NewsWhore
04-08-2008, 04:40 PM
Dominican national team players, center Erika Araki and attacker Bethania de la Cruz have led their team, Toray Arrows, to victory in the Japanese Women's Premier Volleyball Tournament. Araki was named most valuable player of the league. Likewise, Bethania de la Cruz led the average scores for all players in the league. The Dominican women's volleyball team has yet to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.
De la Cruz and Araki will now return to the DR to train for the Women's Volleyball Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics, the qualification tournament that will be held 17-25 May to determine the final four spots for the Olympics. The round-robin tournament will double up as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and so the best three teams plus the best Asian team will then win the right to play in Beijing. Hosts Japan will be joined by Thailand, Korea, Kazakhstan (best-ranked teams at the Asian Continental Championship), Serbia, Poland (best world-ranked teams from CEV), and the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (best world-ranked teams from NORCECA).
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De la Cruz and Araki will now return to the DR to train for the Women's Volleyball Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics, the qualification tournament that will be held 17-25 May to determine the final four spots for the Olympics. The round-robin tournament will double up as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and so the best three teams plus the best Asian team will then win the right to play in Beijing. Hosts Japan will be joined by Thailand, Korea, Kazakhstan (best-ranked teams at the Asian Continental Championship), Serbia, Poland (best world-ranked teams from CEV), and the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (best world-ranked teams from NORCECA).
http://www.norceca.org/April_07_2008_Dominican... (http://www.norceca.org/April_07_2008_Dominican%20De%20la%20Cruz%20leads%20Toray%20to%20Japan%20League%20Title.htm)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#15)