Teams from Eleven Countries Ready for

NORCECA Beach Volleyball Action in Zapopan

ZAPOPAN, Jalisco, Mexico, September 4, 2025. – The excitement of the seventh stop of the 2025 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour comes to Zapopan, Jalisco, this weekend at the iconic Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, with teams from eleven countries officially registered to compete.

The tournament will feature 14 women’s teams and 15 men’s teams, promising three days of high-level beach volleyball competition.

In the women’s field, all eyes will be on Puerto Rico’s Maria Gonzalez and Allanis Navas, who have already captured four gold medals this season and are aiming for a fifth. Local favorites Susana Torres and Atenas Gutiérrez will look to shine on home sand, while the United States’ Rachael Kramer, bronze medalist in Puerto Cortés last year, is set to be a strong contender.

On the men’s side, Mexican duo José Cárdenas and Jorman Osuna, fresh off their gold medal win in Manzanillo last week, will headline the competition. They will face tough challengers, including silver medalists Cameron Chadwick and Robert Kemp of Canada and bronze medalist Jhostin Varela of Costa Rica. Also in the mix are the United States’ Evan Cory, bronze and silver medalist in 2024, in two stages in Dominican Republic and in 2022 gold medalist in La Paz and Aguascalientes, partnered with Derek Bradford, bronze medalist in Suriname this year. As well as Nicaragua’s Ruben Mora and Dany López, medalists in numerous stages throughout the NORCECA Tour.

The event promises thrilling matches and a festive atmosphere as Zapopan hosts international athletes aiming to climb the NORCECA Tour rankings.

Pool distribution is as follows:

Women

Pool A: Torres/Gutiérrez MEX; Bennett/Valenciana ISV; Lopez/Lolette NCA

Pool B: Gonzalez/Navas PUR; Vigil/Tovar ESA; Kailin/Drik CUB

Pool C: Grewal/Pantovic CAN; Shaffer/Kramer USA; Cruz/Torres MEX; Oriana/Yonnielis VEN

Pool D: Alvarado/Guerra GUA; Quesada/Aguilar CRC; Ramirez/Valeria VEN; Dunn/Law-Heese CAN

Men

Pool A: Lares/Carlos Andres MEX; Mora/Lopez NCA; Butcher/Enile TTO

Pool B: Kemp/Chadwick CAN; Izaguirre/Maldonado GUA; Gomez/Veranes CUB; Harrison/Hernandez VEN

Pool C: D. Dyner/Varela CRC; Guardado C./Guardado Y. ESA; Esyenser/Juliangel VEN; Rivera/Rosich PUR

Pool D: Cory/Bradford USA; Encarnacion/Pacheco PUR; Cardenas/Osuna MEX; Gannett/Rivest CAN

Women ‘s Teams

CANADA Akash Grewal/Katarina Pantovic (Grewal/Pantovic); Darby Dunn/Mikayla Law-Heese (Dunn/Law-Heese); COSTA RICA Katherine Quesada/Aliza Aguilar (Quesada/Aguilar); CUBA Kailin Garrido/Maykelin Drik (Kailin/Drik); EL SALVADOR Karla Tovar/Daniela Vigil (Tovar/Vigil); GUATEMALA Paola Alvarado/Estefanie Bethancourt (Alvarado/Guerra); MEXICO Susana Torres/Atenas Gutiérrez (Torres/Gutiérrez); Naomi Cruz/Angélica Torres (Cruz/Torres); NICARAGUA Socorro López/Lolette Rodríguez (Lopez/Lolette); PUERTO RICO María González/Allanis Navas (González/Navas); USA Michelle Shaffer/Rachael Kramer (Shaffer/Kramer); U.S. Virgin Islands Melanie Valenciana/Amber Bennett  (Valenciana/Bennett); VENEZUELA Oriana Granadillo/Yonnielis Camacho (Oriana/Yonnielis); Aidana Mejías/Valeria Moreno (Ramirez/Valeria).

Men’s Teams

CANADA Tynan Gannett/Guillaume Rivest (Gannett/Rivest); Cameron Chadwick/Robert Kemp (Chadwick/Kemp); COSTA RICA Daniel Dyner /Jhostin Varela (D.Dyner/Varela); CUBA Damian Gomez/Eblis Verane (Gomez/Veranes); EL SALVADOR Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado (Guardado C./Guardado Y.); GUATEMALA  José Izaguirre/Andrés Maldonado; MEXICO José Cardenas/Jorman Osuna (Cardenas/Osuna); Ines Vargas/Carlos Andrés Ayala (Lares/Carlos Andrés); NICARAGUA Rubén Mora/Dany López; PUERTO RICO Cristian Encarnación/José Pacheco (Encarnación/Pacheco); William Rivera/Diego Rosich; TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Josiah Butcher/Stephen Enile (Butcher/Enile); USA Evan Cory/ Derek Bradford (Cory/Bradford); VENEZUELA Jualiangel Zaid/Esynser Delgado/ (Esynser/Juliangel); Harrison Rivero/José Hernández (Harrison/Hernández).