Dominican Republic defeats Argentina 3-1

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, México, September 22nd 2010.—  Dominican Republic recovered from the loss against Peru and defeated Argentina 3-1 (25-23,  25-27, 25-22, 27-25).

The Caribbean ladies and the South Americans faced a very tight start on the net, but the team coached by Marcos Kwiek had a fast recovery to win the first set.

Argentina also tried to get back from behind and did it succesfully in the second one by winning it and tying the match 1-1. Josefina Fernandez showed a spectacular reception that turned on the argentinan vibe.

However the Dominicans took the advantage for a 2-1 score, forcing a fourth set in which Argentina fell short to win.

“We doubted in the definition of that set and this was a very wierd match, there were some moments that were good for us, and not so”, said coach Bastit.

“We are in a transition process with our team. There were mistakes on both sides of the net, we made mistakes, they  made mistakes but in the end the match was very attractive for the fanatics, because we played very tightly”, stated coach Kwiek.

“We improved our level and played much better than in the first match, we struggled a little bitt at the end of the second and third sets, they were too physycal, but we have worked hard on that”, said the Dominican Captain, Karla Echenique.

Meanwhile, Antonela Curatola, the argentinan captain said: “We started very well even though there were some problems with our service, but failed in our game volume”.