Cardenas takes Cuba to victory over Dominicans

 LIMA, Peru, May 5, 2019 - Cuba beat the Dominican Republic in straight sets (25-19, 25-18, 25-23) in the second match of Pool A in the 4th edition of the U21 Men's Volleyball Pan American Cup.

Julio César Cardenas scored 18 points for his team's triumph, including 12 attacks, 2 blocks and 4 on services. For the Dominican Republic Bayron Valdez highlighted with 15 units.

Cuba was very aggressive with the serve getting an advantage of 10-3 and also had he dominance in attacks (39-29) and blocking (7-3). The winners committed 25 unforced errors, while the losers gave 19 points for errors.

Julio César Cardenas, Cuba's top scorer: We are very happy for the victory against a rival who knows how to give the fight as Dominican Republic. Although we are already classified to the World by ranking, we know that we have to take advantage of each match to the maximum, because each opponent will allow us to grow and improve our game for the great challenge that comes to us.

Bayron Valdez, top scorer and captain of the Dominican Republic: I am satisfied with the performance of my team, we have many new players and despite that we could complicate at times an opponent as strong as Cuba. Tomorrow will be a new rival, we are still focused on our goal of winning the ticket and we will go all out for the victory.

 Cuba will play its second match of the Cup on Monday, May 6 at 4:00 pm against Puerto Rico. On the other hand, Dominican Republic will face the United States at 6:00 p.m.