Dominican Republic secures second place for semifinals

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico, September 23rd, 2010.—  Dominican Republic defeated Mexico 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-8 ) to secure the second place and play the semifinals against Argentina, that finished third.

Mexico had a few good moments with some of its young players like Seomara Sainz, but the dominican Dahiana Burgos finished as the top scorer with 12 points for the dominicans, while Candida Arias finished with 9. For Mexico, Grecia Rivera, recorded 9 tallies and Valeria Hernandez 6.

“I am sure it could be better”, said mexican captain Yazmin Hernandez. “We began with a strong game, played very tough but we decreased our level”.

For the host team head coach, Alfredo Bernal, this was another learning experience. “We have faced much better teams than us in this tournament our level is not as high as theirs, we only have to play and learn a lot from these teams and try to do the right adjustements”,  he said.

Karla Echenique, the Dominican captain stated: “We did not started as good as we wanted, we had a few problems, but we improved in the third set”.

“I know that we as teams have different goals and a different level each one. Our goal is to be in shape for the World Championship but Mexico has been doing a good job preparin their players for the future”, Dominican Republic’s coach Marcos Kwiek, finished.