Dominican Republic beat Nicaragua

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 26, 2019 - Dominican Republic secured the second place in Group A by defeating Nicaragua in consecutive sets 3-0 (25-7, 25-20, 25-20) in a match at Ricardo Arias Pavilion of Santo Domingo.

In Saturday’s quarterfinals, the home side will play Puerto Rico while Chile will face Guatemala to open the actions.

After dominating extensively in the first set, the Dominican squad played more relaxed and in the third set the coach Loren Rodriguez gave playing opportunities to his reserves of the bench. All players on the roster saw action in the match.

Dawilin Méndez had 12 points as th best Dominican scorer, followed by Bryan Turbides and Fuhit Edouard with 9 and 7, respectively. The Dominican side had a tournament-high 12 aces.

Loren Rodriguez, coach of Dominican Republic: “The boys went to the court well motivated but I think they have to keep getting better. I hope once in the semifinal the team can play up to their level and show what they have learned in the past months.”