August 25 - September 2, 2012

Daily BulletinBoletin Diario #2

Monday, August 27, 2012 * Lunes, 27 de Agosto 2012

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227-Aug

13:00 Mexico vs St. Vincent 3-0 25-7 25-10 25-15

427-Aug

17:30 United States vs Honduras 3-0 25-12 25-12 25-16

6 28-Aug 13:00 Mexico vs Honduras

8 28-Aug 17:30 United States vs St. Vincent

10 29-Aug 13:00 Honduras vs St. Vincent

12 29-Aug 17:30 United States vs Mexico

1 2 3 4 5

127-Aug

11:00 Puerto Rico vs Curacao 3-0 27-25 25-13 25-23

327-Aug

15:00 Canada vs Guatemala 3-0 25-15 25-13 25-21

5 28-Aug 11:00 Canada vs Curacao

7 28-Aug 15:00 Puerto Rico vs Guatemala

9 29-Aug 11:00 Guatemala vs Curacao

11 29-Aug 15:00 Canada vs Puerto Rico

1 2 3 4 5

13 30-Aug 15:00 2nd B vs 3rd A 0-0

14 30-Aug 17:30 2nd A vs 3rd B

1 2 3 4 5

15 31-Aug 11:00 4th A vs Loser of M14* (or M13) 0-0

16 31-Aug 13:00 4th B vs Loser of M13* (or M14)

1 2 3 4 5

17 31-Aug 15:00 1st B vs Winner of M14* (or M13) 0-0

18 31-Aug 17:30 1st A vs Winner of M13* (or M14)

1 2 3 4 5

19 1-Sep 11:00 Loser of M15 vs Loser of M16 0-0

1 2 3 4 5

20 1-Sep 13:00 Winner of M15 vs Winner of M16 0-0

1 2 3 4 5

21 1-Sep 15:00 Loser of M17 vs Loser of M18 0-0

22 1-Sep 17:30 Winner of M17 vs Winner of M18

*NOTE1: For the Classification, Quarterfinal and Semifinal Rounds, according to the FIVB General Competition Regulations, it must be

avoided that teams from the same group play each other.

*NOTE2: According to the established competition format and the FIVB General Regulations, for the Classification, Quarterfinal and

Semifinal Rounds, if three teams from the same group qualify, the match between highest ranked team and lowest ranked team of their

Preliminary Round will be repeated.

*NOTE3: Loser of M14 = Loser of Match #14, etc.

SetResult per set (points)

FINALS

No. Date Time Teams

Result per set (points)

FINAL CLASSIFICATION 5/6

No. Date Time Teams SetResult per set (points)

Set

FINAL CLASSIFICATION 7/8

No. Date Time Teams

Result per set (points)

SEMIFINALS

No. Date Time Teams SetResult per set (points)

Set

CLASSIFICATIONS 5/8

No. Date Time Teams

Result per set (points)

QUARTERFINALS

No. Date Time Teams SetResult per set (points)

Set

GROUP-B

No. Date Time Teams

Calendario y Formato de Competencia

Competition Format and Match Schedule

Junior Men's (U-21) Continental ChampionshipGROUP-A

No. Date Time Teams SetResult per set (points)

Día / DayHora / Time

US Olympic Training Centre (Competition Court)

Training Court #1 Training Court #2Preliminary

Inquiry August 26

CO14:00 11:00 - 11:30 CUR

Saturday 15:30 United States Puerto Rico 11:30 - 12:00 CANAugust 25, 2012 17:00 Mexico Honduras St. Vincent 12:00 - 12:30 PUR

18:30 Canada Guatemala Curacao 12:30 - 13:00 HON20:00 13:00 - 13:30 GUA

08:00 Puerto Rico 13:30 - 14:00 USA09:30 Honduras 14:30 - 15:00 VIN

Sunday 11:00 Guatemala United States 15:00 - 15:30 MEXAugust 26, 2012 12:30 St. Vincent Mexico

14:00 Curacao Canada15:3017:0018:3020:00

08:30 Canada (15:00) Guatemala (15:00)10:00 United States (17:30) Honduras (17:30)

Monday 11:30August 27, 2012 13:00

14:3016:0017:30 Puerto Rico (11:00) Curacao (11:00)19:00 Mexico (13:00) St. Vincent (13:00)

08:30 Guatemala (15:00) Puerto Rico (17:30)10:00 St. Vincent (17:30) United States (17:30)

Tuesday 11:30August 28, 2012 13:00

14:3016:0017:30 Curacao (11:00) Canada (11:00)19:00 Honduras (13:00) Mexico (13:00)

08:30 Canada (15:00) Puerto Rico (15:00)10:00 United States (17:30) Mexico (17:30)

Wednesday 11:30August 29, 2012 13:00

14:3016:0017:30 Guatemala (11:00) Curacao (11:00)19:00 Honduras (13:00) St.Vincent (13:00)0 0008:30 2nd B (15:00) 3rd A (15:00)10:00 2nd A (17:30) 3rd B (17:30)

Thursday 11:30 4th A (off) 4th B (off)August 30, 2012 13:00 1st A (off) 1st B (off)

14:3016:0017:3019:00

08:30 1st B (15:00) Winner of M14* or M13* (15:00)10:00 1st A (17:30) Winner of M13* or M14* (17:30)

Friday 11:30August 31, 2012 13:00

14:3016:0017:30 4th A (11:00) Loser of M14* or M13* (11:00)19:00 4th B (13:00) Loser of M13* or M14* (13:00)

08:30 Loser of M17 (15:00) Loser of M18 (15:00)10:00 Winner of M17 (17:30) Winner of M18 (17:30)

Saturday 11:30September 1, 2012 13:00

14:3016:0017:3019:00

M= Match

General Technical Meeting

2012 Men's Junior (U-21) Continental ChampionshipAugust 25 - Sept 2, 2012 Colorado Springs, USA

Programa de Entrenamiento / Training Schedule Version 3 - Aug 23

Practical

Competition

Competition

Competition

Competition

Competition

Competition

Rk Code TeamMatches Results Details Sets Points

Pts T W L 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 W L Ratio W L Ratio

2 PUR PUERTO RICO 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 MAX 77 61 1.262

4 GUA GUATEMALA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 49 75 0.6533 CUR CURACAO 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 61 77 0.792

1 CAN CANADA 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 MAX 75 49 1.531

GROUP B

Rk Code TeamMatches Results Details Sets Points

Pts T W L 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 W L Ratio W L Ratio1 MEX MEXICO 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 MAX 75 32 2.3442 USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 MAX 75 40 1.8753 HON HONDURAS 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 40 75 0.5334 VIN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 32 75 0.427

GROUP ATEAM RANKING

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No Date Teams SetResult per set (points)

1 2 3 4 5Total

PointsTime Spectators

-PUR CUR 3-01 8/27/2012 27-25 25-13 25-23 77- 61 1:19 100-CAN GUA 3-03 8/27/2012 25-15 25-13 25-21 75- 49 1:07 110

GROUP B

No Date Teams SetResult per set (points)

1 2 3 4 5Total

PointsTime Spectators

-MEX VIN 3-02 8/27/2012 25- 7 25-10 25-15 75- 32 1:06 75-USA HON 3-04 8/27/2012 25-12 25-12 25-16 75- 40 1:00 220

GROUP A

MATCH RESULTS

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VOLLEYBALL • Collated results & ranking

Best ScorersRk No Name Team Spike Block Serve Total

1 9 DEMYANENKO DANY CAN 10 4 2 162 10 PETTY GREGORY USA 6 2 5 133 12 RIVERA CRISTIAN PUR 9 1 2 123 17 RUSSELL ALEXANDER WILLIAM CAN 4 4 4 125 6 ANTHONY QUINTEN CUR 11 0 0 116 16 LLINAS GIOVANNI PUR 6 4 0 106 8 RODRIGUEZ MARCO MEX 6 1 3 108 5 GONZALEZ PAZ GERARDO GUA 8 1 0 98 8 ALEXANDRE DERRICK CUR 8 1 0 98 5 PERALES JESUS ALBERTO MEX 7 1 1 98 2 FERNANDEZ RAMOS PEDRO PUR 6 3 0 9

12 13 COLINDRES IPINA ERICK NOEL GUA 8 0 0 812 2 RINCON ROBERTO MEX 7 1 0 812 5 NIEVES PEDRO PUR 7 1 0 812 9 BUTLER IJAHLON VIN 7 1 0 812 16 TARANTINO MATTHEW USA 5 2 1 812 14 SHAW JAMES USA 5 1 2 818 3 MEULENS JURCHAM CUR 7 0 0 718 11 MARTINEZ JOSE MEX 5 2 0 720 10 DUARTE JULIAN MEX 6 0 0 620 6 HENCHY MICHAEL USA 6 0 0 620 9 LEON DU JOHN CHRISTOPHER GUA 6 0 0 620 3 PEREZ SERGIO MEX 5 0 1 620 8 OLSON NICHOLAS USA 4 2 0 620 18 WHITE DOUGLAS USA 3 2 1 620 12 ANGELA CHRISTEPHER CUR 2 4 0 627 3 VASQUEZ JOSE HON 5 0 0 527 5 MAAR STEPHEN TIMOTHY CAN 4 1 0 527 12 BARNES RYLEY BRENDAN CAN 3 2 0 527 1 MARCHENA RAYNOLD CUR 2 3 0 527 2 GROENVELD DANIEL JAMES CAN 2 3 0 527 4 GONZALEZ IRVING MEX 0 0 5 533 6 LIMON CRISTIAN MEX 4 0 0 433 7 NELSON ANDREW NELS CAN 4 0 0 433 11 SEDORE BROOK ALOIS CAN 4 0 0 433 8 ROMERO EMMANUEL PUR 3 1 0 433 2 MOTA NELSON CUR 3 1 0 438 5 PADILLA ALEX HON 3 0 0 338 1 ROHENA FIGUEROA FABIAN PUR 3 0 0 338 9 PATCH BENJAMIN USA 2 1 0 338 9 VELEZ FRANCISCO PUR 2 1 0 338 3 CHRISTENSON MICAH USA 2 0 1 338 4 SMALL JAHMAL VIN 2 0 1 338 6 EDWARDS JAMAL VIN 1 2 0 338 3 IRELAND JARRID MICHAEL CAN 1 1 1 338 17 WEST MATTHEW USA 0 1 2 347 5 GUESSOUS DRISS USA 2 0 0 247 2 MARADIAGA CRISTOBAL HON 2 0 0 247 10 VASQUEZ RICARDO HON 2 0 0 247 6 CARDONA BARRIOS HECTOR GUA 2 0 0 2

Total tournament 229 67 35 331

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Best ServersRk No Name Team Aces Faults

ServeHits

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 4 GONZALEZ IRVING MEX 5 1 6 12 1.672 10 PETTY GREGORY USA 5 3 6 14 1.673 17 RUSSELL ALEXANDER WILLIAM CAN 4 - 11 15 1.334 8 RODRIGUEZ MARCO MEX 3 - 12 15 1.005 9 DEMYANENKO DANY CAN 2 - 11 13 0.675 14 SHAW JAMES USA 2 - 2 4 0.675 17 WEST MATTHEW USA 2 - 6 8 0.678 12 RIVERA CRISTIAN PUR 2 3 13 18 0.679 1 PONCE JONATHAN MEX 1 - 14 15 0.339 4 SMALL JAHMAL VIN 1 - 8 9 0.33

Total Tournament 35 61 387 483 2.92

Best BlockersRk No Name Team

KillBlocks

Faults ReboundsTotal

AttemptsAvg.

by set

1 16 LLINAS GIOVANNI PUR 4 2 1 7 1.331 17 RUSSELL ALEXANDER WILLIAM CAN 4 2 1 7 1.333 12 ANGELA CHRISTEPHER CUR 4 6 6 16 1.334 9 DEMYANENKO DANY CAN 4 4 - 8 1.335 2 GROENVELD DANIEL JAMES CAN 3 - - 3 1.006 1 MARCHENA RAYNOLD CUR 3 1 1 5 1.007 2 FERNANDEZ RAMOS PEDRO PUR 3 3 - 6 1.008 10 PETTY GREGORY USA 2 - - 2 0.678 12 BARNES RYLEY BRENDAN CAN 2 - - 2 0.678 18 WHITE DOUGLAS USA 2 - 1 3 0.67

Total Tournament 67 62 45 174 5.58

Limit: 15.00%

Best SpikersRk No Name Team Spikes Faults Shots

TotalAttempts

Succ.%

1 9 DEMYANENKO DANY CAN 10 - 2 12 83.332 2 RINCON ROBERTO MEX 7 4 - 11 63.643 5 MAAR STEPHEN TIMOTHY CAN 4 4 2 10 40.004 8 ALEXANDRE DERRICK CUR 8 8 5 21 38.105 8 OLSON NICHOLAS USA 4 4 3 11 36.366 3 PEREZ SERGIO MEX 5 2 7 14 35.717 9 LEON DU JOHN CHRISTOPHER GUA 6 5 6 17 35.298 5 GONZALEZ PAZ GERARDO GUA 8 6 9 23 34.788 13 COLINDRES IPINA ERICK NOEL GUA 8 6 9 23 34.78

10 12 RIVERA CRISTIAN PUR 9 5 12 26 34.62

Total Tournament 229 139 213 581 39.41

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Limit: 25.00%

Best ReceiversRk No Name Team Excellents Faults

ServeReceptions

TotalAttempts

Eff. %

1 2 GROENVELD DANIEL JAMES CAN 12 - - 12 100.001 5 MAAR STEPHEN TIMOTHY CAN 11 - - 11 100.001 7 MENDOZA JOSE MEX 8 - - 8 100.004 16 LLINAS GIOVANNI PUR 17 - 1 18 94.445 4 ENSBURY ANTHONY USA 16 - 1 17 94.125 12 RIVERA CRISTIAN PUR 16 - 1 17 94.127 3 BERTRAN LUIS M. PUR 15 - 1 16 93.758 6 ANTHONY QUINTEN CUR 28 1 1 30 90.009 5 MOTA ERNALDO CUR 19 1 1 21 85.71

10 2 RINCON ROBERTO MEX 7 1 - 8 75.00

Total Tournament 365 34 22 421 78.62

Best SettersRk No Name Team

RunningSets

FaultsStillSets

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 1 PONCE JONATHAN MEX 19 - 27 46 6.332 1 MARCHENA RAYNOLD CUR 18 3 63 84 6.003 6 TORRES SEPULVEDA KHRISTIAN PUR 17 1 51 69 5.674 3 CHRISTENSON MICAH USA 11 - 18 29 3.675 6 CARDONA BARRIOS HECTOR GUA 9 1 47 57 3.006 17 WEST MATTHEW USA 8 - 18 26 2.677 16 NIKIC MILAN CAN 7 2 22 31 2.338 4 MCKAY JOSHUA MATTHEW CAN 5 1 21 27 1.679 2 MARADIAGA CRISTOBAL HON 3 1 34 38 1.00

10 4 SMALL JAHMAL VIN 3 1 33 37 1.00

Total Tournament 107 14 425 546 8.92

Best DiggersRk No Name Team Digs Faults Receptions

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 3 BERTRAN LUIS M. PUR 16 3 - 19 5.332 7 MENDOZA JOSE MEX 13 1 - 14 4.333 16 LLINAS GIOVANNI PUR 10 - - 10 3.334 6 ANTHONY QUINTEN CUR 10 1 - 11 3.335 8 ALEXANDRE DERRICK CUR 10 4 - 14 3.336 5 MOTA ERNALDO CUR 9 4 - 13 3.007 3 MEULENS JURCHAM CUR 7 1 - 8 2.337 10 VASQUEZ ALVAREZ JAIME GUA 7 1 - 8 2.339 4 ENSBURY ANTHONY USA 6 - - 6 2.00

10 1 MARCHENA RAYNOLD CUR 6 1 - 7 2.00

Total Tournament 239 68 5 312 19.92

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Best LiberosRk No Name Team Excellents Faults In play

Totalattempts

Avg.by set

1 3 BERTRAN LUIS M. PUR 31 3 1 35 10.33

2 5 MOTA ERNALDO CUR 28 5 1 34 9.33

3 4 ENSBURY ANTHONY USA 22 1 23 7.33

4 7 MENDOZA JOSE MEX 21 1 22 7.00

5 2 CUPID MARLON VIN 19 8 2 29 6.33

6 12 GOMEZ LANZA LEONARDO HON 17 9 2 28 5.67

7 10 VASQUEZ ALVAREZ JAIME GUA 16 2 18 5.33

8 8 KOSLOWSKY TYLER SCOTT CAN 11 11 3.67

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Best ServersRk Team Aces Faults

ServeHits

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 13 14 47 74 4.332 MEX MEXICO 11 6 57 74 3.673 CAN CANADA 7 11 56 74 2.334 VIN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2 2 29 33 0.674 PUR PUERTO RICO 2 8 65 75 0.676 CUR CURACAO - 7 55 626 GUA GUATEMALA - 7 43 506 HON HONDURAS - 6 35 41

Total Tournament 35 61 387 483 2.92

Best BlockersRk Team

KillBlocks

Faults ReboundsTotal

AttemptsAvg.

by set1 CAN CANADA 17 8 3 28 5.672 PUR PUERTO RICO 12 15 6 33 4.003 USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 11 4 3 18 3.674 CUR CURACAO 9 12 14 35 3.005 MEX MEXICO 6 3 4 13 2.006 HON HONDURAS 5 7 4 16 1.677 VIN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 4 7 5 16 1.338 GUA GUATEMALA 3 6 6 15 1.00

Total Tournament 67 62 45 174 5.58

Limit: 15.00%

Best SpikersRk Team Spikes Faults Shots

TotalAttempts

Succ.%

1 MEX MEXICO 40 12 18 70 57.142 USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 36 12 16 64 56.253 CAN CANADA 32 9 21 62 51.614 PUR PUERTO RICO 37 17 41 95 38.955 CUR CURACAO 35 25 34 94 37.236 GUA GUATEMALA 25 28 31 84 29.767 HON HONDURAS 13 17 28 58 22.418 VIN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 11 19 24 54 20.37

Total Tournament 229 139 213 581 39.41

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Limit: 25.00%

Best ReceiversRk Team Excellents Faults

ServeReceptions

TotalAttempts

Eff. %

1 CAN CANADA 42 - 1 43 97.672 USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 34 - 1 35 97.143 PUR PUERTO RICO 52 - 3 55 94.554 MEX MEXICO 29 1 - 30 93.335 CUR CURACAO 63 2 2 67 91.046 GUA GUATEMALA 53 7 3 63 73.027 HON HONDURAS 46 13 1 60 55.008 VIN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 46 11 11 68 51.47

Total Tournament 365 34 22 421 78.62

Best SettersRk Team

RunningSets

FaultsStillSets

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 MEX MEXICO 22 1 40 63 7.332 PUR PUERTO RICO 20 1 63 84 6.673 USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 19 - 41 60 6.334 CUR CURACAO 18 4 74 96 6.005 CAN CANADA 12 4 46 62 4.006 GUA GUATEMALA 9 1 69 79 3.007 HON HONDURAS 4 1 51 56 1.338 VIN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 3 2 41 46 1.00

Total Tournament 107 14 425 546 8.92

Best DiggersRk Team Digs Faults Receptions

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 CUR CURACAO 46 13 - 59 15.332 PUR PUERTO RICO 40 8 - 48 13.333 MEX MEXICO 37 2 - 39 12.334 GUA GUATEMALA 30 7 2 39 10.005 CAN CANADA 29 4 - 33 9.676 USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 27 4 - 31 9.007 VIN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 15 14 1 30 5.007 HON HONDURAS 15 16 2 33 5.00

Total Tournament 239 68 5 312 19.92

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NORCECA JUNIOR MEN'S U-21 CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada and United States Open Pool Play with Victories Match 1: Puerto Rico Trims Spirited Curacao in Opener Puerto Rico started the 2012 NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championship with a 27-25, 25-13, 25-23 victory over a spirited Curacao on Monday afternoon at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Puerto Rico captain Cristian Rivera paced his squad with 12 points, while Giovanni Llinas chipped in 10 points. Pedro Fernandez added nine points. Luis Beltran tallied 16 of his team’s 40 digs. Curacao received balanced scoring with Quinten Anthony scoring 11 points and Derrick Alexandre adding nine points. Puerto Rico saved two set points in the opening set to win 27-25. Puerto Rico gained steam midway through the second set to claim a 25-13 victory to go up 2-0. Curacao rallied from a four-point deficit in the third set to take a 17-16 advantage, but Puerto Rico bounced back with five unanswered points for a 21-17 lead. Puerto Rico held on for a 25-23 victory after Curacao closed to 23-22. Puerto Rico held slim advantages of 37-25 in attack points, 12-9 in blocks and 2-0 in aces, but took advantage of 26 Curacao errors to its own 17 errors. Match 2: Mexico Aces St. Vincent and the Grenadines Mexico won its opening 2012 NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championship match with a 25-7, 25-10, 25-15 victory over St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Monday afternoon at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mexico, with nine different players scoring, was led by Marco Rodriguez’s 10 points, while Jesus Perales chipped in nine points. Irving Gonzalez tallied five aces in the match for Mexico in a non-starting role. St. Vincent and the Grenadines was paced by Ijahlon Butler’s eight points. Mexico reached the second technical timeout of the opening set leading 16-5 and cruised to the 25-7 victory. Mexico controlled the entire second set with a 25-10 victory ending with consecutive aces. St. Vincent and the Grenadines pulled to within two at 10-8 in the third set, but Mexico erupted for a 6-1 run en route to a 25-15 victory. Mexico’s service kept St. Vincent and the Grenadines out of system with a 11-2 ace advantage, while also producing a 6-4 block advantage. Mexico limited its errors to 15 and benefited from 18 St. Vincent and the Grenadines errors. Match 3: Canada Powers Past Guatemala Canada used a 17-3 block advantage to defeat Guatemala 25-15, 25-13, 25-21 in its opening 2012 NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championship match on Monday afternoon at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Canada was sparked offensively by Dany Demyanenko’s 17 points in the victory. Alexander William Russell added 12 points, which included four blocks and four aces. Gerardo Antonio Gonzalez Pas led Guatemala with nine points, while Erick Noel Colindres Ipina tallied eight points. With the score tight in the opening set, Canada dominated the end for a 25-15 victory. Canada continued the pressure in the second set without allowing Guatemala to come close in a 25-13 victory. Guatemala scored the first two points of the third set and led 9-7, but Canada propelled to a 25-21 victory with the final five points. Aside from a dominating block, Canada produced a 7-0 margin in aces to offset 21 miscues to Guatemala’s 18. Match 4: United States Blocks Honduras in NORCECA Opener The United States opened its title defense of the NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championship with a 25-12, 25-12, 25-16 victory over Honduras Monday evening at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Gregory Petty paced the United States with 13 points including four aces, while Matthew Tarantino and James Shaw added eight points in just two sets of play. Seven Americans tallied a block, while seven different players scored at least one ace and 11 of the 12 Americans scored at least one point. Jose Vasquez led Honduras with five points and Alex Padilla added three points. Honduras had eight different players reach the scoring column. The United States built an early 10-2 lead in the opening set and pushed to a 25-12 victory as the Americans tallied five blocks and four aces. In the second set, USA raced to an 8-1 advantage at the first technical timeout and cruised to a 25-12 victory. Honduras scored the first two points of the third set, only to have the U.S. rattled off four straight points for a 5-3 lead sparking the Americans to a 25-16 victory. The United States produced an 13-0 service ace margin and out-blocked Honduras 11-5. Honduras limited its errors to 12 for the match, compared to 22 of the USA.