Brayelin was the best attacker in League of Nations

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 21, 2019 - Dominican Brayelin Martinez was the best attacker in the League of Women's Volleyball Nations (VNL) whose regular round ended on Thursday.

The defending champion United States finished with 12-3 advancing to the Final Six in Nanjing, China and the Dominican Republic had 8-7 for the eighth place.

Martinez had a leading effectiveness of 47.57 percent by landing 235 shots in 494 attempts. The American Andrea Drews was third with an average of 46.26 (294-136).

Martinez and her teammate Bethania de la Cruz finished among the best scorers of the event with 258 and 241 points, respectively, which earned them the second and fourth positions behind the Polish Malwina Smarzek who amassed 365 points.

Brayelin and Bethania were among the players who in the regular round enjoyed matches with a production above 30 points. Martinez made 36 against Thailand and De la Cruz 35 in the farewell against Japan.

De la Cruz was the eighth best blocker with an average of 0.53 per set and Lisvel Eve was tenth with 0.52. Bethania was also seventh among the best servers with 21 aces and an average of 0.32 per partial.

Niverka Marte finished as the seventh best setter with an average of 4.06 and a maximum total of 1,597 attempts.

The libero Larysmer Martinez was ranked in the fifth place among the best defenders with an average of 2.75 and 176 digs.