Two teams of Puerto Rico in women’s semifinals

MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, August 25, 2012 – The two teams of Puerto Rico qualified as the first semifinalists of the Mayaguez Beach Volleyball Tournament, the seventh stop of the 2012 NORCECA Circuit.

Third seeded Yarleen Santiago and Yamileska Yantin, winners of the Boca Chica event this year, and Dariam Acevedo and Tatiana Encarnacion secured spots in the final-four round of the competition much to the delight of the home crowd.

Santiago/Yantin of Puerto Rico-A, who got a bye to the second round, first defeated Victoria Cowley and Jacqueline Tait of Canada-B by 2-0 (21-11, 21-16) and then won 22-20, 21-11 against Martha Revuelta and Vanessa Virgen of Mexico.

Acevedo/Encarnacion first prevailed 21-16, 21-18 against Ingrid Morales and Natalia Alfaro of Costa Rica, continued with a 21-13, 21-10 win over Deborah Constanzo and Karla Montilla of Dominican Republic, and then overcame Kaila NG and Alexandra Hudson of Canada-A 23-21, 21-18.

Revuelta/Virgen will play in the quarterfinals of the losers’ bracket against Cristin Alexander and Jenifer Bily of Cayman Islands, who outdueled Constanzo/Montilla 21-16, 14-21, 16-14 in the most exciting match on Saturday. NG/Hudson will meet Morales/Alfaro, who won 21-9, 21-14 over Cowley/Tait.

Women’s results

CAY d ISV 2-0 (21-8, 21-15), PUR-B d CRC 2-0 (21-16, 21-18), TRI d ANT 2-0 (21-10, 21-11), CAN-B d ESA (22-20, 21-12), MEX d. TRI 2-0 (21-11, 21-15), CAN-A d CAY 2-0 (21-18, 22-20), PUR-B d DOM 2-0 (21-13, 21-10), PUR-A d CAN-B 2-0 (21-11, 21-16), CRC d TRI (21-13, 21-12), DOM d ANT 2-0 (21-12, 21-16), CAY d. ESA 2-0 (21-18, 23-21), PUR-B d CAN-A 2-0 (23-21, 21-18), CAN-2 d ISV 2-0 (21-10, 21-9), PUR-A d MEX 2-0 (22-20, 21-11), CAY d DOM (21-16, 14-21, 16-14), CRC d CAN-B 2-0 (21-9, 21-14).