United States takes gold in the Final Six Pan American Cup
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, August 26, 2023.- In an exciting
game of many spectacular spikes and blocks, the United States defeated
the Dominican Republic 3-1 (24-26, 25-18, 25-20, 25-21) to win gold in
the third edition of the Women's Volleyball Final Six NORCECA Pan
American Cup that took place at the Ricardo Gioriber Arias Volleyball
Pavilion.
For the United States, Simone Lee had 29 points, her captain Sarah
Parsons added 18, while Taylor Mims and Madeleine Gates contributed 14
and 13 points respectively. For the Dominican Republic, Yonkaira Peña
stood out with 17 points, followed by Jineiry Martínez and Gaila
González with 10 points each.
Brad Rostratter, coach of the United States:
It was a very exciting game with a very exciting atmosphere, we are
very happy to have competed here and to have competed with a team as
strong as the Dominican Republic and achieved victory, I think that if
I would not have used different lineups in previous games to keep
everyone on pace and without our depth on the bench this would not
have been possible.
Marcos Kwiek, coach of the Dominican Republic:
It was a game fought all the time, that leaves us happy, today we
faced a team that was very consistent, very solid in all aspects, we
tried to make some changes, some adjustments and it didn't work out
for us but it's part of what we have done, rotate players, at no time
during the tournament did we have the same six players playing all the
time so that they were in rhythm, but that is what we need, put young
people to play with that pressure so that they learn, now comes a
tournament Continental that is very important and we have to play with
more intensity.