PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, October 4, 2024. – Americans Xolani Hodel and Alexis Durish defeated the Canadian tandem of Amy Ozee and Kaylee Glagau 2-0 (21-7, 21-16) on Friday to claim the gold medal at the fifth stop of the 2024 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, held at Los Corales beach in Punta Cana.
The U.S. team of Mariah Whalen/Molly Phillips took bronze by defeating T’ara Austin/Taylor Buckner of the U.S. Virgin Islands 2-0 (21-6, 21-13)
In fifth place, Canada’s Sophia Hladyniuk/Abbey Thorup overcame the Dominican duo of Darlenys Olivo/Crismil Paniagua 2-0 (21-8, 21-13), while seventh place went to Costa Rica’s Laura Molina/Aliza Aguilar, who defeated Daniela Vigil/Karla Tovar of El Salvador 2-1 (21-17, 18-21, 15-8).
Nicaragua’s Nahima Silva/Lolette Rodríguez beat Dominicans Karla Ramírez/Nallelin Taveras 2-1 (22-20, 17-21, 15-13) to finish in ninth place, while Cubans Amanda Drik/Mileidy Paret secured eleventh place by defeating Amanda Robinson/Joanna Robinson of the Cayman Islands 2-0 (21-19, 21-15).
Thirteenth place went to Guatemala’s Ana Arévalo/Danna Aguilar, who triumphed over Jamaica’s Kristina Lumsden/Petal Smith 2-0 (21-14, 21-11).
Other Results:
Olivo/Paniagua (DOM) d Molina/Aguilar (CRC) 2-0 (21-19, 23-21); Hodel/Durish (USA) d Whalen/Phillips (USA) 2-0 (21-15, 21-17); Hladyniuk/Thorup (CAN) d Vigil/Tovar (ESA) 2-0 (21-10, 21-9); Ozee/Glagau (CAN) d Austin/Buckner (ISV) 2-0 (21-16, 21-17).
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