USA defeated Dominican Republic

TOKYO, Japan, November 17, 2013 – USA defeated Dominican Republic 3-1 (25-14, 25-16, 21-25, 25-18) in the match between teams of the NORCECA region in the FIVB Women’s World Grand Champions Cup at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Sunday.

It was the fourth win against one loss for the USA team that only lost to the Olympic champions Brazil in their first match of the six-team tournament. The Dominican Republic finished with a 1-4 win-loss balance.

The winners held a huge dominance at the net’s defense with a 16-8 margin in the blocking category and also were by far better from the service line with 8 aces against 2. USA team made 20 unforced errors to 21 by the defeated side.

Lauren Paolini was the best scorer of the winning team with 19 points, including four blocks and two aces. Jordan Larson-Burbach and Kelly Murphy each contributed 16 points and Cursty Jackson added 10.

Gina Mambru topped the Dominican team with 17 points followed by the young Brayelin Martinez with 10. Annerys Vargas and Candida Arias had 9 points apiece and Yonkaira Peña finished with six.