USA and CAN for the men’s title of the NORCECA Tour in Managua

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).