Dominicans sweep Argentina to go 4-5

OSAKA, Japan, September 27, 2019 – The Dominican Republic faced off against Argentina at Maruzen Intec Arena in the second of Friday’s matches in Osaka. The Dominican team took the win in three sets (25–16, 25–23, 27–25), showing poise and experience in clutch moments.

The Dominicans, who improved their record to 4-5, led in attacks 51-44 and blocks 8-2 while committing only 14 errors to 16 by the losers. Each team scored three aces.

Dominican Brayelin Martínez posted 26 points as the best scorer in the match. Lisvel Eve was next with 11 points, including three blocks.

Paula Yamila Nizetich and Lucía Fresco were the best for Argentina with 14 and 13 points, respectively.

"We knew today’s match would be tense and hard-fought. We played against each other many times, in the Pan American competitions. We knew we had to be very aggressive in our service, otherwise it would be very difficult to win,” Dominican Republic coach Marcos Kwiek said. 

“In the second set their service got better, and in the third set it was quite good. In that last set we got our rhythm back, serving and attacking better. With two more matches left here, we will focus on those in our training. Next year we have the Olympic qualifiers, so we will continue to practice hard," Kwiek added.