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TOKYO, Japan, May 21, 2016 - The Dominican Republic has finished
its 2016 Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament with a flurry,
posting a second consecutive win by beating Rio-bound Korea 3-0
(25-23, 25-11, 28-26)
The Dominicans finished the tournament with two wins, while
Korea could afford to smile despite losing matches to Thailand
and the Dominican Republic in the last two days of competition.
For both teams, Sunday’s match was very much about the future.
For the Dominicans, it was with an eye on Tokyo 2020, while for
Korea it was much shorter term – fine tuning tjeir line-up for
Rio in August.
Yonkaira Peña and Brayelin Martinez led the Dominican scoring
charts with 20 and 17 points, respectively.
Dominican Republic coach Marcos Kwiek said he was happy to have
another win, but still disappointed his team would not be going
to Rio.
“I’m happy to get the victory. We are looking for the positives
from this tournament. “It's disappointing not to be going to
Rio,” Kwiek said. “The World Grand Prix starts soon so I was
exploring possibilities with the team today.” |
