{"id":27799,"date":"2026-04-19T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/?p=27799"},"modified":"2026-04-20T02:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:02:48","slug":"van-winden-sparks-of-the-united-states-claim-gold-at-the-first-stop-of-the-2026-norceca-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/van-winden-sparks-of-the-united-states-claim-gold-at-the-first-stop-of-the-2026-norceca-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Winden\/Sparks de Estados Unidos conquistan el oro en la primera parada del Tour NORCECA 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOS\u00c9, Costa Rica, 19 de abril de 2026.- La dupla estadounidense de Torrey Van Winden y Lindsey Sparks se coron\u00f3 campeona de la primera parada del Tour NORCECA de Voleibol de Playa 2026, celebrada en Costa Rica, tras imponerse 2-1 (18-21, 21-14, 15-10) a las canadienses Darby Dunn y Alison McKay en una final que fue de menos a m\u00e1s y que cerr\u00f3 con claro dominio de Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Winden\/Sparks, quienes debutan como equipo en el circuito NORCECA, conquistaron su primera medalla juntas y lo hicieron en lo m\u00e1s alto del podio, mostrando car\u00e1cter y solidez en los momentos decisivos tras ceder el primer set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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USA Gold Medal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Del otro lado, Dunn\/McKay llegaban respaldadas por resultados recientes en el circuito, incluyendo el oro en la octava etapa del Tour NORCECA 2025 en El Salvador y un bronce en Punta Cana, actuaciones que las consolidaban como una de las duplas m\u00e1s consistentes del torneo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En semifinales, las estadounidenses avanzaron con autoridad al derrotar 2-0 (21-18, 21-13) a Susana Torres y Abril Flores de M\u00e9xico. Por su parte, Dunn and McKay, necesitaron tres sets para superar 2-1 (21-19, 17-21, 15-8) a las costarricenses Marcela Araya y Eugenia Ram\u00edrez, en un duelo muy disputado que mantuvo a la afici\u00f3n local expectante hasta el final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En el partido por la medalla de bronce, Torres\/Flores se impusieron 2-0 (21-17, 21-16) a Araya\/Ram\u00edrez, en un encuentro controlado por la dupla mexicana para asegurar su lugar en el podio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El torneo dej\u00f3 un balance competitivo, con nuevas duplas emergiendo en la regi\u00f3n y otras reafirmando su consistencia, en una parada que marc\u00f3 el inicio de la temporada 2026 del circuito NORCECA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CAN Silver Medal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

RANKING FINAL FEMENINO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Van Winden \/ Sparks (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Dunn \/ McKay (CAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Torres \/ Flores (MEX)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Araya \/ Ram\u00edrez (CRC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Paniagua \/ Almanzar (DOM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Race \/ Hunt (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Molina \/ Aguilar (CRC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Tovar \/ Vigil (ESA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Hladyniuk \/ Robitaille (CAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Alvarado \/ Gonzalez (GUA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. N\u00fa\u00f1ez \/ Moreno (CRC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. Cepek \/ Juarez (MEX)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13. Lopez \/ Lolette (NCA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14. Gumbs \/ Hensley Philip (SKN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15. Vernecia \/ Jordan (ISV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16. Smith-Johnson \/ A. Robinson (CAY)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MEX Bronze Medal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

RESULTADOS D\u00cdA 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINAL: Van Winden\/Sparks (USA) 2-1 Dunn\/Mckay (CAN) (18-21\/21-14\/15-10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THIRD PLACE: Torres\/Flores (MEX) 2-0 Araya\/Ramirez (CRC) (21-17\/21-16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEMIFINALS: Van Winden\/ Sparks (USA) 2-0 Torres\/Flores (MEX) (21-18\/21-13); Dunn\/McKay (CAN) 2-1 Araya\/Ramirez (21-19\/17-21\/15-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F15: Vernecia\/Jordan (ISV) 2-1 Smith-Johnson\/A Robinson (CAY) (16-21\/21-18\/15-13)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F5: Paniagua\/Almanzar (DOM) 2-1 Race\/Hunt (USA) (21-19\/17-21\/15-12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F7: Molina\/Aguilar (CRC) 2-1 Tovar\/Vigil (ESA) (21-13\/14-21\/15-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C5\/8: Paniagua\/Almanzar (DOM) 2-0Molina\/Aguilar (CRC) (21-13\/21-17)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C5\/8: Race\/Hunt (USA) 2-1 Tovar\/Vigil (ESA) (22-20\/16-21\/15-10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F9: Hladyniuk\/Robitaille (CAN) 2-0 Alvarado\/Gonzalez (GUA) (21-12\/21-10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F11: N\u00fa\u00f1ez\/Moreno (CRC) 2-0 Cepek\/Juarez (MEX) (21-10\/23-21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F13: L\u00f3pez\/Lolette (NCA) 2-0 Gumbs\/Hensley Philip (SKN) (21-9\/21-11)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SAN JOS\u00c9, Costa Rica, April 19, 2026.- The American duo of Torrey Van Winden and Lindsey Sparks were crowned champions of the first stop of the 2026 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, held in Costa Rica, after defeating Canada\u2019s Darby Dunn and Alison McKay 2-1 (18-21, 21-14, 15-10) in a final that built in intensity and finished […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27800,"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-27799","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\/27799","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=27799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27804,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27799\/revisions\/27804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}