Dominicans stay unbeaten after victory over Argentina

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, July 3, 2011 – Dominican Republic defeated a resilient Argentina in straight sets (25-23, 25-20, 25-19) for its third victory without losses in Pool A of the 10^th Women’s Pan American Volleyball Cup on Sunday.

Prisilla Rivera and Bethania De la Cruz finished with 15 and 9 points respectively, leading the winners’ offense. The Dominicans were better in the blocking category 9-4.

“I am very happy because we beat one of the strong teams in our pool,” Dominican Milagros Cabral said. “We trained very hard for this match after watching Argentina playing against Cuba and Canada. They are doing very well.”

“It was a tough match against a strong team,” Argentinean Georgina Pinedo commented. “We could not define our game in the late moments and they never slowed down.”

“Our strategy is to play every game of the tournament as the gold medal match, so I demand seriousness, respect and concentration from my players whoever is the opponent.”

“We keep the focus on getting the pass to the World Grand Prix and this is a tournament with four teams battling for the title and four others fighting for that ticket,” Argentina’s Horacio Bastit said. “Peru, Puerto Rico and Canada are our real challenge.”