USA beat Dominican Republic in Norceca Olympic battle

London, Great Britain, August 7, 2012.— The United States extended their winning streak also to the 1/4 finals of the women’s volleyball tournament downing the Dominican Republic in straight sets (25-14, 25-21, and 25-22) to qualify for the semis scheduled for this Thursday.

Via this classy performance the players coached by Hugh McCutcheon re-asserted their role as top contenders for the gold medal that will be at stake later this week. 

Destinee Hooker paced Team USA with 19 points with Foluke Akinradewo and Jordan Larson also finishing in double digits with 12 and 11 respectively while Prisilla Rivera and Bethania de la Cruz were once more the major force in offense for the Caribbean side with 15 and 12.

The world’s No.1 ranked side USA had topped their qualification pool without losing any match, while the Dominican Republic came through their pool in fourth place, having won just two matches.