Dominican Republic survives scary moments
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, June 14, 2014 – The Dominican Republic
survived a strong challenge to defeat Peru in five sets (25-18,
25-21, 22-25, 18-25, 15-12) earning their fourth victory in Pool
A of the XIII Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup on Saturday.
The Peruvians dropped to a 1-3 mark.
Bethania De la Cruz paced the offense of the winners with 26
points as one of four players with double digits in the score
charts. Yonkaira Peña added 19 and Gina Mambru and Marianne
Fersola each contributed 14 points.
Maguilaura Frias topped Peru with 22 tallies followed by Angela
Leyva and Karla Ortiz who finished with 13 points apiece.
The Dominicans held a 13-6 margin in the blocking category with
Fersola, Mambru and De la Cruz each registering three.
“We somehow played two games in one,” Dominican Republic’s coach
Marcos Kwiek commented. “We played very well for the first two
sets and then lost the intensity and the concentration in the
next two sets. Fortunately we bounced back in the fifth set. It
is good these things happen at this part of the tournament as we
prepare for the most important matches.”
“Our team has come from less to more and today we were able to
play a good game against a team with experience and quality like
the Dominican Republic,” Peru’s Coach Natalia Malaga said. “We
continue to add experience by playing against big teams.” |