OCHO RIOS, Jamaica, November 16,
2019 - Curacao's Angjeny Tolentino and Leandra Savonije became only
the second Caribbean women's team to ever reach the semifinal
stage of a NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tournament on the
penultimate day of the tenth and final stop of the 2019 NORCECA
Beach Volleyball Tour.
In the quarterfinals, Tolentino
and Savonje overcame Costa Ricans Angel Williams and Camila
Villegas 2-0 (21-19, 21-17) to join the Trinidad and Tobago duo of
Nancy Joseph and Elki Phillip, who accomplished the feat in 2011 in
Dominican Republic.
However, Curacao will have a tough
task on their hands as they meet Cubans, Yanisleidis Sanchez and
Lidiannis Echeverria for a place in the gold medal match after the
latter beat United States Virgin Islands-A's Melanie Velanciana and
Taylor Nutterfield 2-0 (21-11, 21-15) in their quarterfinal.
The other semifinal will feature
favourites, USA-A's Falyn Fonoimoana and Corinne Quiggle, who won
the last leg and outplayed Canada-A's Devon May and Darby Dunn 2-0
(21-19, 21-11) in their final-eight encounter versus Nicaraguans
Valeria Mendoza and Lolette Rodriguez, 2-0 (21-16, 21-19) victors
over Guatemalans Estefanie Bethancourt and Natalia Giron.
OCHO RIOS BEACH
TOURNAMENT
Women Results
POOL A: USA-A d
ISV-A 2-0 (21-5, 21-6). POOL B: CUB d CAN-A 2-1
(21-14, 18-21, 15-10). POOL C: CUR d NCA 2-1
(17-21, 21-15, 15-12), ISV-B d JAM-B 2-0 (21-11, 21-7).
POOL D: GUA d JAM-A 2-0 (21-13, 21-5), CRC d ARU
2-0 (21-19, 21-10)
Quarterfinals:
USA-A d CAN-A 2-0 (21-19, 21-11), NCA d GUA 2-0 (21-16, 21-19), CUR
d CRC 2-0 (21-19, 21-17), CUB d ISV-A 2-0 (21-11, 21-15).
Losers
Quarterfinals: JAM-A d JAM-B 2-0 (21-14, 21-11), ISV-B d
ARU 2-0 (21-12, 21-12).