Dominicans cruised past Costa Rica

CHINCHA, Perú, September 7, 2014.- Dominican Republic cruised by Costa Rica in straight sets (25-8, 25-13, 25-13) in the second and last match of Pool B at the II Women’s U-23 Pan-American Cup that began on Sunday at Mauro Mina Coliseum in the city south of Lima

As well as the cold season, the Caribbean team froze their opponents with superiority in every aspect: in attacks (35-14), blocking (9-2) and service (7-2) in a match that lasted 56 minutes.

The top scorer of the match was Brayelin Martinez (14), joined by teammates Yonkaira Peña and Gaila Gonzalez, both with 11 tallies, while on their opponents side, Tania Carazo scored only seven points.

Brazilian Wagner Pacheco, head coach of the Domincans, was realistic by saying “we played well for as a practice match, we know our team is superior than Costa Rica, but our battle will is against Colombia and Cuba, now we must rest and study the South American teams for tomorrow’s match”.

The captain, the tallest player in the tournament, with 195 centimeters as she says, Brayelin Martinez said “we fell well with our victorious debut and because the team was always united”.

Argentinian Horacio Bastit, coach of the Central Americans explained “we are in another stage than Dominican Republic, there are technical and physical differences, what we tried was to gain experience for our girls and try with less stronger teams and less height to play as equals”.

Opposite player Mijail Hines, captain of Costa Rica manifested “we know that Domincan Republic is incredibly stronger than us, they are a highly leveled opponent, so we decided to perform enjoying the moment”.