{"id":27745,"date":"2026-04-17T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/?p=27745"},"modified":"2026-04-18T01:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:04:15","slug":"five-duos-remain-undefeated-after-balanced-womens-opening-day-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/five-duos-remain-undefeated-after-balanced-womens-opening-day-in-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinco duplas se mantienen invictas tras equilibrada jornada inaugural femenina en Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOS\u00c9, Costa Rica, 17 de abril de 2026.- Cinco duplas cerraron invictas la primera jornada del cuadro femenino en la primera parada del Tour NORCECA de Voleibol de Playa 2026, en un inicio competitivo celebrado en La Sabana, donde se combinaron marcadores contundentes con duelos muy disputados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Las parejas de Darby Dunn\/Alison McKay (Canad\u00e1), Crismil Paniagua\/Bethania Almanzar (Rep\u00fablica Dominicana), Torrey Van Winden\/Lindsey Sparks (Estados Unidos), Susana Torres\/Abril Flores (M\u00e9xico) y las anfitrionas Marcela Araya\/Eugenia Ram\u00edrez (Costa Rica) marcaron el paso tras firmar dos victorias cada una.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En el Pool A, Dunn\/McKay dominaron con claridad al vencer 2-0 (21-8, 21-8) a Ingrid N\u00fa\u00f1ez\/Keila Moreno de Costa Rica y 2-0 (21-8, 21-17) a Karla Tovar\/Daniela Vigil de El Salvador. Previamente, Tovar\/Vigil hab\u00edan ganado por forfeit 2-0 (21-0, 21-0) ante Vernecia Caines\/D\u2019Keisha Jordan de Islas V\u00edrgenes Estadounidenses, quienes luego cayeron 2-0 (21-15, 21-15) frente a N\u00fa\u00f1ez\/Moreno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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USA vs NCA | W | Hunt (1) USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

El Pool B tuvo dominio compartido con dos duplas invictas. Paniagua\/Almanzar superaron 2-0 (21-4, 21-8) a Shajunee Gumbs\/Jontelle Hensley Philip de San Crist\u00f3bal y Nieves y 2-0 (21-11, 21-15) a Anna Sof\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez Cepek\/Ana Sof\u00eda Ju\u00e1rez de M\u00e9xico. A su vez, Van Winden\/Sparks tambi\u00e9n impusieron condiciones al derrotar 2-0 (21-11, 21-8) a M\u00e9xico y 2-0 (21-7, 21-9) a San Crist\u00f3bal y Nieves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torres\/Flores, en el Pool C, mantuvieron su paso perfecto tras vencer 2-0 (21-15, 21-10) a Laura Molina\/Aliza Aguilar de Costa Rica) y 2-0 (21-8, 21-14) a Chante Smith-Johnson\/Amanda Robinson de Islas Caim\u00e1n). Molina\/Aguilar se recuperaron con un triunfo 2-0 (21-18, 21-19) sobre Paola Alvarado\/Marisabel Gonz\u00e1lez de Guatemala, quienes previamente hab\u00edan derrotado 2-0 (21-8, 21-14) a la dupla de Islas Caim\u00e1n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los choques m\u00e1s re\u00f1idos se dieron en el Pool D. Araya\/Ram\u00edrez se adue\u00f1aron del grupo tras imponerse 2-1 (21-23, 21-18, 15-11) a Sophia Hladyniuk\/Myriam Robitaille de Canad\u00e1, luego de haber debutado con victoria 2-0 (22-20, 21-16) sobre Halle Hunt\/Jade Race de Estados Unidos. Las canadienses ven\u00edan de vencer 2-1 (21-8, 14-21, 15-9) a Socorro L\u00f3pez\/Lolette Rodr\u00edguez de Nicaragua, quienes posteriormente cayeron 2-0 (21-14, 21-19) ante Hunt\/Race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La competencia continuar\u00e1 este s\u00e1bado con la conclusi\u00f3n de la fase de grupos y el inicio de las rondas eliminatorias, en una jornada clave que comenzar\u00e1 a perfilar a las duplas aspirantes al podio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DOM vs SKN | W | Paniagua (2) DOM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

RESULTADOS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRUPO A<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dunn\/McKay (CAN) 2-0 N\u00fa\u00f1ez Moreno (CRC) (21-8\/21-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tovar\/Vigil (ESA) 2-0 Vernecia\/Jordan (ISV) (21-0\/21-0) Forfeit Team A<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dunn\/McKay (CAN) 2-0 Tovar\/Vigil (ESA) (21-8\/21-17)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00fa\u00f1ez\/Moreno 2-0 Vernecia\/Jordan (21-15\/21-15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRUPO B<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paniagua\/Almanzar (DOM) 2-0 Gumbs\/Hensley Philip (SKN) (21-4\/21-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Winden\/Sparks (USA) 2-0 Cepek\/Juarez (M\u00c9X) (21-11\/21-08)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paniagua\/Almanzar (DOM) 2-0 Cepek\/Juarez (M\u00c9X) (21-11\/21-15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Winden\/Sparks (USA) 2-0 Gumbs\/Hensley Philip (SKN) (21-7\/21-9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRUPO C<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torres\/Flores (MEX) 2-0 Molina\/Aguilar (CRC) (21-15\/21-10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alvarado\/Gonz\u00e1lez (GUA) 2-0 Smith-Johnson\/A.Robonson (CAY) (21-8\/21-14)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torres\/Flores (MEX) 2-0 Smith-Johnson\/A.Robonson (CAY) (21-8\/21-14)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Molina\/Aguilar (CRC) 2-0 Alvarado\/Gonz\u00e1lez (GUA) (21-18\/21-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRUPO D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Araya\/Ram\u00edrez (CRC) 2-0 Hunt\/Race (USA) (22-20\/21-16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hladyniuk\/Robitaille (CAN) 2-1 L\u00f3pez\/ Lolette (NCA) (21-8\/14-21\/15-9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunt\/Race (USA) 2-0 L\u00f3pez\/Lolette (NCA) (21-14\/21-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Araya\/Ram\u00edrez (CRC) 2-1  Hladyniuk\/Robitaille (CAN) (21-23\/21-18\/15-11)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SAN JOS\u00c9, Costa Rica, April 17, 2026.- Five duos finished undefeated after the opening day of the women\u2019s main draw at the first stop of the 2026 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, in a competitive start held at La Sabana that featured both dominant wins and tightly contested matches. The pairs of Darby Dunn\/Alison McKay (Canada), Crismil […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[343,356,12,20],"class_list":["post-27745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach","tag-2026-beach-volleyball-tour-norceca","tag-2026-tour-norceca-beach-volley-crc","tag-beach-volleyball","tag-norceca"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27749,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27745\/revisions\/27749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}