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GUADALAJARA, Mexico, April 7,
2010 – The Dominican Republic secured its first
win against Curacao in three consecutive sets of
25-11, 25-20 and 25-14 points during today’s
first match of the NORCECA Continental Sub-19
Boys Volleyball Championship.
The serves by the Dominican team
was the most damaging weapon against their
rivals, although in the second set and despite
their lower average height, Curacao upped the
pace as they did during the day before against
Puerto Rico.
On the Dominican side, Julio
Cesar Almonte’s attacking skills stood out,
scoring 15 points, 12 of which came from
spikes. The other player scoring double digits
was the attacker receiver Fransisco Javier Cerda
(11).
Osiel Vazquez, Technical Director
for the Dominican Republic commented “our team
knows how to exercise their power in every area
of the game and it truly was a good match.
Tomorrow, we go against Puerto Rico and we need
to get psychologically ready because that will
be a great match.”
Leito Urvin, Technical Director
for Curacao emphasized “my team didn’t get over
yesterday’s loss and they haven’t had enough
competitive activity, with just two victories
under their belt coming out of the Caribbean
regional qualification competitions -- one
against Barbados and the other against Trinidad
and Tobago.”
Tomorrow, during the last
preliminary round, the Dominican Republic will
compete against Puerto Rico for first place in
group B at 3:00PM.
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