MEN’S RESULTS | WOMEN’S RESULTS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The United States hit double-digits on medal count when all four of the beach teams at the NORCECA Punta Cana tournament finished on the podium.
Bill Kolinske and Miles Evans won the men’s gold medal and were joined on the podium by bronze finishers Billy Allen and Stafford Slick. In the women’s tournament, Jace Pardon and Lara Dykstra earned silver and Delaney Knudsen and Corinne Quiggle took home bronze.
USA Volleyball now has 11 medals on the NORCECA Continental Tour in 2017, the most for any country.
Bill Kolinske and Miles Evans were 3-0 in the pool play matches, then earned a victory against Guadeloupe in the quarterfinal before facing compatriots Billy Allen and Stafford Slick in the semifinals. USA commonly plays an all-American semifinal on the NORCECA Tour, this time Kolinske/Evans took the win 21-18, 21-15, to advance to the gold medal match.
In the finale, Kolinske/Evans only needed 34 minutes to beat Canada’s Sergiy Grabovskyy/Fiodar Kazhamiaka, 21-19, 21-15. The first-place finish marked individual international career-bests for Evans and Kolinske. In the bronze medal match, Allen/Slick topped the Dominican Republic, 21-15, 21-13. Allen/Slick finished the tournament with a 4-1 record.
In women’s play, both U.S. pairs were in the same pool, which saw Corinne Quiggle/Delaney Knudsen go 3-0 and Jace Pardon/Lara Dysktra 2-1, a lone loss to Quiggle/Knudsen, 21-12, 21-17. Both duos swept their quarterfinal matches to meet again, this time in the semifinal round.
In the semifinals, Pardon/Dkystra earned the victory over Quiggle/Knudsen, 21-18, 19-21, 15-11, to head into their second-consecutive gold medal match appearance. In the final, Canada’s Julie Gordon/Sophie Bukovec beat Pardon/Dykstra, 21-19, 21-19. Knudsen/Quiggle went on to top Canada’s other team for bronze, 21-14, 21-11.
Silver medal finishers @JacePardon Lara Dysktra now have 3 medals on 2017 @NorcecaInfo Tour https://t.co/ZwfJ4Qn27y pic.twitter.com/wXW9Q9TWqw
— USAV Beach (@USAVBeach) September 18, 2017
| NORCECA Punta Cana Roster | ||||||
| Athletes | Entry | |||||
| Bill Kolinske | Miles Evans | Main Draw | ||||
| Stafford Slick | Billy Allen | Main Draw | ||||
| Jace Pardon | Lara Dykstra | Main Draw | ||||
| Delaney Knudsen | Corinne Quiggle | Main Draw | ||||
| Staff | ||||||
| Ciara Cappo | Sports Medicine, DC | |||||
RESULTS
Women | Punta Cana | Sept. 15-17
1. Julie Gordon/Sophie Bukovec, CAN
2. Jace Pardon/Lara Dykstra
3. Delaney Knudsen/Corinne Quiggle
Men | Punta Cana | Sept. 15-17
1. Miles Evans/Bill Kolinske
2. Sergiy Grabovskyy/Fiodar Kazhamiaka, CAN
3. Billy Allen/Stafford Slick
Women | Varadero | July 14-16
1. Jace Pardon/Lara Dykstra
2. Lidiannis Echeverria/Leila Martinez, CUB
3. Lianma Flores/Yanisleidis Sanchez, CUB
4. Karissa Cook/Katie Spieler
Men | Varadero | July 14-16
1. Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, CUB
2. Jeremy Casebeer/John Mayer
3. Chichi Aguilera/Luis Reyes, CUB
7. Jon Mesko/Skylar Del Sol
Women | Ochos Rios | June 23-25
1. Jamie Broder/Sophie Bukovec, CAN
2. Lianma Flores/Yanisleidis Sanchez, CUB
3. Karissa Cook/Katie Spieler
5. Jace Pardon/Lara Dykstra
Men | Ochos Rios | June 23-25
1. Karell Pina/Daisel Quesada, CUB
2. Miles Evans/Bill Kolinske
3. Aaron Nusbaum/Josh Binstock, CAN
5. Jon Mesko/Skylar Del Sol
Women | Playoff #2, May 16
1. Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen
2. Katie Spieler/Karissa Cook
3. Lara Dykstra/Jace Pardon
Men | Playoff #2, May 16
1. Billy Allen/Stafford Slick
2. Bill Kolinske/Miles Evans
3. Mark Burik/Avery Drost
Women | Cayman Islands | April 21-23
1. Lidiannis Echeverria/Leila Martinez, CUB
2. Jace Pardon/Lara Dykstra
3. Jamie Broder/Caleigh Whitaker, CAN
4. Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen
Men | Cayman Islands | April 21-23
1. Karell Pina/Daisel Quesada, CUB
2. Maverick Hatch/Garrett May, CAN
3. Mark Burik/Bill Kolinske
9. Jon Mesko/Skylar Del Sol
Women | La Paz | April 7-9
1. Lidiannis Echeverria/Leila Martinez, CUB
2. Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, CAN
3. Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen
6. Brittany Hochevar/Emily Day
Men | La Paz | April 7-9
1. Karell Pina/Daisel Quesada, CUB
2. Juan Virgen/Lombardo Ontiveros, MEX
3. Josue Gaxiola/Jose Rubio, MEX
4. Jon Mesko/Skylar Del Sol
9. Stafford Slick/Reid Priddy
Women | Playoff #1 | March 22
1. Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen
2. Brittany Hochevar/Emily Day
3. Lara Dykstra/Jace Pardon
Men | Playoff #1 | March 22
1. Casey Patterson/Theo Brunner
2. Jon Mesko/Skylar Del Sol
3. Stafford Slick/Reid Priddy