Dominican made ​​adjustments to beat Guatemala

CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, July 17, 2014 – Following a tough battle in the first set, the Dominican Republic team was able to made the adjustments to defeat Guatemala 3-0 to begin the NORCECA Men’s Final Playoff towards the World Championship at Guillermo Angulo Coliseum of Carolina on Thursday.

The line score of the Dominican victory was 27-25, 25-13, 25-18.

The first set was well fought with the Guatemalans able to decode the serves of the Dominican Republic and with good defensive and offensive moments. The Guatemalans led the set 24-23 and 25-24 but couldn’t execute and the Dominicans stabilized their blocking to close it.

The next two sets were won comfortably by the Antillean team.

The Captain of Dominican Republic Wilfredo Hernández had 13 points as also did the veteran Jose Miguel Cáceres. Mario frías chipped in with 8 points in the win. Gerardo González was the best for Guatemala with 12 points.

“We started somehow cold, part of the reason our lack of international play. Also I wanted to utilize everybody, but for the next match we will go out with better concentration,” said José Alvarez, Coach of Dominican Republic.

On the other hand, David Aldana, Coach of Guatemala, stated: “We had a good start, but they (the Dominicans) made adjustments with their serves and it created many problems. That hurt us, when we could solve their serves it was too late.”