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Mexico finishes undefeated in preliminary round
SANTO DOOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 1, 2018 - Mexico
concluded undefeated (3-0) the qualifying round with a victory
on Sunday in four sets (23-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-18) over the
Dominican Republic and will play on Monday the least risky
semifinal against Guatemala, in the Men's International
Volleyball Cup "Horacio-Chichí-Mazara, which takes place until
Tuesday at the Gioriver Arias Palace of the Juan Pablo Duarte
Olympic Center.
The defeat of Dominican hosts and current champions of Central
America and the Caribbean, as third place, will face in the
semifinal 'B' to Chile (second), which had beaten them on Friday
night in four sets. This match will be at 8:00 at night, while
Mexico and Guatemala (fourth) will start at 6:00.
The opposite Daniel Vargas was the leading player with 17 points
for Mexico, which had a high regularity in different aspects of
many players: Jonathan Martinez nine, Gonzálo Ruiz and José
Martínez R. seven, Jesus Duarte, Pedro Rangel and Jorge Barajas
six and Manuel Tellez five.
Pedro Luis Garcia, with his strong shots, led the Dominican
squad with 14, Wilfredo Hernandez 12, Elvis Contreras six in the
Dominican cause of this event. |