21-17, 21-13)
HON 2-0 ANT (DNS)
Sunday’s schedule (Positions 5-16)
ISV vs CAY 8:00 a.m. C2
TTO - COL 8:00 a.m. CC
BER vs BIZ 9:00 a.m. C2
JAM vs CRC 9:00 a.m. CC
CCS vs NCA 1:00 p.m. CC
SKN vs LCA 4:00 p.m. CC
GRN vs PAN 5:00 p.m. CC
ESA vs VEZ 6:00 p.m. CC |