Six women teams unbeaten at end of day one

MARACAS BAY, Trinidad, November 29, 2013 - Six women teams remained unbeaten with 2-0 marks to secure their quarterfinal places at the end of the first day of round-robin pool play in four groups when the 11^th and final leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit began o Friday.

In Pool A, Heather Hughes and Lane Carico (USA-A) outplayed Apphia Glasgow and Kinisha Marshall (TTO-) 21-9, 21-2 and Brenda Allen and Shanicia Dyer (SKN) 21-4, 21-12 while Dania Hamilton and Samantha Mann (LCA) also won over Allen and Dyer 21-14, 21-11, and Glasgow and Marshall 11-21, 21-3, 15-12.

Jamie Broder and Kristina Valjas (CAN-A) ended 2-0 in Pool B via wins against Sarah Day and Kaitlin Nielsen (USA-B) 21-17, 21-19 as well as Shedeiky Hamilton-Barnes and Kai Wright (JAM) 21-14, 21-19.

In Pool C, the experienced pair of Marta Revuelta and Bibiana Candelas (MEX) got the better of Heather Bansley and Caleigh Whitaker (CAN-B) 21-19, 24-22 and also the pair of Jamie Farley and Laurie Bachler (ISV) 21-15, 21-18 while in Pool D, Karen Cope and Natalia Alfaro (CRC) and Dariam Acevedo and Vanessa Velez (PUR) also ended with 2-0 records with a match left against each other.

Cope and Alfaro scolded Nikita Campbell and Shanique Deshong (VIN) 21-9, 21-13 and Anicia Wood and Shari Matthews (BAR) 21-14, 21-9 while Acevedo and Velez survived a tense battle with Wood and Matthews 21-18, 19-21, 15-8, but had an easier time against Campbell and Deshong (VIN) 21-7, 21-6.

Friday’s Women Results:

Pool A: USA-A d TRI-B 2-0 (21-9, 21-2), LCA d SKN (21-14, 21-11), LCA d TRI-B (11-21, 21-3, 15-12), USA-A d SKN (21-4, 21-12). Pool B: CAN-A d Sarah USA-B (21-17, 21-19), JAM d TRI-A (21-18, 21-14), USA-B d TRI-A (21-7, 21-10), CAN-A d JAM (21-14, 21-19), Pool C: CAY d ISV (21-19, 22-20), MEX d CAN-B (21-19, 24-22), MEX d ISV (21-15, 21-18), CAN-B d CAY (21-7, 21-7). Pool D: PUR d BAR (21-18, 19-21, 15-8), CRC d VIN (21-9, 21-13), PUR d VIN (21-7, 21-6), CRC d BAR (21-14, 21-9).