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BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, September 22, 2009 – Hosts
Puerto Rico capped the opening day of the
NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship with a
25-18, 25-15, 25-17 win over Trinidad & Tobago
before around 2,500 fans at Ruben Rodriguez
Coliseum of Bayamon.
Puerto Rico blanked its opponent 7-0 in the aces
category and also took advantage of 33 errors of
Trinidad & Tobago.
Sarai Alvarez led Puerto Rico with 14 points
followed by Tatiana Encarnacion and Aurea Cruz
with 8 and 7 respectively. Kelly-Anne Billingy
had 10 points for the losers and Krystle Esdelle
contributed 9 tallies.
“We tried to maintain the game simple saving
strategies for other teams,” said Vilmarie
Mojica, the Captain of Puerto Rico. “Trinidad &
Tobago surprised us with the attacks in the
first set but then we settled down and played
better.”
“Our team is still in a learning process, but I
am satisfied with the improvement attained in
each competition that we participate,” said
Francisco Cruz, the coach of Trinidad & Tobago.
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