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Vargas leads Dominican Victory over Czech Republic

 

   

OLOMOUC, Czech Republic, June 12, 2016 - Annerys Vargas and Brayelin Martinez scored 15 points each to lead Dominican Republic to a five-set victory (25-22, 15-25, 25-21, 24-26, 15-8) over Czech Republic in Brno on Sunday. 

 

The veteran Vargas, who scored on nine of 14 killing attempts, led the Dominican side with six blocks. Bethania De la Cruz and Gina Mambru each contributed 14 points in the victory. Petra Kojdova led the losers with 28 points, followed by Michaela Mlejnkova with 15.

 

Today's win helps Dominican Republic extend their FIVB World Grand Prix winning streak to five matches in a row. Before the beginning of the streak, the Dominican team had lost 15 consecutive World Grand Prix battles. 

 

Marcos Kwiek, Dominican Republic, coach: “It wasn’t perfect match from our side but we won the points we needed to get to semi finals. Now we have few days to recover and practice.”