Puerto Rico and Costa Rica start off with two victories

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, November 22, 2013. -The first day of actions at the tenth leg of the 2013 NORCECA Circuit, saw Puerto Rico and Costa Rica-A women’s duos with two victories at Hatillo 7 in Costa Rica.

Dariam Acevedo and Vanessa Velez of Puerto Rico in Pool D won 21-12, 21-19 over Canada-B Victoria Altomare and Julie Gordon. In their second outing they struggled to defeat CRC-C of Katherine Quesada and Eugenia Ramirez by 2-1 (21-10, 14-21, 15-13).

In Pool E, home girls Karen Cope and Natalia Alfaro of Costa Rica-A dispatched Traci Daley and Allison Flemingof USA-B 2-0 (25-23, 21-17) and their compatriots siblings Paola and Betzy Cruz of CRC-B 2-0 (21-13, 21-7), who earlier prevailed over Guatemala’s Nadia Galan and Lourdes Ramirez 2-1 (15-21, 23-21, 17-15).

With only one outing and one win were Mexico, USA-A, Canada-A and El Salvador.

Martha Revuelta and Bibiana Candelas (MEX) in Pool C saw off Jamie Farley and Laurie Bachler of ISV by 21-9, 21-7, while Heather Hughes and Lane Carico of USA-A beat Jakeline Toruño and Swan Mendoza of Nicaragua 2-0 (21-12, 21-14) in Pool A.

Pool B had Kacie MacTavish and Caleigh Whitaker (CAN-A) prevail over Samantha Mann and Dala Noel of LCA 21-9 even, who also lost to Diana Romero and Marcela Avalos of El Salvador 2-0 (21-12, 21-7).

Pool play concludes on Saturday followed by the quarterfinals.

Women’s Results Friday:

Pool A:NCA d TTO 2-0(21-14, 21-13); USA-A d NCA 2-0 (21-12, 21-14). Pool B:CAN-A d LCA 2-0 (21-9, 21-9); ESA d LCA 2-0 (21-12, 21-7). Pool C:ISV d HON 2-0 (21-18, 21-14); MEX d ISV 2-0 (21-9, 21-7). Pool D:CRC-C d DOM 2-0 (21-10, 21-8); PUR d CAN-B 2-0 (21-12, 21-19); CAN-B d DOM 2-0 (24-22, 21-17); PUR d CRC-C 2-1 (21-10, 14-21, 15-13). Pool E:CRC-B d GUA 2-1 (15-21, 23-21, 17-15); CRC-A d USA-B 2-0 (25-23, 21-17); USA-B d GUA 2-0 (21-12, 21-13); CRC-A d CRC-B 2-0 (21- 13, 21-7).