Dominican Republic is the Final four Champion

TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Mexico.—  Dominican Republic won the Final Four Championship after a long battle in five sets defeating Peru 3-2 (16-25, 25-23, 25-23, 22-25, 15-12).

Perú played a very explosive game in the first set. But he dominicans tied the match by increasing their attack and resistance, while in the third one both teams performed a very tight battle. The peruvians cmae from behind in the fourth forcing the fifth.

Diana Soto finished with 19 points while Jessenia Uceda scored 16 for the Peruvian team. On the Dominican side Dahiana Burgos ended with 17 tallies and Lisvel Eve Mejía with 14.

“This was a very intense match, and this is what a competition is all about, a team that wins and a team thata loses, I can only say that tonight there is a honorable champion”, Peruvian captain Leyla Chihuan said.

“We played a hot battle from the beginning to the end and the victory was for the most patient team”, stated Karla Echenique, captain of the Dominican team.  Peru’s assitant coach, Edwin Jimenez quoted: “We finished with a special feeling, the one that we fought point by point trying to define on the last chance”.

For female Dominican Volleyball this year has been a great one. “It is great to take another title to the Dominican Republic, it is a matter of pride after a very tough match, we felt very nervous but had a great physical preparation and that helped us a lot”, said coach Marcos Kwiek.