The local women’s pair of Elki Phillip and Ayana Dyette were ousted at the quarterfinal stage of the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Tournament at Rosarito Beach Hotel, Rosarito, Mexico on Saturday. After losses on Friday’s opening day to Puerto Ricans’Yamileska Yantin and Tatiana Encarnación (15-21, 17-21) and USA’s Kelly Schumacher and Angela Bryan, (10-21, 9-21), Phillip and Dyette were beaten in their final round-robin match Canada’s Kristina Vlcek and Rebecca Billings 19-21, 10-21. However, the T&T pair still qualified for the quarterfinals where they were stopped by Mexico-1 players, Bibiana Candelas and Mayra García 21-14, 21-8.
The local men’s pair of David Thomas and Fabien Whitfield ended winless as well from their four matches.
On Saturday, Mexico-3 duo, Jaime Lopez and Armando Lopez defeated Thomas and Whitfield 21-17, 21-11 while the US Virgin Islands’ Marc Lomeli and Gustavo Cintron overcame the T&T pair 21-10, 21-18. On Friday, USA’s Andrew McGuire and Avery Drost defeated Thomas and Whitfield 24-22, 21-10 while the latter were also beaten by Puerto Ricans, Roberto Rodriguez and Christopher Underwood 7-21, 14-21.
In the finals on Sunday, the Mexican Olympic duo of Garcia and Candelas, as well as Puerto Rico’s Christopher Underwood and Roberto Rodriguez won the gold medal.
Garcia and Candelas defeated the Mexico’s number 2 couple, conformed by Martha Revuelta and Vanessa Virgen 25-23, 21-17 while Underwood and Rodriguez won against Mexico’s Aldo Miramontes and Juan Virgen 21-15, 18-21, 15-11. USA teams finished with bronze medals after winning men’s and women’s third place matches. Andrew Mcguire and Avery Drost defeated Guatemala’s Andy Blanco and Erick Garrido 21-13, 21-14 while Kelly Schumacher and Angela Bryan defeated Susana Alvarado and Lourdes Ramirez of Guatemala 21-17, 21-16.
Source: www.guardian.co.tt