Martínez sisters together at Praia Clube
UBERLANDIA, Brazil, August 28, 2020 – Cornerstones of the
Dominican Republic’s national team, the Martinez sisters
Brayelin and Jineiry will extend their partnership to the club
level during the 2020-2021 season by playing for Brazil’s Dentil
Praia Clube.
The 23-year-old Brayelin will be with the Uberlandia-based side
for a second-straight season as she was part of their roster
during the 2019-2020 season, which was interrupted due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
The 2.01m-tall opposite got to win three trophies with the team
in the shortened season (the Brazilian SuperCup, the Minas
Gerais State Championship and the Minas x Rio Challenge) and
finished second at the South American Club Championship. The
team also finished sixth at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women’s
Club World Championship.
For the 1.90m-tall Jineiry, however, it will be the first time
she plays in Brazil after the 22-year-old middle-blocker had
stints in the Dominican Republic, France and Turkey.
The sisters have been teammates at the club level on three other
occasions as they shared the courts for their home side Mirador
in 2013/2014 and 2015/2016 and also in Turkey, when they played
for Aydin Belediyespor during the 2018-2019 season.
“I’m very excited to play for Praia Clube for another season,”
Brayelin said in a video released by the club. “And this season
will be even more special as I’ll get to share the court with my
sister.”
Despite their young age, the Martinez sisters have already made
a big impact on the Dominican national team, especially at the
youth level, as they were both part of the squads that won the
2015 FIVB Volleyball U20 World Championship in 2015 and took
silver and bronze at the 2013 and 2015 editions of the U23 World
Championships.
At the senior level, the sisters, who have been playing together
on the national team since 2015, have helped the Dominicans
qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and led the team to success
at the 2019 Pan-American Games, when they took gold.
The 2020-2021 edition of the Brazilian Superliga will feature
another member of the Dominican national team as star libero
Brenda Castillo has returned to SESI Bauru. Outside hitter
Yonkaira Pena made the opposite move, though, and after three
years with SESC has recently joined Indonesia’s Jakarta
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