Rafu and Lula honeymooning in Mazatlan

MAZATLAN, Mexico, September 14, 2013 – Roberto “Rafu” Rodriguez and Anna Lourdes “Lula” Ramírez married recently, so the Mazatlan Beach Volleyball Tournament is serving to the new couple as a special occasion and place for an extended honeymoon.

On the sand, the Puerto Rican Rafu is pairing up with Hector Soto while the Guatemalan Lula is teaming up with María Jose Orellana, but otherwise they are together all the time pampering each other under the sun and the stars in the the paradisiacal Mazatlan in western Mexico.

They met in a NORCECA tournament a couple years ago and the magic of love at first sight worked out with the complicity of beach volleyball, the sport they both love. They dated for a while and finally tied the knot.

The good-looking couple happens to be also excellent athletes, especially Rodriguez who won four gold medals in 2012 and triumphed in the first event of 2013 in Cayman Islands and claimed a bronze medal in the event in Toluca, Mexico.

Rodriguez’s playing career in NORCECA Circuit includes 26 medals (6 golds, nive silvers and 11 bronzes) with different partners.

Ramirez’s successful career has been mostly associated with tournaments in the Central American region but she has been good enough to claim a bronze (2010) and a silver (2012) in the NORCECA Circuit, both times playing at home.

Meanwhile, the fraternity of beach volleyball is still celebrating and toasting for the bride and the groom who suddenly have stopped to call each other by their old nicknames.

For the time being, Rafu and Lula have adopted the more appropriated of “Sweetie” and “Honey”.