Men’s battle gets underway in Chula Vista

CHULA VISTA, USA, September 28, 2012 - Men’s teams from Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic and the United States went undefeated on Friday, the first day of pool play at the 2012 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit event at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.

In Pool B, Lombardo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen of Mexico and Yewddys Perez and German Recio of Dominican Republic set up a showdown for their pool play match on Saturday, as each won both their matches on Friday.

Ontiveros and Virgen defeated Costa Rica’s Marcelo Araya and Jonathan Guevara, 2-0 (21-16, 21-12) and followed with a 2-0 (21-17, 21-16) victory over the USA5 team of Jesse Rambis and Avery Drost.

Perez and Recio beat Rambis and Drost by forfeit and won against Araya and Guevara, 2-0 (21-19, 21-19).

In Pool A, the Canada1 team of Chaim Schalk and Benjamin Saxton won their matches against the USA4 team of Adam Cabbage and Parker Kalmbach, 2-0 (21-17, 24-22) and then beat Marc Lomeli and Anthony Pippen of U.S. Virgin Islands, 2-0 (21-14, 21-13).

In Pool C, the USA3 team of Will Montgomery and Tri Bourne defeated Guatemala’s Andy Leonardo and Erick Garrido, 2-0 (21-14, 21-15) and then beat Saint Lucia’s Julian Bissette and Joseph Clercent, 2-0 (21-7, 21-17).

In Pool D, the USA2 team of Jeff Carlson and Tony Ciarelli beat the Canada2 duo of Cameron Wheelan and Michael Plantinga, 2-0 (21-12, 21-18). Carlson and Ciarelli followed that with a 2-0 (21-10, 21-16) victory over Trinidad & Tobago’s Kevin Rivers and Christian Francois, 2-0 (21-10, 21-16).

Pool play will continue on Saturday (Sept. 29) with the matches starting at 9 a.m. Playoff matches will begin at 1 p.m. with the final matches scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Semifinals and finals are scheduled for Sunday (Sept. 30).

Friday’s Results

Pool A: CAN d USA4 2-0 (21-17, 24-22), ESA d ISV 2-0 (21-15, 21-14), USA4 d ESA 2-0 (21-13, 21-16), CAN d ISV 2-0 (21-14, 21-13); Pool B: DOM d USA5 2-0 (Default 21-0, 21-0), MEX d CRC 2-0 (21-16, 21-12), MEX d USA5 2-0 (21-17, 21-16), DOM d CRC 2-0 (21-19, 21-19); Pool C: USA3 d GUA 2-0 (21-14, 21-15), LCA d TCI 2-0 (21-11, 21-9), GUA d TCI 2-0 (21-2, 21-14), USA3 d LCA 2-0 (21-7, 21-17); Pool D: USA1 d TRI 2-0 (21-13, 21-11), USA2 d CAN2 2-0 (21-12, 21-18), CAN2 d USA1 2-0 (21-13, 21-19), USA2 d TRI 2-0 (21-10, 21-16).