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 Puerto Ricans dominate El Salvador in Pool B
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, April 27, 2010 –
Puerto Rico showed a lot of potential while
defeating El Salvador in straight sets 3-0
(25-8, 25-11, 25-12) in Pool B of NORCECA
Continental Championship for girls under 18
years-old.
The taller Puerto Ricans dominated the match
with their powerful attack despite the big
effort of the Salvadorans who played with
enthusiasm.
Daly Santana and Pilar Victoria each recorded 14
points for Puerto Rico and Lucia Castro charted
9 points.
“I think we could have played better and we need
to be more focused,” said Daly Santana, the
captain of Puerto Rico. “The good thing was that
we recovered from all our lapses.”
“The score doesn’t say the whole true because
our opponents never gave up,” said Eric
Gonzalez, the coach of Puerto Rico. “We have
only two players with international experience
and have to deal with that factor.”
Andrea Manzur, the captain of El Salvador said:
“We tried our best but the Puerto Ricans are
taller than us and have more reach. We need to
improve step by step.”
Coach Ingrid Rivas said: “Our team doesn’t have
the experience and the girls were really happy
about playing a team like Puerto Rico.”
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