Chile upsets Dominican Republic at Mazara Cup
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 30, 2018 – Chile
defeated host Dominican Republic 3-1 (25-23, 25-21, 22-25,
26-24) in a close match at Horacio –Chichí- Mazara Invitational
Men’s Volleyball Cup in Santo Domingo on Saturday.
Both teams are now at 1-1 with the Dominicans totaling 6 points
and Chile with 4.
Dusan Bonacic and Simon Guerra had 16 and 15 points,
respectively, as the best Chilean scorers in the match.
Elvis Contreras and José Cáceres each had 11 points for the
Dominican side despite starting only the last two sets of the
match. Wilfrido Hernández charted 10 points.
The Dominicans led in attacks 48-43 but committed 41 errors to
35 by the Chileans who also led in blocks 9-5. Both teams scored
five aces for the match. |