Tag: 2024 NORCECA Beach Tour Managua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 16, 2024.- Molly Shaw and Chloe Loreen of the United States won a thrilling final 2-1 (21-13, 17-21, 18-16) against Marie-Alex Bélanger and Lea Monkhouse (CAN) to claim the gold medal at the fourth stop of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour in Managua 2024.

For Shaw and Loreen, this is their second gold medal in the NORCECA Tour, having previously won the continental final in the Dominican Republic a month ago. For Bélanger, this is her second silver medal in Managua.

After a relatively comfortable first set in favor of the champions, Bélanger and Monkhouse applied pressure with their blocking and strong defense, which helped them even the match at one set each. The tight contest continued into the third set, but Shaw and Loreen, thanks to their spectacular defense, ultimately secured the final advantage.

Shaw said, “I was telling Chloe that this is the kind of game I play volleyball for. The crowd was really loud, it was pouring rain, and honestly, this was one of my favorite matches ever. The rain adds many different dynamics; the ball is slipperier, and a lot happens. It was stressful and fun at the same time”.

Loreen added,  “I feel great. I think Molly and I really came together in this match. Playing in the rain was fun; it brought me back to my roots playing in Washington, and I’m very happy we pulled through. Everything has been fantastic—I love the stadium, the crowd was so much fun, and the rain just came out of nowhere, but it was exciting”.

For the bronze medal, Nicole Reinking and Heather Friesen (USA) won 2-0 (21-14, 21-18) against Nicaragua’s Socorro López and Lolette Rodríguez

Sunday matches

Positiion 13: Núñez/Quesada (CRC) d Penner/Valenciana (ISV) 2-0 ; Position 11: Zuñiga/Aguilar (GUA) d Hands/Hamilton (BER) 2-0 (21-8, 21-10); Position 9: Valeska/Silva (NCA) d Molina/Aguilar (CRC) 2-0 (21-17, 21-14). Position 7-8: Quesada/Ramírez (CRC) d Alvarado/Resau (NCA) 2-0 (21-8, 21-15). Position 5-6: Orellana A/Alvarado (GUA) d Robitaille/Dunn (CAN) 2-0 (23-21, 21-15); Bronze Medal: Reinking/Friesen (USA) d Lopez/Lolette (NCA) 2-0 (21-14, 21-18). Gold Medal: Shaw/Loreen (USA) d Bélanger/Monkhouse (CAN) 2-1 (21-13, 17-21, 18-16).

Final positions

1.- Shaw/ Loreen USA; 2.-Bélanger/Monkhouse CAN; 3.- Reinking/Friesen USA; 4.- Lopez/Lolette NCA; 5.- Orellana A/Alvarado GUA; 6.- Robitaille/Dunn CAN; 7. Quesada/Ramírez CRC; 8.- Alvarado/Resau NCA; 9.- Valeska/Silva NCA; 10.- Molina/Aguilar CRC; 11.- Zuñiga/Aguilar GUA; 12.- Hands/Hamilton BER; 13.- Núñez/Quesada CRC; 14.- Penner/Valenciana ISV; 15.- McCoombs/H. Thompson CAY; 16.- Funes/Guzman ESA

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 16, 2024.- Timothy Brewster and Kyle Friend (USA) claimed the gold medal defeating Rouzbeh Rahnavard and Tynan Gannett (CAN) 2-0 (21-19, 22-20) in the fourth stage of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour held in Managua.

Brewster and Friend won their second title at this venue, and for Friend, it marked his farewell from the NORCECA Tour, leaving Brewster with a new partner for the upcoming tour stops. “I ended my journey well; I feel satisfied. This will be my last tour. Tim will continue on the tour, but I’m saying goodbye, and winning the final is a fantastic way to go out”,  said Kyle.

Brewster added, “We came back here with a lot of confidence after a year (they won in 2022), and we were very excited to return to Managua and secure the title again”.

Meanwhile, Diego Perez and Ryan Ierna (USA) captured the bronze medal by winning 2-1 (26-28, 21-18, 15-10) against Ruben Mora and Danny López (NCA). After a tightly contested first set won by the home team, Perez and Ierna bounced back to win the next two sets.

Results Sunday

Pos. 7-8. Rivera/Torres (PUR) de Ratter/Lomeli (ISV) 2-0 (21-18, 22-20) Pos. 5-6 D. Dyner/Araya (CRC) d. Maldonado/García (GUA) 2-0 (21-19, 21-16). Por medalla de bronce, Perez/lerna (USA) d Mora/Lopez (NCA) 2-1 (26-28, 21-18, 15-10). Por Medalla de Oro: Brewster/Friend (USA) d Rahnavard/Gannett (CAN) 2-0 (21-19, 20-22).

Final Positions

1.- Brewster/Friend (USA); 2.- Rahnavard/Gannett (CAN); 3.- Perez/Ierna (USA); 4. Mora/Lopez (NCA); 5.- D. Dyner/Araya (CRC); 6.- Maldonado/Garcia (GUA); 7.- Rivera/Torres (PUR); 8. Ratter/Lomeli (ISV); 9.- Lopez/Meneses; 10.- Zendai/Clerique (SKN); 11.- Pepe/Vargas (ESA); 12.- Darnell/Rio (LCA); 13.- Jesario/Watson (CAY); 14.- Reyes/Serrano (HON); 15; Cooke/Somerville (BER).

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 15, 2024.- Marie-Alex Bélanger/Lea Monkhouse (CAN) and Molly Shaw/Chloe Loreen (USA) will compete for the gold medal at the fourth stop of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour Managua 2024 .

Shaw/Loreen won the gold medal in the final phase of the Tour in Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic, a month ago, in a final against another couple from Canada. Bélanger won the silver medal in 2022 in Managua and is now alongside Monkhouse, with whom she placed second in a stop last year.

Shaw/Loreen had to battle hard to overcome their teammates Nicole Reinking/Heather Friesen (USA) in three sets (21-14, 22-24, 15-12), while the Canadians beat the locals Socorro López/ in the semifinal Lolette Rodríguez (NCA) with a score of 21-10, 21-16.

In the quarterfinals, Shaw/Loreen won 2-0 (21-4, 21-8) against Quesada/Ramírez CRC; Bélanger/Monkhouse defeated Orellana A/Alvarado GUA 2-0 (21-9, 21-14); Reinking/Friesen beat Robitaille/Dunn CAN 2-0 (21-17, 21-112) and López/Lolette beat Alvarado/Resau, also from Nicaragua, 2-0 (21-15, 21-13).

Saturday results

Semifinals: Bélanger/Monkhouse (CAN) d Socorro Lopez/Lolette Rodriguez NCA 2-0 (21-10, 21-16); Shaw/Loreen (USA) d Nicole Reinking/ Heather Friesen (USA) 2-1 (21-14, 22-24, 15-12); For place 15: McCoombs/H. Thompson CAY d Funes/GUZMAN ESA 2-1 (23-25, 21-15, 15-13); By positions 5-8: Orellana A/Alvarado GUA d Quesada/Ramírez CRC 2-1 (21-16, 18-21, 15-11); Robitaille/Dunn CAN d Alvarado/Resau NCA 2-0 (21-19, 21-17); Quarterfinals: Shaw/Loreen USA d Quesada/Ramírez CRC 2-0 (21-4, 21-8); Bélanger/Monkhouse CAN d Orellana A/Alvarado GUA 2-0 (21-9, 21-14); Reinking/Friesen USA d Robitaille/Dunn CAN 2-0 (21-17, 21-12); Lopez/Lolette NCA d Alvarado/Resau NCA 2-0 (21-15, 21-13). Classification 9/12: Valeska/SILVA NCA d Zuñiga/Aguilar GUA 2-0 (21-15, 21-11); Molina/Aguilar CRC d Hands/Hamilton BER 2-0 (21-6, 21-5); Classification 13/16: Núñez/Quesada CRC d Funes/GUZMAN ESA 2-0 (21-12, 21-15); Penner/Valenciana ISV d McCoombs/H. Thompson CAY 2-0 (21-10, 21- 14).

Sunday games

For 13th place: Penner/Valenciana (ISV) vs Núñez/Quesada (CRC) (9:00 a.m.); For 11th place: Hands/Hamilton (BER) vs Zuñiga/Aguilar (GUA) (9:00 a.m.); For 9th place: Molina/Aguilar (CRC) vs Valeska/SILVA (NCA) (9:00 a.m.); By place 7-8: Alvarado/Resau (NCA) vs Quesada/Ramírez (CRC) 9:45 a.m.; By place 5-6: Robitaille/Dunn (CAN) vs Orellana A/Alvarado (GUA) 10:30 a.m.; For bronze medal: Lopez/Lolette (NCA) vs Reinking/Friesen (USA) 12:45 p.m.; for gold medal: Bélanger/Monkhouse (CAN) vs Shaw/Loreen (USA) 1:30 p.m.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 15, 2024.- Rouzbeh Rahnavard/ Tynan Gannett (CAN) and Timothy Brewster/Kyle Friend (USA) will play this Sunday in the men’s final of the fourth stage of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour that takes place in Managua .

Brewster and Friend won the title in the 2022 edition at this venue and want to repeat, but they will have strong opponents in the Canadians. To reach the final, Brewster/Friend had to play a grueling three-set semifinal, which lasted one hour and 13 minutes, against Diego Perez/Ryan Lerna (USA) with scores 29-27, 19-21, 25-23.

In the other semifinal, Rouzbeh Rahnavard/Tynan Gannett (CAN) beat Rubén Mora/Danny López (NCA) 2-0 (21-18, 22-20). The bronze medal will be disputed between Perez/Lerna (USA) and Mora/López (NCA).

In the quarterfinals, Brewster/Friend (USA) defeated Edgar Maldonado/Luis García (GUA) 2-0 (24-22, 21-15); while Diego Perez/Ryan Lerna (USA) won 2-0 (21-15, 21-16) against Kendall Ratter/Marc Lomeli (ISV); Rahnavard/Gannett (CAN) won 2-1 (14-21, 21-21,15-11) against William Rivera/Arnaldo Torres (PUR) and Mora/López (NCA) won 2-1 (19-21, 21- 13, 15-12) to Daniel Dyner/Julián Araya (CRC).

Sunday games

Positions 7-8. Rivera/Torres (PUR) vs Ratter/Lomeli (ISV) 09:45 a.m. Pos. 5-6 D. Dyner/Araya (CRC) vs Maldonado/Garcia (GUA) 10:30 a.m. For bronze medal, Mora/Lopez (NCA) vs Perez/lerna (USA) 11:15 a.m. For Gold Medal, Rahnavard/Gannett (CAN) vs Brewster/Friend (USA) 12:00 MD

Saturday results

Semifinal: Brewster/Friend USA d Perez/Lerna USA 2-1 (29-17, 19-21, 25-23); Rahnavard/Gannett CAN d. Mora/Lopez NCA 2-0 (21-18, 22-20); Positions 5-8 Maldonado/Garcia GUA d Ratter/Lomeli ISV 2-1 (16-21, 21-12, 18-16); D. Dyner/Araya CRC d Rivera/Torres PUR 2-0 (21-17, 21-17). Quarterfinals Brewster/Friend USA d Maldonado/Garcia GUA 2-0 (24-22, 21-15); Perez/Ierna USA d Ratter/Lomeli ISV 2-0 (21-15, 21-16); Rahnavard/Gannett CAN d Rivera/Torres PUR 2-1 (14-21, 21-18, 15-11); Mora/Lopez NCA d D. Dyner/Araya CRC 2-1 (19 21, 21-13, 15-12). Classification 9/12. Lopez/Meneses NCA d Pepe/Vargas ESA 2-0 (21-18, 21-12); Zendai/Clerique SKN d Darnell/Rio LCA 2-1 (19-21, 21-19, 15-13). Qualifying 13/16: Jesario/Watson CAY d Cooke/Somerville BER 2-0 (21-15, 21-6).

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 14, 2024. – Two USA teams, and one each from Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Virgin Islands, and Guatemala, have advanced to the quarterfinals of the fourth stop of the 2024 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, being played at the Paseo Xolotlán court in Managua.

In quarterfinals, Timothy Brewster and Kyle Friend (USA) will face Edgar Maldonado and Luis García (GUA); Diego Perez and Ryan Lerna (USA) goes against Kendall Ratter and Marc Lomeli (ISV); William Rivera and Arnaldo Torres (PUR) meet Rouzbeh Rahnavard and Tynan Gannett (CAN) and Rubén Mora and Danny López (NCA) face Daniel Dyner and Julián Araya (CRC)**

The local team, Mora/López, topped pool A with two straight-set victoriesm2-0 (21-8, 21-12) over Zendai Richard/Clerique Ward (SKN) and 2-0 (21-13, 21-17) over Edgar Maldonado/Luis García (GUA). Before facing Mora/López, Maldonado/García won a close contest 2-1 (19-21, 21-18, 16-14) against Richard/Ward.

Timothy Brewster and Kyle Friend (USA) dominated pool B, winning 2-0 (21-14, 21-12) against Denis Lopez/Alexander Meneses (NCA), 2-0 (21-14, 21-14) over Daniel Dyner/Julián Araya (CRC), and a forfeit win against the Cayman Islands team (Jesario Ebanks/Stephen Watson). Dyner/Araya (CRC) secured the second spot in the group by defeating Lopez/Meneses (NCA) 2-1 (22-20, 18-21, 16-14).

Diego Perez and Ryan Lerna (USA) won all three of their matches in pool C to advance. They first defeated Rouzbeh Rahnavard and Tynan Gannett (CAN) 2-0 (21-17, 21-11), then David Vargas and Gabriel Vargas from El Salvador 2-0 (21-11, 21-18), and finally Braedon Cooke and Connor Somerville (BER) 2-0 (21-6, 21-8). Rahnavard/Gannett (CAN) finished second in the group by winning 2-0 (21-15, 21-16) against Pepe/Vargas (ESA) and 2-0 (21-15, 21-6) against Cooke/Somerville (BER).

William Rivera and Arnaldo Torres (PUR) advanced from pool D with a forfeit win over Honduras and a 2-0 (21-13, 21-11) victory against Darnel Eudoxie and Rio Jaden Victor (LCA), who also lost 0-2 (18-21, 13-21) to Kendall Ratter and Marc Lomeli (ISV).

Satruday’s matches

Classification 13/16

Cooke/Somerville BER vs Jesario/Watson (CAY)

Clasificación 9/12

Zendai/Clerique (SKN) vs Darnell/Rio LCA

Pepe/Vargas (ESA) / Lopez/Meneses (NCA)

Quarterfinals

Brewster/Friend USA vs Maldonado/Garcia GUA                         

Perez/Ierna USA vs Ratter/Lomeli ISV  

Rivera/Torres PUR vs Rahnavard/Gannett CAN                             

Mora/Lopez NCA vs D. Dyner/Araya CRC

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 10, 2024.- The fifth stop of the 2024 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, set to take place at Paseo Xolotlán in Managua, Nicaragua, from June 14 to 16, will feature 30 teams.

The sand courts at Paseo Xolotlán were constructed in 2017 for the Central American Games and will host the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour for the third time, following the 2019 and 2022 editions.

Fifteen pairs per gender are pre-registered for the competition, with final confirmations and group distributions to be announced the day before the event.

Nicaragua has two male duos, Rubén Mora and Dany López, the tournament’s top seeds and the most successful duo in Nicaraguan beach volleyball history, and Denis López with Alexander Meneses. In 2022, Rubén teamed up with Denis López to secure a bronze medal here in Managua.

Returning to defend their title from 2022 are Timothy Brewster and Kyle Friend from the United States, who also won silver at the first stop in Playa de Güibia this year.

Luis García of Guatemala, who earned silver in Managua in both 2019 and 2022, will compete this time alongside Edgar Maldonado.

Puerto Rican duo William Rivera and Arnaldo Torres, who have been strong contenders this season, secured bronze at the third stop in Juan Dolio.

The remaining men’s teams are Braedon Cooke/ Connor Somerville (BER), Rouzbeh Rahnavard/ Tynan Gannett (CAN), Jesario Ebanks/ Stephen Watson (CAY), Stephen Watson/ Julián Araya Alas (CRC), David Vargas/ Gabriel Baltazar (ESA), Irvin Armando/ Manuel Alejandro Serrano Avalo (HON), Zendai Richards/ Clerique Ward (SKN), Darnel Eudoxie/ Rio Jaden Victor (LCA), Joshua Dwarkasing/ David Pinas (SUR), Kendall Ratter/ Marc Lomeli (ISV).

In women, Nicaragua’s Socorro López and Lolette Rodríguez aim to repeat their historic achievement of winning their first NORCECA Tour medal by finishing second in 2019. Nicaragua is also represented by Valeska Hernández/Nahima Silva and Ylimar Alvarado/Ella Resau.

Marie-Alex Bélanger of Canada, who won silver in Managua in 2022, returns with her partner Lea Monkhouse. As a team they secured their first medal together at the seventh stop of the 2023 Tour in El Salvador. Myriam Robitaille and Darby Dunn form the second Canadian team.

Completing the women’s pairs are Megan Hands/ Kayley Hamilton (BER), Maryn McCoombs/ Heather Thompson (CAY), Aliza Aguilar Delgado/ Laura Valentina Molina Alvarado (CRC1), Ximena Núñez/ Kianny Quesada (CRC2), Dana Funes/Keiry Guzmán (ESA), Maritza Zúñiga/Danna Aguilar (GUA1), Natalia Giron/Paola Alvarado (GUA2), Nicole Reinking/ Heather Friesen (USA1), Molly Shaw/ Chloe Loreen (USA2), Sarah Penner/ Jade Vitt (ISV).