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MIAMI, Florida, June 27, 2009.- For second day
in a row defending champions Dominican Republic
had to come from behind to prevail in a match of
the Eighth Women’s Pan American Cup. This time
the victim was Canada by score of 23-25, 25-17,
25-21, 25-21.
Dominican Milagros Cabral had 28 points with 26
attacks and two blocks, and Bethania de la Cruz
added 19 including seven service aces. Prisilla
Rivera Rivera charted 15 tallies and Lisvel Eve
had seven blocks among her 10 points.
Tiffany Dodd and Brittney Page topped the
Canadian attack with 14 and 12 points
respectively.
“Our serves improved after the first set and
suddenly the game changed for us,” said Marcos
Kwiek, the coach of Dominican Republic. “Our
blocking improved and also our overall defense.
We still need to be more aggressive right from
the start of the match and also improve our game
on the fundamentals.”
“We played very well today and the girls played
like wanted them to play,” said Arnd Ludwig, the
Canadian coach. “We struggled against the serves
of number 18 (De la Cruz) in sets three and four
and it cost the match for us. If not for that,
the result could have been in our favor.” |
