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IRVINE, Calif. (Aug. 16, 2009)
– The United States swept Panama on Sunday at
the 2010 World Championship Qualifier for
NORCECA Pool F at the Bren Center on the campus
of UC Irvine, setting up a showdown between two
undefeated teams on Monday.
Team USA (2-0) defeated Panama,
25-12, 25-14, 25-11 and will face Dominican
Republic (2-0) at 7:30 p.m. PT on Monday to
determine the team that will advance to the 2010
World Championships in Italy. Panama (0-2) will
play Guatemala (0-2) at 5 p.m. PT. The
second-place team will go to Mexico next week
for another qualifying tournament.
The United States’ Clay Stanley
led all scorers with 13 points on 10 kills, one
block and two aces. Jablonsky had 10 points nine
kills and one ace. David Smith added seven
points on three kills and a match-high four
blocks.
“They’ve got some good players,”
Jablonsky said of Dominican Republic. “We’ve
just got to come out and focus on our side of
the court and play our best volleyball.”
Domingo Avila led Panama with
nine points on nine kills. Donaldo Urena added
five points on five kills.
Team USA out-blocked Panama 7-1
and had four aces while Panama had none. The
U.S. converted 35 of 52 kill attempts with one
error. Panama completed 22 of 77 kill attempts
with 15 errors.
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