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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, October 3 2021.-
Carlos Solísand Cristopher Cascante of Nicaragua
won the gold medal at the XIII U21 Central
American Beach Volleyball Championship
undefeated over twin brothers Christopher and
Yoel Guardado of El Salvador 2-0 (21-13, 21-15)
on Sunday in Guatemala City.
This is Nicaragua’s third consecutive gold,
first for Cristopher Cascante and Carlos Solís;
in the past edition Cristopher won the silver
medal with Sergio Cordero.
In semifinals Solís/Cascante defeated Julián
Araya/Jhostin Varela (CRC 2) by 2-0 (22-20,
21-12), while Guardado brother left behind
former champion Jefferson Cascante with Kevin
Hilario (NCA 1) by 2-0 (21-19, 21-17).
Solís/Cascante dominated El Salvador from start
to finish, forcing Guardado brothers to commit
many unforced errors in their attempts to
recover. Solís and Cascante were a force over
the net, but mostly performed with a smarter
strategy.
Cristopher Cascante said “we won all our games
and didn’t drop a set with confidence, with good
preparation, practice matches and with a lot of
support from many persons; we attacked a lot, I
have difficulties with short touches”.
For Carlos Solís their victory consists in their
intelligence “we dominated with a better tactic
and following our coaches’ instructions, we
always kept serve-passing”.
Nicaragua also won the bronze medal, with number
two team of Jefferson Cascante and Kevin
controlling Julian
Araya/Jhostin Varela (CRC 2)
by a
2-0 (21-13, 21-13) score.
Final Positions:
1.
Carlos Solís/Cristopher Cascante (NCA 2); 2.
Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado (ESA 1); 3.
Jefferson Cascante/Kevin Hilario (NCA 1); 4. Julian
Araya/Jhostin Varela (CRC 2);
5. José Fernández/Andru Jones (CRC 1); 6.
Gabriel Vargas /Andrés Gómez (ESA 2) 2-1 (21-17,
17-21, 15-13); 7. Ever Allen/Kevin Herrera (HON
1); 8. Wilder Martínez/Ernesto Escobar (BIZ); 9.
José Izaguirre/Roberto Recinos (GUA 1); 10.
Kevin Acosta/John Montenegro (PAN 1); 11.
Jeffrey Porres/Nestor Gutiérrez (GUA 2); 12.
Derry Cooper/Alexander McLaughlin (HON 2); 13.
José Vásquez/Rommy Santos (PAN 2)
Men’s Results Day 3:
Gold:
Carlos Solís/Cristopher Cascante (NCA 2) d
Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado (ESA 1) 2-0
(21-13, 21-15); Bronze: Jefferson
Cascante/Kevin Hilario (NCA 1) d Julian
Araya/Jhostin Varela (CRC 2) 2-0 (21-13, 21-13);
SF:
Carlos Solís/Cristopher Cascante (NCA 2) d
Julián Araya/Jhostin Varela (CRC 2) 2-0 (22-20,
21-12); Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado (ESA
1) d Jefferson Cascante/Kevin Hilario (NCA 1)
2-0 (21-19, 21-17); 9-12: Jeffrey Porres/Nestor
Gutiérrez (GUA 2) d Derry Cooper/Alexander
McLaughlin (HON 2) 2-1 (11-21, 22-20, 15-11);
José Izaguirre/Roberto Recinos (GUA 1) d Kevin
Acosta/John Montenegro (PAN 1) 2-0 (21-15,
28-26); 5-8: José Fernández/Andru Jones
(CRC 1) d Ever Allen/Kevin Herrera (HON 1) 2-0
(21-10, 29-27); Gabriel Vargas /Andrés Gómez
(ESA 2) d Wilder Martínez/Ernesto Escobar (BIZ)
2-0 (21-16, 21-15); 7-8: Ever Allen/Kevin
Herrera (HON 1) d Wilder Martínez/Ernesto
Escobar (BIZ) 2-0 (21-11, 21-18); 5-6:
José Fernández/Andru Jones (CRC 1) d Gabriel
Vargas /Andrés Gómez (ESA 2) 2-1 (21-17, 17-21,
15-13). |
