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 Dominicans
spark a reaction to defeat Canada
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, April 28, 2010 –
Dominican Republic recovered from losing the
first set and went on to defeat Canada 21-25,
25-19, 25-16, 25-19 in Pool C of the NORCECA
Girls’ Youth Championship.
Both teams have 1-1 win-loss record and on
Thursday the Dominicans play against weak
Jamaica while the Canadians face the task of
meeting favorites USA.
The tandem of Pamela Soriano and Elizabeth
Martinez led the winners with 27 and 26 points
respectively. Alexa Gray (18) and Megan Festival
(11) finished in double figures for Canada.
“It was a very tense match especially after
losing the first set,” said Nairobi Agramonte,
the Dominican Captain. “But we all had the
confidence in our ability to play and it showed
from the second set on.”
“We made a key substitution late in the first
set that proved to be a key for us,” said coach
Mayo Sibilio about middle-blocker Erika Mota
replacing Luz Nunez. “We are catching our rhythm
after playing probably the two strongest teams
in the competition during our first two
outings”.
Jesse Knight, the coach of Canada said: “I think
we played great and showed that we can compete
at this level. After the first set we kept
battling but couldn’t adjust to the powerful
attack of Dominican Republic.”
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