Cangrejeras One Win Away from the LVSF Semifinals
JUNCOS, Puerto Rico, March 27, 2025. – Defending champions
Cangrejeras de Santurce are just one victory away from advancing to
the semifinals of the Women’s Volleyball Superior League (LVSF)
after defeating Valencianas de Juncos 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-19) at
the Rafael G. Amalbert court.
With a two-set lead, the Cangrejeras maintained control in the
third. After the second technical timeout, a block against Emily
Elliot put them ahead 19-15.
Juncos closed the gap to 18-19 thanks to an attack from Kelly
Sánchez from zone four, but two errors by the home team allowed the
Cangrejeras to regain a 21-18 lead, never looking back.
Santurce secured the set with two consecutive blocks, reaching
23-18. They earned match point at 24-18 after an off-target attack
by Emily Elliot and sealed the victory at 25-19 with an attacking
error from Hodge in zone four.
The statistics reflected Santurce's dominance: 31-28 in attacks,
10-4 in blocks, 5-4 in aces, 52-47 in digs, and 12-11 in assists.
Juncos had led in receptions (30-18).
On the offensive side, Andrea Rangel and Tamara Otene led the
Cangrejeras with 14 and 11 points, respectively. For Juncos, only
Emily Elliot reached double digits, scoring 11 points.
The next match in this Section B quarterfinal series will take place
on Saturday, March 29, at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, home of the
Cangrejeras de Santurce, starting at 8:12 p.m.
In the other quarterfinal series, corresponding to Section A, the
Mets de Guaynabo (1-0) will face the Changas de Naranjito (0-1) this
Friday, March 28, at the legendary Gelito Ortega court at 8:00 p.m. |