Jayrack de la Noche (1) and Alexander Iraya (2). AVC PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ Jayrack de la Noche and Alexander Iraya bowed out in the quarterfinals of the fourth Asian U21 Beach Volleyball Championships in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand on Wednesday.
Their campaign ended after an 18-21, 10-21 loss to Thailand 3’s Narakom Chumaphai and Nopphawit Puttarong.
Despite dropping out of the tournament, de la Noche and Iraya made a good account of themselves by reaching the playoff round.
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“I am proud of these boys and all I can say at this very moment is I am goose-bumped all over,” said PNVF director and events commission chair Carmela Gamboa.
The seventh-seeded duo reached the last eight after toppling No. 2 seed Connor O’Neill and Ruben Gale of Australia 1, 15-21, 21-14, 15-10, earlier in the day.
PHI’s Jay Rack De La Noche/Alexander Jhon Iraya in an interview after their comeback 2-1 win against AUS1 for a spot in quarterfinals in the 4th Asian U21 Beach Volleyball Championships in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand on Wednesday.#FIVB #AVC #AVCVolley #AsianVolleyball pic.twitter.com/cM6si4vwd3
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“We’ll do our best to even do better here,” said de la Noche as he and Iraya became the first Filipino pair to make the tournament’s quarterfinal round.
“The Philippines came out and played really well against us,” O’Neill said.