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Dominican teams undefeated at U20 and U18

 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, July 21, 2016 – The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and hosts the United States U20 Teams are undefeated after two days of competition at the USA Volleyball High Performance Female Championships.

 

In Tuesday’s matches, the Dominican side cruised past the USA Girls Youth 2 Team 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-13), while USA got an easy 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-17) win over USA Girls Youth 1 Team.

 

Puerto Rico finished with the top hand in four sets against Canada, winning 3-1 (25-23, 19-25, 25-23, 25-22) in a tight contest.

 

Massiel Matos and Nathalia Martínez stood out for the Dominican Republic with 13 and 12 points, respectively, and Madelin Medrano added 11 in the win. Geraldine Gonzalez led the defense at the net with four blocks of her own.

 

In Pool 1 of the U18 division, the Dominican Republic maneuvered to win two more matches to improve to 3-0 while Puerto Rico came out with a 1-1 balance and sits now at 2-1 in the standings in Pool 2.

 

The Dominicans won 3-1 (21-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-21) over GEVA (New Jersey) and 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-17) against SCVC (Southern California).

 

Puerto Rico defeated USA White 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-23) and then succumbed 3-2 (20-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-12, 15-6) against Florida.