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DURANGO, Mexico, August 20, 2021. - Outside
hitter Henry Tapia carried Dominican Republic
into quarterfinals scoring 27 points in his
teams’ victory over Guatemala 3-1 (29-31, 25-16,
25-19, 25-19) at the Men’s NORCECA Continental
Championship in Durango, Mexico.
Dominican Republic with 1-2 record ended the
preliminary round third place in pool B and
moved into the event’s quarterfinal round.
Guatemala with 0-3 will play for positions 5-8.
Experienced Henry Tapia led all scorers with 27
points on 22 kills, 3 blocks and 2 aces,
followed by outside hitters Henry López and
Hector Cruz with 17 and 16 points respectively,
while middle blocker Dawilin Méndez added 11
points including 4 aces.
Four Guatemalan players scored double digits,
led by Carlos López (16), Gerardo González (13),
Jason Hernández (12) and José Rodrigo Carrillo
(11).
Dominicans stopped Guatemalans with a
comfortable 13-7 margin in blocks, 65-50 in
attacks and 5-1 in serves. Guatemala committed
21 unforced errors and Dominican Republic
committed 27.
Henry Tapia, Captain of Dominican Republic: “Our
errors in the first set were useless, we
identified them and then executed much better.
When we controlled our serves and adjusted our
blocking without getting desperate, the scale
was in our favor”.
“En el primer set los errores fueron inútiles,
los identificamos y luego ejecutamos mejor.
Considero que cuando manejamos el saque y
ajustamos el bloqueo sin desesperarnos, la
balanza se inclinó para nuestro lado”.
Carlos López, Captain of Guatemala: “We should
have kept the same energy we had in the first
set; we relaxed and stopped fighting to score as
we did in the beginning, added to our
miscommunication. Tomorrow we rest and we’ll
take time to analyze our mistakes and try to
continue performing like we have been”.
“Debimos de haber mantenido la actitud que
tuvimos en el primer set; siento que nos
acomodamos y no luchamos por los puntos como al
inicio, además cometimos muchos errores de
comunicación. Mañana descansamos y nos servirá
para analizar los errores y seguir jugando como
lo veníamos haciendo”. |
