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LIMA, Peru, September 2, 2015 – The Peruvian National Team will
play several training games against the Dominican Republic in
preparation for the FIVB Volleyball Women’s U20 World
Championship to be held in Puerto Rico from September 11 to 19.
The team will arrive in the Dominican Republic on Thursday and
will stay there before travelling to the nearby Puerto Rico.
Natalia Málaga, coach of the Peruvian side said the team is
almost the same that competed and finished in fourth place at
the U18 World Championship two years ago.
“This tournament will serve as a gauge to see how much we have
grown during that period,” Málaga said. “Taking part in the U23
World Championship was part of our training process and we know
this new competition will be a tough one but we have been
working and improving day after day.”
Ángela Leyva, captain of the team, said this will be “an
opportunity to show our growth since our last world championship
and now we go with better preparation and confident. We are 100
percent committed to achieve better results.”
Besides Leyva the team to train in Dominican Republic includes
Maguilaura Frías, Coraima Gómez, Rosa Valiente, Nair Canessa, Shiamara
Almeida and Cristina Cuba as spikers, Yomira Villacorta and
Dayana Rojas as setters, and the libero Nicole Abreu.
They will be joined in Puerto Rico by Diana de la Pe;a and
Katherine Regalado who are currently playing with the senior
team at the FIVB Women’s World Cup in Japan.
At the FIVB Volleyball Women’s U20 World Championship, Peru will
compete in Pool B along with teams from Serbia, China and
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