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).