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Dominican teams undefeated at U20 and U18
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, July 21, 2016 – The Dominican
Republic, Puerto Rico and hosts the United States U20 Teams are
undefeated after two days of competition at the USA Volleyball
High Performance Female Championships.
In Tuesday’s matches, the Dominican side cruised past the USA
Girls Youth 2 Team 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-13), while USA got an
easy 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-17) win over USA Girls Youth 1 Team.
Puerto Rico finished with the top hand in four sets against
Canada, winning 3-1 (25-23, 19-25, 25-23, 25-22) in a tight
contest.
Massiel Matos and Nathalia Martínez stood out for the Dominican
Republic with 13 and 12 points, respectively, and Madelin
Medrano added 11 in the win. Geraldine Gonzalez led the defense
at the net with four blocks of her own.
In Pool 1 of the U18 division, the Dominican Republic maneuvered
to win two more matches to improve to 3-0 while Puerto Rico came
out with a 1-1 balance and sits now at 2-1 in the standings in
Pool 2.
The Dominicans won 3-1 (21-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-21) over
GEVA (New Jersey) and 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-17) against SCVC
(Southern California).
Puerto Rico defeated USA White 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-23) and
then succumbed 3-2 (20-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-12, 15-6) against
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