Ortiz aiva mumwe wevatambi vakakosha mukukunda kweOccidentales mumitambo yenyika yeCuba muna 2006, pavakakunda vamiriri veDominican Republic 3-1. Akabva aenda kuSan Juan, Puerto Rico kunopinda mu2006 Pan-American Cup, uko vakakunda menduru yesirivha mushure mekudonha 1-3 kuBrazil, uye 2006 Central American neCaribbean Games. Iye akabva atamba 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix, asi aisakwanisa kutamba semurwi nekuti akakuvara. Mumakwikwi ePasi rose a2006
akatamba somutsivi waRosir Calderon nokuda kwokushandira uye kudzivirira nokuti akanga achiri kupora kubva pakuvhiyiwa kwebvi. Iyewo akatamba somunhu akasununguka.