NewsWhore
09-23-2009, 05:10 PM
The DR defeated Canada in three sets during the NORCECA Women's Continental Volleyball Championship taking place in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
The DR defeated Canada in consecutive frames by score of 25-20, 25-22, 25-20 in the first match of Pool A of the tournament.
Prisilla Rivera and Milagros Cabral topped the Dominican offense with 15 and 12 points respectively and Lisvel Eve and Altagracia Mambru added 9 and 8. Tammy Mahon and Tiffany Dodds charted 15 and 11 points for Canada.
"We know Canada and trained well for them," said Dominican Republic coach Marcos Kwiek. "I think the 3-0 result means that our study of the videos and our game plan worked well."
"Dominican Republic played very well and we couldn't stop their captain number 10 (Cabral)," said Arnd Ludwig, the Canadian coach. "We didn't have precision in our reception and that facilitated their blocking. We were 9-2 ahead in the second set and allowed them to come back."
Other participants are Puerto Rico (ranked 18th), Cuba (5th), Costa Rica (30th), the USA (2nd), and Mexico (26th), Trinidad & Tobago (53rd). The DR is ranked 14th.
Up for grabs are the regional bragging rights and the single ticket available to the FIVB World Grand Championships Cup in November. The event is being held from 22-27 September.
The pool play runs through September 22-24 with the winner of each group advancing directly to the semi final round. The second and third place teams then will play crossed matches in the quarterfinals (September 25).
Four daily matches are scheduled starting at 14:00 (local time) with Puerto Rico playing always at 20:00. All the matches of Puerto Rico and those for the medals will be on national television by TeleSports Channel 13. Matches can be seen "on demand" via www.mediasports.tv (http://www.mediasports.tv)
The DR has won the bronze medal in the event, which is held every two years, at every tournament since 2001.
See www.norceca.org (http://www.norceca.org)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#14)
The DR defeated Canada in consecutive frames by score of 25-20, 25-22, 25-20 in the first match of Pool A of the tournament.
Prisilla Rivera and Milagros Cabral topped the Dominican offense with 15 and 12 points respectively and Lisvel Eve and Altagracia Mambru added 9 and 8. Tammy Mahon and Tiffany Dodds charted 15 and 11 points for Canada.
"We know Canada and trained well for them," said Dominican Republic coach Marcos Kwiek. "I think the 3-0 result means that our study of the videos and our game plan worked well."
"Dominican Republic played very well and we couldn't stop their captain number 10 (Cabral)," said Arnd Ludwig, the Canadian coach. "We didn't have precision in our reception and that facilitated their blocking. We were 9-2 ahead in the second set and allowed them to come back."
Other participants are Puerto Rico (ranked 18th), Cuba (5th), Costa Rica (30th), the USA (2nd), and Mexico (26th), Trinidad & Tobago (53rd). The DR is ranked 14th.
Up for grabs are the regional bragging rights and the single ticket available to the FIVB World Grand Championships Cup in November. The event is being held from 22-27 September.
The pool play runs through September 22-24 with the winner of each group advancing directly to the semi final round. The second and third place teams then will play crossed matches in the quarterfinals (September 25).
Four daily matches are scheduled starting at 14:00 (local time) with Puerto Rico playing always at 20:00. All the matches of Puerto Rico and those for the medals will be on national television by TeleSports Channel 13. Matches can be seen "on demand" via www.mediasports.tv (http://www.mediasports.tv)
The DR has won the bronze medal in the event, which is held every two years, at every tournament since 2001.
See www.norceca.org (http://www.norceca.org)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#14)