SALTILLO, Coahuila, July 27, 2008.- The
team of United States confirmed its class
and the crown by defeating the Dominican
Republic in three sets in the gold medal
match of the NORCECA Women’s Junior
Volleyball Tournament.
The Americans won 25-21, 25-20, 25-18 and
convinced that the loss suffered to the
same Dominicans (3-1) in the first day was
precisely a surprise, since starting from
there they began an ascent that never
stopped until the highest point of the
podium.
The best scorer for the monarchs was Gina
Mancuso (13, followed by Michelle Bartsch
(12) and Darcy Dorton (10).
Dominican Jeoselyna Rodriguez (14) was the
best scorer of her team and the match.
As it was in the continental championship
of this category in 2006 in Monterrey, the
Americans and Dominicans disputed the
title, even though they went into five
sets on that occasion.
Paula Weishoff: “Congratulations to the
Dominicans for their qualification to the
World Championship, and I knew we had to
play almost perfect to defeat them,
because they are not so small, it is a
good team and we had the purpose of
blocking and nullify Lisvel Eve, maybe the
best player of the tournament.”
Enrique Larrazaleta, coach of Dominican
Republic: “United Status is a great team,
the reception failed and to counteract the
blocking we had to receive very well. Our
athletes never gave up, gave their best,
but we faced a team that lifted everything,
we tried to do the same, but our opponents
prevented it, they have a great team and I
congratulate them for their title.”
Darcy Dorton, captain of United States:
“The Dominican played a great game, it was
fun to play against them, I am very happy
because we won, we had three goals at the
beginning: to qualify to the World
Championship, to win the gold and having a
good time, we achieved all of them.”
Niverka Marte, captain of Dominican
Republic: “I knew the game was not going
to be an easy one, we defeated them the
first day, but I was sure they were going
to study usm and today they lifted
everything, nothing bounced on their side,
they played very loose, opposed to us who
surrended in the third set. I
congratulated them for the victory.” |