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HONG KONG, China, August 16, 2009 – Dominican
Republic and USA lost five-set battles during
the last day of action in the preliminary phase
of the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.
The Dominicans lost to Poland here 22-25, 25-23,
25-14, 13-25, 15-11, while the USA was downed by
Thailand 19-25, 25-20, 25-21, 23-25, 15-11 in
the action in Bangkok. Puerto Rico, the other
Norceca team taking part in the event, was to
play Russia also in the Thailand’s capital.
The Poles controlled the play at the net with 26
blocks against 12 from their opponents who had
the advantage 8-4 in service aces.
Joanna Kaczor was the Poland’s best scorer with
20 points, including three blocks. Katarzyna
Gajgal provided 16 points, with 10 blocks and
Anna Baranska totalled 10.
For Dominican Republic, Bethania de la Cruz
compiled 16 puntos, Annerys Vargas and Lisvel
Eve charted 14 y 13 respectively and four blocks
apiece, Altagracia Mambrú notched 11 and
Milagros Cabral had 10.
Wilavan Apinyapong and Malika Khantong paced
Thailand with 22 and 20 points. Pleumjit Thinkaw
and Onuma Sittirak each recorded 17. Foluke
Akinradewo led USA with 22 points and Nancy
Metcalf (14), Alexi Crimes (11) and Nicole
Fawcett (10) finished in double digits.
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