U.S., Mexico Beach Teams Lead NORCECA

B.J. Hoeptner Evans
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: (719) 228-6800
E-Mail: bj.evans@usav.org

Tournament Bulletin No. 2

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (Aug. 27, 2010) – The Mexican men’s team of Aldo Miramontes and Juan Virgen went 3-0 on Friday in the first day of pool play at the NORECA Beach Volleyball Circuit event at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista.

Three U.S. teams are also undefeated in their pools at 2-0.

On the men’s side, the USA-4 team of Avery Drost (Redlands, Calif.) and Mike Maghy (Fountain Valley, Calif.) went 2-0.

For the women, the USA-2 team of Emily Day (Torrance, Calif.) and Kaitlin Sather (Santa Rosa, Calif.) went 2-0 as did the USA-5 team of Tealle Hunkus (Girard, Ohio) and Heather Lowe (Cypress, Calif.

Hunkus and Lowe, who won the Manhattan Open last weekend, opened the day with a hard-fought Pool 1 victory over Puerto Rico’s Yarleen Santiago and Dariam Acevedo, 21-15, 21-19.

“We’re just happy to be playing this weekend,” Hunkus said. “Manhattan gave us a lot of confidence. But this is another tournament, another weekend and another chance to play the game we love.”

Hunkus and Lowe also defeated Costa Rica’s Ingrid Morales and Natalia Alfaro, 21-17, 21-17.

Miramontes and Virgen lead men’s Pool 2 after victories over Guatemala’s Rodrigo Gonzalez Flores and Erick Rolando Garrido Ruiz, 21-6, 21-14; Puerto Rico’s Roberto Rodriguez and Orlando Irizarry, 2-1 (21-19, 21-23, 15-11) and the USA-2 team of Andy McGuire (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Seth Burnham (Santa Cruz, Calif.), 21-15, 21-15.

Drost and Maghy went 2-0 in Pool 1 with victories over Costa Rica’s Jonathan Guevara and Esteban Escobar, 19-21, 21-17, 10-15 and Costa Rica’s Luis Raul Sandoval and Julio Cesar Alvarez, 21-13, 21-13.

The U.S. women’s team of Day and Sather went 2-0 in Pool 2, defeating Kelly Brunning (Mesa, Ariz.) and Lynne Galli (San Diego, Calif.), 23-21, 10-21, 23-21 and Guatemala’s Guatemala: Maria Jose Orellana Aragon and Anna Lourdes Ramirez Sarti, 21-13, 23-21.

Pool play will finish on Saturday followed by single elimination play. The semifinals and medal matches will be played on Sunday.

Scores from the first day of the NORCECA Beach Circuit event at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista.

Women’s Pool 1
Hunkus/Lowe (USA-5) def. Santiago/Acevedo (PUR), 21-15, 21-19
Morales/Alforo (CRC) def. Moriarty/Hughes (USA-3), 22-20, 21-13
Santiago/Acevedo (PUR) def. Moriarty/Hughes (USA-3), 19-21, 21-14, 15-9
Hunkus/Lowe (USA-5) def. Morales/Alforo (CRC), 21-17, 21-17

Women’s Pool 2
Sather/Day (USA-2) def. Brunning/Galli (USA-1), 23-21, 10-21, 23-21
Ross/Roenicke (USA-4) def. Orellana Aragon/Ramirez (GUA), 21-11, 21-12
Brunning/Galli (USA-1) def. Ross/Roenicke (USA-4), 21-14, 21-16
Sather/Day (USA-2) def. Orellana Aragon/Ramirez (GUA), 21-13, 23-21

Men’s Pool 1
Beukema/Gregan (USA-1) def. Osorio-Vargas Coreeas (ESA), 21-19, 21-19
Drost/Maghy (USA-4) def. Guerara/Escobar (CRC), 19-21, 21-17, 15-10
Drost/Maghy (USA-4) def. Sandoval/Alvarez (CRC), 21-13, 21-13
Beukema/Gregan (USA-4) def. Guerara/Escobar (CRC), 19-21, 21-19, 15-11
Guerara/Escobar (CRC) def. Osorio-Vargas Coreeas (ESA), 19-21, 21-19, 15-11
Sandoval/Alvarez (CRC) def. Beukema/Gregan (USA-1), 18-21, 21-15, 15-13

Men’s Pool 2
Miramontes/Virgen (MEX) def. Gonzalez/Garrido (GUA), 21-6, 21-4
Rodriguez-Irizarry (PUR) def. Montgomery/Barry (USA-3), 21=14, 21-19
McGuire/Burnham (USA-2) def. Montgomery/Barry (USA-3), 19-21, 21-19, 16-14
Miramontes/Virgen (MEX) def. Rodriguez/Irizarry (PUR), 21-19, 21-23, 15-11
Rodriguez/Irizarry (PUR) def. Gonzalez/Garrido (GUA), 21-11, 21-15
MIramontes/Virgen (MEX) def. McGuire/Burnham (USA-2), 21-15, 21-15

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