With 10 aces by Mambru, Dominican Republic open off on the right foot

CORDOBA, Mexico, November 15, 2014 - Dominican Republic had no problems against Venezuela as they won in straight sets 25-6, 25-15, 25-16 at the Cordoba Arena.

Gina Mambru registered 15 units and Prisila Rivera 10 for Dominican Republic. Mambrú aced 10 times against the South Americans who managed their blocking game and closed with 4, one less than the Dominicans.

Maria Jose Pérez and Roslandy Acosta scored 9 points apiece for Venezuela.

Venezuela surrendered 75 points by error against 37 by Dominican Republic, that registered a total of 18 collective aces against only 1 by Venezuela.

“The most important thing is to begin, but we take one match at a time to face each team”, stated Bethania de la Cruz de Pena, captain of Dominican Republic.

“We faced the best team of he competition. They finished fifth at the world championship, so it was pretty complicated against us,” Venezuelan captain Desiree Glod told to the media.

“We arrived here in Veracruz, working so hard, and recovered phisically from the World Championship and we will try to do our best tomorrow,” indicated the coach of Dominican Republic, Marcos Kwiek.

“We must recognize that Dominican Republic is among the top of the world, after that championship, they even fought for the chance of a medal. It was a tough match and we need more inception at the international level,” Venezuela’s coach Sergio Rivero commented.