PARC XXVII Pan Am Championships - Day 1 Doubles

No surprises on day one of the doubles competition at the XXVII Pan American Racquetball Championships begin Saturday in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. We've got the results so far for you below.

The Pan American Championships have two parts. A preliminary round will be played first to determine seeding for an elimination round, similar to the FIFA World Cup. The preliminary round will be played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday with the elimination round beginning Wednesday.

There will be live streaming of the elimination round semi-finals and finals on April 18 and 19 via the IRT Network.

XXVII Pan American Racquetball Championships
Santa Cruz, Bolivia - April 12-19, 2014

Women's Doubles

Group A

Susana Acosta & Samantha Salas Solis (Mexico) d. Mariana Tobon &
Mariana Parades (Venezuela), 15-4, 15-6
Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) - BYE

Group B

Rhonda Rajsich & Janel Tisinger (USA) d. Irene Caballero & Giulia Barboni (Panama), 15-1, 15-1
Melania Sauma & Sofia Soley (Costa Rica) d. Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic), 15-4, 15-5

Group C

Jenny Daza & Carola Loma (Bolivia) v. Pamela Sierra & Paula Padilla (Honduras), 15-0, 15-3
Cristina Amaya & Carolina Gomez (Colombia) d. Maria Renee Rodriguez & Gabriella Martinez (Guatemala), 3-15, 15-7, 11-7

Group D

Frédérique Lambert & Josée Grand'Maître (Canada) d. Raquel Perez & Johan Martin (Puerto Rico), 15-2, 15-1
Maria Jose Vargas & Véronique Guillemette (Argentina) d. Carla Muñoz &
Maria Paz Riquelme (Chile), 15-13, 15-1

Men's Doubles

Group A

Daniel De La Rosa & Edson Martinez (Mexico) d. Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Alvarez (Ecuador), 15-2 15-4
Cesar Castillo & Cesar Castro (Venezuela) - BYE

Group B

Jose Rojas & David Horn (USA) d. Gustavo Farrel & Diego Vognione (Uruguay), 15-7, 15-8
Joaquin Solera & Pablo Sauma (Costa Rica) d. Luis Perez & Junior Rodriguez (Dominican Republic), 15-5, 15-8

Group C

Daniel Maggi & Shai Mazuri (Argentina) d. Miguel Santiago & Jayson Jordan (Puerto Rico), 15-0, 15-2
Tim Landeryou & Pedro Castro (Canada) v. Francisco Troncoso & Mauricio Suarez (Chile), 15-5, 15-3

Group D

Ricardo Monroy & Roland Keller (Bolivia) d. Selvin Cruz & Sergio Baires (Honduras), 15-2, 15-2
Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera (Colombia) d. Pedro Manolo Sandoval & Edwin Garcia (Guatemala), 15-8, 15-9

Follow the bouncing ball....