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LIMA, Peru, June 14, 2015 - Dominican Republic held off a late
reaction of Peru and went on to win 3-1 (25-18, 25-20, 22-25,
25-20) for a 2-0 record in Pool B at the XIV Women’s Volleyball
Pan American Cup at Eduardo Dibos Coliseum in Lima, Peru. . It
was the second loss in a row for the home side.
The winners committed 30 unforced errors to 33 by the losers and
held 6-3 and 3-1 margins in blocks and aces, respectively.
Yonkaira Peña finished as the best scorer for the Dominican
Republic with 18 points, followed by Brayelin Martinez and
Marianne Fersola with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Peruvian
Angela Leyva was the top scorer of the match with 19 points
while Mirtha Uribe added 10.
“This match helped us to continue getting playing rhythm and for
those players who were out because of injuries keep adapting to
the ball. Now we have to think about tomorrow’s match,” said
Prisilla Rivera, captain of Dominican Republic.
Marcos Kwiek, the coach of Dominican Republic showed
satisfaction for the victory and added: “It is another step
towards the qualification that we are looking for, and today we
gave a little more work to the players coming back from
injuries. We were able to take advantage from Peru’s mistakes
and now we have to focus on tomorrow’s match, the most important
in the world for us.”
Clarivett Yllescas, captain of Peru, said: “We had many errors
that the Dominicans took advantage of, especially in our serves.
Tomorrow is a strong day so we need to keep training for what
lies ahead of us.”
Mauro Marasciulo, coach of Peru, said: “Unfortunately we made
too many errors with our serves and now we have to talk a little
more about concentration. As a team it was an interesting match.
Leyva is growing a lot at the opposite position. No matter the
result, I am satisfied with my team.” |
