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United States advances to the Girls U19 Worlds Quarterfinals
August 7, 2023.- United States advanced to the FIVB Girls U19 World
Championship quarterfinals on Monday by defeating the Dominican Republic
3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 2-24) in Osijek, Croatia.
United States (6-0) will play Brazil (4-2) in Wednesdays quarterfinals.
The time has not yet been announced. The Dominican Republic (2-4) will
face Argentina (4-2) in the matches for positions 9-16.
Outside hitter Abigail Vander Wal was the American leading scorer with
13 points, one more than middle blocker Favor Anyanwu. Dominican outside
hitter Katielle Vargas topped all scorers with 18 points.
Puerto Rico (2-4) lost their quarterfinal 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-21) to
Japan (5-1). Opposite Miku Akimoto left the court with 16 points and
outside hitter Riri Kasai with 13 on the Japanese side, while outside
hitter Elena Garcia and opposite Grace Mar Villanueva each scored 14 for
Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico will also play for positions 9 to 16 against China (5-1) in
Szeged, Hungary.
Mexico (1-5) and Canada (1-5) will battle each other for positions
17-20. On Monday Mexico beat Germany 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 26-24) and
Canada prevailed 3-1 (25-19, 27-25, 16-25, 25-23) over Chile. |
