USA teams to meet in men’s semifinals
KRALENDIJK, Bonaire, September 27, 2019 - USA-A and USA-B
men´s main draw semifinals after winning their quarterfinal
matches in straight sets at the Seventh Leg of the 2019
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour Circuit.
First up, USA-A duo, Kyle Friend and Travis Mewhirter held
off El Salvadorans Franklin Flores and David Vargas 2-0
(21-16, 21-19) in their quarterfinal, while USA-B
combination of Kristopher Johnson and Christopher Austin
overcame St Kitts and Nevis´ St Clair Hodge and Shawn
Seabrookes 2-0 (21-6, 21-13) to set up a semifinal which
assures one USA team in with a chance at the gold medal.
Canadas´s Simon Fecteau-Boutin and Ivan Reka defeated
Trinidad and Tobago´s Daneil Williams 2-1 (16-21, 21-19,
15-13) in their quarterfinal and will come up against
Mexico´s Jose Luis Rubio and Josue Gaston Gaxiola in the
other semifinal after the latter who outplayed Nicaraguans
Alejandro Ruben Mora and Antonio Dany Lopez 2-0 (21-16,
21-19) in their quarterfinal.
When round-robin pool play resumed on Friday morning,
Mexicans Rubio and Gaxiola (1-1) ended second in Pool A
behind Friend and Mewhirter (2-0) by beating US Virgin
Islands´ Brian Kwansy and Gabriel Ospina Rodriguez 2-0
(21-16, 21-10)
In Pool B, Mora and Lopez (2-0) outlasted Flores and Vargas
2-0 (25-23, 21-16) in their pool decider, Williams and
Phillip also topped Pool C after taking a 2-0 (21-17, 21-14)
win over previously unbeaten Hodge and Seabrookes while in
Pool D, Johnson and Austin brushed aside Curacao´s Ernaldo
Mota and Jurcham Meulens, 2-0 (21-14, 21-14) to end 3-0.
Friday’s results in Bonaire
Men’s results
Pool A:
MEX d ISV 2-0 (21-16, 21-10).
Pool B:
NCA d ESA 2-0 (25-23, 21-16).
Pool C:
TTO d SKN 2-0 (21-17, 21-14). Pool D: CAN d BON-A 2-0
(21-6, 21-6), USA-B d CUR 2-0 (21-14, 21-14).
Quarterfinals:
USA-A d ESA 2-0 (21-16, 21-19), USA-B d SKN 2-0 (21-6,
21-13), CAN d TTO 2-1 (21-16, 19-21, 15-13), MEX d NCA 2-0
(21-16, 21-19). Losers Quarterfinals: BON-A d BON-B
2-1 (17-21, 21-14, 15-6).
