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Dominican Republic to play decisive match against the Netherlands in
Paris
PARIS, France, August 1, 2024.- The Dominican Republic fell to Türkiye
1-3 (25-21, 18-25, 22-25, 15-25) on Thursday and will play a decisive
match against the Netherlands to move forward at the Paris 2024 Olympic
Games.
Dominican Republic dropped 0-2 in Pool C and the Netherlands with the
same record but with one point will meet on Saturday at 9:00 local time
to have a shot to advance to the quarterfinals and one or the two best
third-place teams.
Against Türkiye, leading all scorers was opposite Melissa Vargas of
Türkiye, who tallied an impressive 31 points (26 kills, three aces, two
blocks). Middle blocker Eda Erdem, with 14, and outside hitters Ilkin
Aydin. and Hande Baladin, with ten each, also provided some scoring
punch to the Turkish offense.
The Dominicans, who couldnt keep up the same level from the first set
throughout the match, got 14 points (all in kills) from outside
hitter Brayelin Martinez and another nine from her sister, middle
blocker Jineiry Martinez.
"We got to face two very strong opponents (Italy and Türkiye) in our
first matches here," setter and captain Niverka Marte said. "We have the
confidence that we can fight against teams of their caliber, but in both
matches, we made too many errors and that's just not possible at this
level. Today we fought hard and had good moments, which makes us happy.
Now we need to move forward and focus on the Netherlands. It's going to
be another difficult match as they've been playing very well, but we'll
prepare for it and try to limit our errors."
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