Dominicans win bronze in Pan Am volleyball cup

The Dominican Republic's men's volleyball team won the bronze medal at the U23 Pan American Cup by defeating Canada 25-23, 25-15, 25-23 in the bronze medal match held last Sunday at the Langley Events Centre. The Dominican team made a comeback after losing in the round robin to the Canadian team in straight sets. The Dominicans finished the tournament with a 2-3 record and the bronze medal. Brazil won the gold medal defeating Argentina 25-18 25-13, 25-17 in the final.

"I feel happy for my athletes, because we achieved the goal of winning a medal, and worked a lot with our service sending all the balls against their number nine (Bradley Kufske) as part of our tactical plan and it worked," Dominican Republic's coach Cuban Osiel Vazquez told Norceca reporters.

Canada's coach Ben Josephson said: "Their service reception was spectacular. We weren't able to get much going until the third game. Credit to the Dominican Republic coaching staff and players for cleaning up the things we did well last game."

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