Dominican Republic subdue Guadeloupe

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, November 3, 2012 – The Dominican Republic cruised to a straight-set victory (25-12, 25-14, 25-10) over Guadeloupe in the first match of the NORCECA-C First Round Tournament of the 2014 Men’s FIVB World Championship on Saturday.

The more experienced Dominicans relied on their stronger serves and overall skills to subdue the opposition.

Luis Adames and Elnis Palomino topped the winners with 11 and 10 points respectively and Eduardo Concepción chipped in with 8 tallies. Ludovic Baltyde and Alexandre Watson each had six points for Guadeloupe.

The Dominicans, who made 14 errors to 25 by the losers, outserved their opponents 6-2 with Palomino recording three aces.

 “I am very glad with the victory especially because all my players had the chance to see some action,” Cuban coach of Dominican Republic Osiel Vasquez said. “Guadeloupe played with motivation and I think they will do much better against Haiti and U.S. Virgin Islands.”

“It was very hard for us to play against the Dominicans and the result is normal,” Guadeloupe’s coach Ismael Olivier stated. “The level of CAZOVA is different than NORCECA. We have to think about tonight’s and tomorrow’s matches.”

“It is the first time we play against them so we didn’t know what to expect,” Dominican Republic’s captain Tolinson Aquino said. “Anyway we were prepared to play and I am happy with the outcome.”

“We didn’t play the way we wanted and it was very hard for us to play against a strong team,” Guadeloupe’s captain Loic Couchy said.