Seven duos undefeated at start the Men's Under-23 Preliminary Round

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, June 2, 2023.- Seven duos undefeated on the

first day of competition at the Under-23 NORCECA 2023 Beach Volleyball Tournament, taking place on the sand courts located at Los Corales beach in Punta Cana.

In pool D, Araya/Varela (CRC) had no difficulties in beating their two opponents; they first defeated George/Daley of British Virgin Islands 2-0 (21-7, 21-8) and then against  Maldonado/Paredes 2-0 (21-10, 21-10).

Guardado twins of El Salvador, also in pool D, controlled Maldonado/Paredes (DOM) 2-0 (21-11, 21-10) and George/Daley (IVB) by a 2-0 (21-4, 21-2) score.

Morton/Zendai of St. Kitts and Nevis in pool A got a win 2-0 (21-15,21-7) over Cayman Islands’ of Watson/Verhoeven who were also defeated by  Canadians Chadwick/Gannett 2-0 (21-11, 21-9).

Also, Guatemala’s Ventura/Izaguirre and Nicaragua’s Cascante/Meneses dominated

Joseph/Martin de Antigua y Barbudas in pool B, 2-0 (21-7, 21-6) and 2-0 (21-9, 21-6) respectively.  

Alayo/Díaz of Cuba in pool C, obtained a 2-0 (21-12, 21-12) victory over Licht/Abrams of Canada in pool C, who earlier defeated Gil/Wilmore of the Dominican Republic 2-0 (21-7, 21-16).

The preliminary round concludes on Saturday morning, to then carry out the draw to determine the crossover quarterfinal round and the teams who play for placing matches in the afternoon.

Men’s Results Day 1:

SKN Morton/Zendai d CAY Watson/Verhoeven 2-0 (21-15,21-7)

NCA Cascante/Meneses d ANT Joseph/Martin 2-0 (21-9, 21-6)

CAN Licht/Abrams d DOM Gil/Wilmore 2-0 (21-7, 21-16)

ESA Guardado Y./Guardado C. d DOM Maldonado/Paredes 2-0 (21-11, 21-10)

CRC Araya/Varela d IVB George/Daley 2-0 (21-7, 21-8)

CAN Chadwick/Gannett d CAY Watson/Verhoeven 2-0 (21-11, 21-9)

GUA Ventura Izaguirre d ANT Joseph/Martin 2-0 (21-7, 21-6)

CUB Alayo/Díaz d CAN Licht/Abrams 2-0 (21-12, 21-12)

CRC Araya/Varela d DOM Maldonado/Paredes 2-0 (21-10, 21-10)

ESA Guardado Y./Guardado C. d IVB George/Daley 2-0 (21-4, 21-2)