PRESS RELEASE 09/10/2009

Three Mexican Teams in Quarterfinals of the III NORCECA Circuit

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, October 9, 2009 – The women’s Mexican teams that participated in the III NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit tournament being held in Puerto Vallarta had a first run of positive results, leading 3 of the 4 competing teams into the quarterfinals taking place on Saturday starting at 9:00AM.  In the men’s category, the Mexican selection did not have the opportunity to advance.

In the women’s category, during a match at the main court at the stadium in the Unidad Agustin Flores Contreras Sports Complex, team Mexico 3, made up of Rosario Reyes and Xitlali Herrera, defeated Guatemalans Maria Orellana and Anna Ramirez after two set sets with a partial score of 21-15 on both occasions.

On the second round, team Mexico 3 overtook the Costa Rican duo made up of Mariana Elena Alfaro and Irene Fonseca, with a double score of 13-21.

The duo integrated by Diana Estrada and Martha Revueltas (team Mexico 2) defeated Canada’s Jamie Border and Elizabeth Maloney in their first bout in three sets (21-14, 15-21, and 15-21).  In the next round, they also imposed themselves over the United States team made up of Kristen Batt and Megan Wallin with partial scores of 12-21 and 13-21.

The third Mexican duo to qualify and thus stay in the event was the one made up by Beijing 2008 Olympians, Mayra Garcia and Bibiana Candelas, who in their first encounter defeated Puerto Rico’s Yarleen Santiago and Darian Acevedo in three sets with partial scores of 21-12, 13-25, and 15-16.

Cuba was the fourth team to qualify in the women’s category after winning over El Salvador’s Yvonne Soler and Laura Molina with a score of 21-11 and 21-13.

In the men’s category, the teams qualifying for the quarterfinals were Puerto Rico, Canada 1, Cuba and the United States.

Puerto Rico’s Orlando Irizarry and Roberto Rodriguez left behind the team from Nicaragua made up of Winston Calderon and Danny Lopez with partial scores of 21-12 and 21-18.

Canada’s Josh Binstock and Matt Zbysewski defeated Mexico’s Salvador Frias and Tomas Hernandez in two sets both with a score of 21-0 and also, Canada’s Raymond Sewell and Martin Reader defeated team Mexico 1 (Aldo Miramontes and Juan Virgen) in three sets of 21-13, 13-20, and 5-15.

Cuba’s Yoendry Kindelan and Yunieski Ramirez overtook Mexico’s Ulises and Lombardo Ontiveros in three sets with partial scores of 24-26, 21-18, and 15-10.

Finally, the United States earned their pass to the quarterfinals after Seth Burnham and Marcin Jagoda defeated Guatemala’s Jorge Bolaños and Erick Garrido.

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