CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, July 12 2012 - Dominican Republic
trounced Colombia in straight sets (25-13, 25-18, 25-11) to
start the XI Women’s Pan American Cup at the University of
Ciudad Juarez Gym.
Dominican captain Prisilla Rivera scored 17 points, while
Brayelin Martinez finished with 11. For Colombia, Maria Martínez
and Diana Arrechea, registered 6 apiece.
“All the teams always start with some nerves on the first match,
but everything goes out step by step. Colombia is a very young
team and we tried to get the best of it, but we made some
mistakes,” Rivera said about her team performance.
Colombian captain Lorena Zuleta said that “this was our first
match, but we expect to achieve the best experience from this
cup to mature as much as we can.”
Curiously two brazilian coaches faced each other at this match:
Marcos Kwiek on the Dominican side, and Mauro Marasciulo at the
front of the Colombian team.
“We have different conditions in terms of preparation because we
also face different situations. One of them is the preparation
to Olympic Games,” said Kwiek.
For Marasciulo this was his first experience with a group of
youngsters with a special goal: “We are preparing in this
tournament for the South American championships, and thus we
have combined young girls with the most experienced ones”.
