Creole sextet remains undefeated in the Nocerca Final Six
Santo Domingo. – Convincingly and uncomplicated it was the second win in a row last night for the Caribbean Queens after having three sets to nil (25-20/25-16/25-12) against the Mexican team, at the close of the second day of the Norceca Final Six Tournamentwhere the Banreservas Cup is played.
The Dominican they did not face problems to remain undefeated (2-0), as they combined a strong serve, excellent blocking and combined attack to break their rivals who now posted their record (0-2).
The Dominicans’ attack was guided by Yonkaira Peña Isabel, with 14 points, Brayelin Martínez contributed 13, while Madeline Guillén scored 11 points and the left-footed Gaila González left with ten, in the event that brings together six countries and takes place successfully at the Ricardo -Gioriver- Arias Volleyball Palace, of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.
With his great performance, Peña assumes the leadership of the tournament with the most points scored (18), in the tournament that concludes this coming Saturday.
It was impossible for the Mexicans to circumvent the iron defense carried out by the girls led by Brazilian Marcos Kwiek, who, unlike on Sunday, did not use his star players, Brenda Castillo and Bethania de la Cruz.
“We went out to give a good game and we were able to achieve it, each one of us went out to comply with the game scheme proposed by our leader, now we have to stay focused to try to keep our undefeated and go out on the field to defend it against Puerto Rico ”, expressed Peña Isabel after the game that lasted 1:10 minutes.
For the defeated, Claudia Río was the most outstanding with 7 points, seconded by Aimé Topete, with six goals.
PR bends the US
In a close game from start to finish, Puerto obtained its second victory of the Final Six by defeating the United States 25-22, 28-26, 21-25, 25-20 in the second match of the day on Monday.
A shot from veteran Karina Ocasio gave “Las Nenas” the point they needed to win the first set 25-22 and show them the path to victory on the second date of the fair.
Those led by Fernando Morales extended their unbeaten record to 2-0 and the Americans, who in their debut accounted for Canada 3-0, are now 1-1.
Morales, in turn, declared that the team defended and had a consistent service, aspects of the game that he hopes will come out also against the Quisqueyanas.
Brittany Abercrombie and Ocasio, with 18 and 17 points, respectively, led Puerto Rico’s collegiate attack.
Cuba beats Canada
In the early hours, the Cuban team defeated the Canadian team 3-0 (25-15/ 25-18/ 25-21) at the start of the second date of the tournament that brings together six teams.
The Cubans were led by Dezirett Madan, who had 13 points, 10 of them in attacks, one in blocking and 2 in services.
Claudia Tarín got the same amount of points (13). Ailama Cese and Gretell Elena Moreno also contributed to the Cuban cause, with 9 points each.
For Canada, the best player was Layne Van Buskirk, with 9 points and Melissa Langegger with 7.
Now the Cubans have a record of one win and one loss while the Canadians have not won in their two games played.
third day
The actions of the Final Six continue this Tuesday with matches between Cuba vs. Mexico, at 3:00 in the afternoon, followed by the United States vs. Canada, 5:00 pm, while the Dominican Republic will face Puerto Rico, at 7:00 pm.
