Puerto Rico, USA, Canada, and Mexico
Advance to Women’s Semifinals
PUERTO CORTÉS, Honduras, June 28, 2025.- Women’s teams from Puerto
Rico, United States, Canada, and Mexico advanced to the semifinals
of the third stop of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, taking place
at Playa Municipal El Porvenir in Puerto Cortés, Honduras.
In the quarterfinals, the Puerto Rican duo of Allanis Navas and
María González had no major difficulties defeating Melanie
Valenciana and Taylor Buckner from the U.S. Virgin Islands with
dominant scores of 21-5 and 21-12.
Similarly, the American pair Emma Donley and Portia Sherman
controlled their match against Daniela Vigil and Ashley Rauda of El
Salvador, winning comfortably 21-7 and 21-16.
Later in the afternoon, Canada’s Maya McNabney and Emma Kunaus
overcame the home team, Shanna Rivera and Reizel Bruhier, with
straight sets 21-11 and 21-12. In the evening, the all-Mexican
showdown went to Susana Torres and Atenas Gutiérrez, who defeated
Yeray Vidaurrazaga and María Jimena Ramírez with scores of 21-13 and
21-14.
The women’s semifinals on Sunday will feature: Navas/González (PUR)
vs Donley/Sherman (USA) and McNabney/Kunaus (CAN) vs
Torres/Gutiérrez (MEX)
Action kicks off Sunday at 8:00 a.m. (local time), with the medal
matches scheduled for the afternoon.
Final positions group phase
Group A: 1.
Navas/González PUR, 2. Vidaurrazaga/Ramírez MEX, 3.
Molina/Sofi V CRC, 4. Simmonds/Cudmore CAN, 5.
Rendon/Medina ESA
Group B: 1. Torres/Gutiérrez MEX, 2. Valenciana/Buckner ISV, 3.
Murillo/Clarke HON, 4. Aguilar/Arévalo GUA
Group C: 1. Rivera/Bruhier HON, 2.
Vigil/Rauda ESA, 3. Silva/N. Brenes NCA, 4.
Smith/Lumsden JAM
Group D: 1. Donley/Sherman USA, 2. McNabney/Kunaus CAN, 3.
Ramírez/Quesada CRC, 4. Villegas/Rodríguez HON.
Results position matches:
Classification 13-16: Aguilar/Arévalo GUA vs Smith/Lumsden JAM 2-0
(21-8, 21-12) y Simmonds/Cudmore CAN vs Villegas/Rodríguez HON 2-0
(21-11, 21-6).
Classification 9-12: Silva/N. Brenes NCA vs Murillo/Clarke HON 2-0
(21-13, 21-7) y Ramírez/Quesada CRC vs Molina/Sofi V CRC 2-1 (18-21,
21-9, 15-6).
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