Volleyball team qualifies

[NewsWhore]

Last week the Dominican national volleyball team won the right to compete in the World Volleyball Championship, scheduled for Japan in 2010. The DR team won the Norceca-D third-round tournament held in Santiago de los Caballeros. Milagros Cabral, Bethania de la Cruz and Priscila Rivera were praised for their excellent game. This is the sixth time since 1974 that the DR will compete in the world's top volleyball championship.
The Dominicans now join defending champions Russia and hosts Japan, who received byes to the final tournament scheduled for next fall in Japan.
As reported by the FIVB, the Dominican Republic downed Mexico in straight sets 25-12, 25-10, 25-18 on Sunday to book their sixth appearance in a World Championship Final Round, following participation in 1974, 1978 and in the last three editions starting in 1998.
"It is a great feeling to get the ticket to Japan," said Dominican Milagros Cabral. "This is a year when we have to prove to ourselves where we really are and how good we can become."
See http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/... (http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/2010/Women/Rounds/?Tourn=WQ10NO-H)

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