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TIJUANA, Mexico, January 4 2015 - The National Volleyball Team of Dominican Republic departed to Nebraska to compete at the Norceca Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament that begins Thursday, January 7 at Pinnacle Bank Arena at the City of Lincoln.

 

The team coached by Marcos Kwiek held a one week training camp at the Baja California High Performance Center, that helped them to adjust and prepare for the Olympic Qualifier by holding some scrimmage matches against Colombia, who also departed to South America for their Continental qualification tournament.

 

“Baja California has been like a second home for us, this was a great training and we expect to have a great tournament”, said Kwiek, who looks forward to qualify with his team to the Olympics, that will be celebrated in his native country.

 

Since the FIVB Girls’ Youth World Championship in 2007, the High Performance Center has been like a second home to the Dominican team. Many of its players that today are part of the most important ones in the Senior Team, played their first big level matches here more than eight years ago.

 

Baja California has given good luck to a lot of the players that are part of this generation in the Caribbean team, after winning two medals at the 2009 and 2013 Women’s U20 and U23 World Championships, when the Dominicans finished with the silver.

 

They have also won some Tournaments like the Pan American Cup in 2008 as well as several international friendship championships celebrated in the region.

 

One of the greatest moments for Dominican Volleyball was in 2012, when during the spring that year, the pupils of Kwiek claimed their ticket to the London 2012 Olympic Games, after defeating Cuba at the NORCECA Qualification Tournament that was celebrated in Tijuana.