OCHO RIOS, Montego Bay, Jamaica, November 15, 2019 - USA-A's
Falyn Fonoimoana and Corinne Quiggle, winners of the previous gold
medal in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic are among seven teams
already through to the quarterfinals after day one of the
tenth and final leg of the 2019 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour.
Pre-tournament favourites, Fonoimoana and Quiggle defeated
Trinidad and Tobago's Rheeza Grant and La Teisha Joseph 2-0
(21-11, 21-12) while United States Virgin Islands Taylor
Nutterfield and the late arriving Melanie Valenciana , who
literally came out off a taxi from the airport and straight to the
playing courts, also beat TTO 2-0 (25-23, 21-17) to earn a spot in
the main draw next round from Pool A.
Cubans Yanisleidis Sanchez and Lidiannis Echeverria who ended
second in Hato Mayo, also started on a winning note in Pool B, 2-0
(21-12, 21-1) over Canada-B's Megan Nash and Alexandra Poletto, who
won bronze two weeks ago. Canada-A 's Devon May and Draby
Dunn also beat Nash and Poletto 2-1 (20-22, 21-13, 15-12).
Nicaraguans Valeria Mendoza and Lolette Rodriguez , and
Curacao's Angjeny Tolentino, and Leandra Savonije have earned
the two qualifying spots to the main draw from Pool C.
This after Mendoza and Rodriguez beat Jamaica-B's Tavia Watson and
Selena Mitchell 2-0 (21-7, 21-7), and United States Virgin
Islands-B Jade Vitt and Lisa Dietrich 2-0 (21-17, 21-17) while
Curacoa beat ISV-B 2-1 (12-21, 21-12, 15-7), and JAM-B 21-5,
21-11.
Guatemalans Estafanie Bethancourt and Natalia Giron are first
team to reach the main draw from Pool D, thanks to wins against
Arubans Jackie Toussaint 2-0 (21-11, 21-15), and Costa
Ricans, Angel Williams, and Camila Villegas 2-0 (21-10, 21-14).
OCHO RIOS BEACH
TOURNAMENT
Women's results:
POOL A: USA-A d TTO 2-0 (21-11, 21-12),
ISV-A d TTO 2-0 (25-23, 21-17). POOL B:
CAN-A d CAN-B 2-1 (20-22, 21-13, 15-12), CUB d CAN-B 2-0 (21-12,
21-18). POOL C: CUR d JAM-B 2-0 (21-5, 21-11),
NCA d JAM-B 2-0 (21-7, 21-7), CUR d ISV-B 2-1
(13-21, 21-12, 15-7), NCA d ISV-B 2-0 (21-17, 21-17). POOL
D: CRC d JAM-A 2-1 (21-10, 21-23, 15-10), GUA d ARU 2-0
(21-11, 21-15), JAM d ARU 2-0 (21-15, 21-17), GUA d CRC 2-0 (21-10,
21-14),