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PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, June 26, 2015 – Jamaica joined
the two teams each of Canada and United States as the undefeated
women’s tandems after day one of the Punta Cana Beach Volleyball
Tournament, the second leg of the 2015 NORCECA Circuit.
Playing in Pool B, Jamaicans Danielle Perry and Sashalee Wallen
were successful in their two outings on Friday against Antigua’s
Mali Peters and Rosemarie Simon (21-17, 21-13) and Dominican
Republic’s Jennifer Batista and Raquel Ferrand (21-11, 21-14).
Also in Pool B, the Canada-A team of Claudia Seguin and
Alexandra Poletto prevailed in three sets (21-12, 17-21, 15-12)
against Batista and Ferrand and then defeated Peters and Simon
(21-13, 21-15).
In Pool A, Traci Weamer and Kendra Vanzwieten of United States-A
defeated Guatemala’s Natalia Girón and Estefanie Bethancourt
21-10, 21-14 before crushing Mannika Charles and Amber Bennett
of U.S. Virgin Islands 21-4, 21-5.
In Pool D, Emily Stockman and Allison McColloch of United
States-B won 21-7, 21-8 against Ayana Dyette and Malika Davidson
of Trinidad & Tobago and outdueled Cuba’s Yanileydis Sanchez and
Lidianny Echevarria 21-17, 16-21, 15-12.
Women’s Results on Friday
Pool A:
GUA d HON 2-0 (21-6, 21-1), USA-A d GUA 2-0 (21-10, 21-14), HON
d ISV 2-0 (21-13, 21-17), USA-A d ISV 2-0 (21-4, 21-5). Pool
B: CAN-A d DOM 2-1 (21-12, 17-21, 15-12), JAM d ANT 2-0
(21-17, 21-13), CAN-A d ANT 2-0 (21-13, 21-15), JAM d DOM 2-0
(21-11, 21-14). Pool C: PUR d BIZ 2-0 (21-8, 21-8), CAN-B
d NCA 2-0 (21-18, 21-14), NCA d BIZ 2-0 (21-9, 21-11), CAN-B d
PUR 2-0 (23-21, 21-14.
Pool D:
USA-B d TTO 2-0 (21-7, 21-8), USA-B d CUB 2-1 (21-17, 16-21,
15-12), ESA d TTO 2-0 (21-19, 21-16), CUB d ESA 2-0 (21-13,
21-14). |
