Cuba won its first gold medal
LIMA, Peru, May 18, 2019 - Cuba faced the Dominican Republic
and won 3-2 (25-21, 25-23, 14-25, 15-25, 15-10) conquering its
first gold medal in the U20 Pan-American Cup- Herbalife Cup,
sporting event that also gave them the FIVB World Championship
classification.
Ailama Cese once again commanded the Cuban offensive adding 29
points for the victory of his country, Ivy Vila accompanied her
with 13 units and Thalía Moreno closed with 11. For the
Dominican Republic, Madeline Guillén got 30 points and Natalia
Martinez 19.
Cuba won showing greater strength in attack (54-51) and service
(9-7). The Dominican Republic, on the other hand, was superior
in blocking (7-9). The winning team incurred 33 unforced errors,
and 23 Dominican ones.
Tomás Fernández, coach of Cuba: I am very happy for this great
victory, the effort and work that the girls have done has been
so great and today everything paid off. In the game against
Dominicana we came with a script, the girls left the game but
for the fifth set played more with the heart and achieved gold.
Talía Moreno, Cuban captain: In the first two sets we were very
superior, but they are a very prepared team and they knew how to
turn the game around. For the fifth set, we went out motivated
because we wanted to give our country a new joy, we came out
with everything and we were able to close the game.
Cristian Cruz, Dominican coach: I think we had enough to win the
game, but against Cuba you cannot give space, and we lacked to
be more aggressive in the service. This tournament has been a
nice experience and the girls had a great learning experience.
Results of Past Editions
YEAR |
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
2011 |
PER |
DOM |
CUB |
2013 |
MEX |
DOM |
COL |
2015 |
DOM |
ARG |
CHI |
2017 |
USA |
ARG |
CUB |
2019 |
CUB |
DOM |
PER |
Individual Awards: |
MVP:
|
Ailama
Cease CUB |
Setter:
|
MarianaTrujillo PUR |
1st Outside
Hitter: |
Ailama
Cease CUB |
2nd Outside
Hitter: |
Madeline
Guillén DOM |
1st Middle
Blocker: |
Geraldine
Gonzalez DOM |
2nd Middle
Blocker: |
Mariela
Jiménez DOM |
Opposite
Attacker: |
Camila
Pérez PER |
Best Libero:
|
Kiaralyz
Pérez PUR |
Best
Receiver: |
Ivy Vila
CUB |
Best
Digger: |
Kiaralyz
Pérez PUR |
Best
Server: |
Ivy Vila
CUB |
Best
Scorer: |
Ailama
Cesar CUB |
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