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HERMOSILLO, Mexico, Augusto 22, 2022.- Dominican
Republic picked up their second win in pool A
beating Peru 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-22) on day
two of the Women’s Pan American Cup being held
at the Sonora Arena of Hermosillo.
In the third set, Peru kept the score close up
to point 18 and forced the Dominican Republic to
miss three match points before the match
finished. Peru suffered the loss in the second
set of opposite hitter Tahisa McLeod due to a
shoulder injury but still, Peru went on
improving their performance as the game
developed.
Dominicans led 43-33 in attacks, 6-5 in blocks
and 5-0 in aces, while scoring on 21 Peruvian
errors and committing 15.
Three Dominicans scored double digits, led by
outside hitters Yonkaira Peña and Bethania De La
Cruz with 16 points each, and opposite hitter
Gaila Gonzalez with 15 points. De La Cruz scored
a match-high of 3 aces.
Outside hitter Karla Ortiz scored 12 points as
Peru’s top scorer.
On day three of competition, Dominican Republic
(2-0) will meet with Puerto Rico and Peru (0-2)
has the day off.
Bethania De La Cruz, outside hitter of Dominican
Republic: “We
reached two goals (winning). We know each other
well with Peru, we have played against them many
times and we know their good quality, but thanks
to our performance in this match we got the
victory. Peru adjusted some things in the third
set, and we committed too many errors that put
us in the position of a close score; sometimes
the game has ups and downs. It’s good that our
team has young players as part of our
development of our national team, we respect one
another”. |
