Players from eight countries at Tijuana Beach Volleyball

TIJUANA, Mexico, September 24, 2010 – Players from eight countries will take part in the Tijuana Beach Volleyball Tournament, the eighth stop of the 2010 NORCECA Circuit.

The countries represented in the event are Aruba, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico and United States.

Mexicans Aldo Miramontes and Juan Virgen in the men’s division and Puerto Ricans Yarleen Santiago and Dariam Acevedo in the women’s side are the top-seeded pairs in the competition to be held at Baja California High Development Center.

Both duos have won four of the seven competition held so far in this year’s event of ten stops in total.

Arnaldo Sanchez, Technical Director and President of NORCECA Beach Volleyball Commission, informed the competition is scheduled under a double-elimination format and a total prize of US$10,000 for both genders.

Women’s Teams: Yarleen Santiago/Dariam Acevedo (PUR), Aurora Skarra/Kelly Haan (USA), Maria Orellana/Lourdes Ramirez (GUA), Nirian Sinal/Kirenia Ballard (CUB), Ingrid Morales/Natalia Alfaro (CRC), Kacie Mac Tavish/Kristin Valjas (CAN-1), Laura Billings/Colleen Ugilvie (CAN-2), Mayra Garcia/Bibi Candelas (MEX-1), Sarah ArroyoGloria Santoyo (MEX-2) and Martha Revuelta/Xitlali Herrera (MEX-3).

Men’s Teams: Aldo Miramontez/Juan Virgen (MEX-1), Ulises Ontiveros/Lombardo Ontiveros (MEX-2),  Oliver Sebastián/Ricardo Galindo (MEX-3), Roberto Gonzalez/Jorge Rodríguez (MEX-4), Jaime Lopez/Armando Lopez (MEX-5), Joseph Dykstra/Aaron Mansfield (USA), Roberto Rodriguez/Orlando Irizarry (PUR), Maverick Hatch/Jessi Lelliot (CAN-1), Francois Allaire/Simon Fecteau-Botin (CAN-2), Kinderlan Alvarez/Sergio Gonzalez (CUB), Diego Alpizar/Rooper Espinoza (CRC), Erick Garrido/Andy Leonardo (GUA) and, Mitchel Daniel/Eargenell de Cuba (ARU).