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Strong
outings
for Puerto Rican men in Boquerón
BOQUERON, Puerto Rico, September 20, 2013 – The two men’s teams
of Puerto Rico advanced to the main bracket of the Porta del Sol
Beach Volleyball Tournament in Boqueron, the seventh stage of
the 2013 NORCECA Circuit.
Roberto Rodriguez and Hector Soto of Puerto Rico-A won their two
matches on Friday to secure the top place in Pool A while Victor
Rivera and Erik Haddock pocketed two wins and will challenge
Josh Binstock and Samuel Schachter of Canada-B on Saturday in
the contest for first place in Pool D.
Rodriguez-Soto won 21-13, 21-11 over Erick Garrido and Luis
García of Guatemala and then triumphed 21-17, 21-17 against
Mitchel Daniel and Eargenel De Cuba of Aruba-A. Rivera-Haddock
downed Nicolas Lucerna and Theodore Brunner of United States-A
22-20, 21-18 and capped the day with a 21-18, 21-18 victory over
Fabien Whitfield and Daneil Williams of Trinidad & Tobago.
Binstock-Schachter scored a 21-19, 21-8 victory against
Whitfield-Williams and saw off Lucerna-Brunner 21-19, 21-17. The
Canada-A team of Grant O’Gorman and Sam Pedlow also claimed a
pair of wins in Pool C over Derek Olson and Kevin McColloch of
United States-B 21-15, 21-14 before crushing Fransua Angela and
Gino Hodge of Aruba-B 21-8, 21-8.
In their only outing on Saturday, Lombardo Ontiveros and Juan
Virgen of Mexico, winners of four tournaments this year, stormed
past Curacao’s Dewin Colina and Giandro Tokaay 21-8, 21-11.
Friday’s Men Results
Pool A:
MEX-A d CUR 2-0 (21-8, 21-11), CUR d CRC 2-1 (19-21, 21-17,
15-12). Pool B: PUR-A d GUA 2-0 (21-13, 21-11), PUR-A d
ARU-A 2-0 (21-17, 21-17). Pool C: DOM d ARU-B 2-0 (21-12,
21-19), CAN-A d USA-B 2-0 (21-15, 21-14), CAN-A d ARU-B 2-0
(21-8, 21-8), USA-B d DOM 2-0 (21-14, 21-10). Pool D: PUR-B
d USA-A 2-0 (22-20, 21-18), CAN-B d TRI 2-0 (21-19, 21-8), PUR-B
d TRI 2-0 (21-18, 21-18), CAN-B d USA-A 2-0 (21-19, 21-17).
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