Dominican Republic makes the quarterfinals at U-21 Cup

PANAMA CITY, Panama, June 24, 2011 – Dominican Republic finished second in Pool A to secure a berth in the quarterfinals of the U-21 Men’s Pan American Volleyball Cup defeating Honduras 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-15) on Friday.

Anaury Burgos with 15 points and Kelvyn Campechano with 12 were the best Dominican players while Ricardo Vásquez and José Vásquez topped Honduras with 9 and 7 points respectively.

Osiel Vásquez, coach of Dominican Republic, said they achieved their goal of winning a second match in the pool phase, and praised the performance of their younger rivals. Regarding the quarterfinals he said they have to minime the errors because the opponents are not going to give away anything.

Campechano, captain of the team said Honduras was a fair rival against whom they played and got the victory. Now they will go step by step in the quarterfinals.

Evans Torres, the assistant coach of Honduras, was glad about the attitude of his group of youngsters during the match where they never lost the enthusiasm.

Ricardo Vásquez, player of Honduras, stressed on the experience of participating in this tournament both for him and his teammates and said they learned from playing against the Dominicans and the rest of the matches.