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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 4, 2022
– Two women’s teams from NORCECA Confederation –
United States and Dominican Republic- are among
the Top-10 in the most recent ranking published
by FIVB on July 2.
The Americans continue to maintain the top
position among the best female teams of the
world while the Dominicans occupy the ninth
place following the conclusion of the
preliminary round of the 2022 FIVB Volleyball
Nations League.
The USA Team finished the preliminary phase with
an 11-1 win-loss record while the Dominicans had
a 5-7 mark after losing their first four matches
when they could not count with their star player
Brayelin Martinez due to a slight injury.
Canada who finished with a 4-8 record stayed in
16th position while Puerto Rico and Mexico are
in 18th and 24th positions.
Individually, Canadian Kiera Van Ryk was the
best server of the preliminary round where each
team played one total 12 matches as she landed
20 aces, double than Dominican Yonkaira Peña who
was seventh with 10.
Dominican Niverka Marte was the third best
setter of this part of the annual competition
with 298 successful sets and only 7 errors.
In the scoring department, Van Ryk was the fifth
best with 213 points while their fellow Canadian
Alexa Gray was in tenth place with 181 and
Dominican Peña followed with 180. |
