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BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, September 27, 2009 –
Dominican Republic saved four match-points in
the fourth set and went on to defeat hosts
Puerto Rico 19-25, 25-23, 16-25, 32-30, 15-8 in
the final match of the NORCECA Women’s
Continental Championship played in front of more
than 7,000 enthusiastic spectators.
The victory earned the Dominicans the ticket to
the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup next November
in Japan.
Prisilla Rivera and Bethania de la Cruz each
recorded 22 points for the winners and Lisvel
Eve added 11. Puerto Rican Aurea Cruz topped all
the players with 32 points and Sarai Alvarez
tallied 17.
“Our team is super happy with the goal we have
been trying to achieve for many years,” said
Milagros Cabral, captain of Dominican Republic.
“We have never been in the Grand Champions Cup
and we got the ticket because we battle for it.
We tried to keep the calm in the fourth set
because we were not willing to give away the
game.”
“It was not our best match of the tournament,”
said Marcos Kwiek. “Our reception was not good
and our attack was not as good as in the
previous matches. In the key moments we improved
our serves and put a lot of pressure on the
rival.”
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