Dominican Republic Starts with Victory in the Women’s Pan American Volleyball Cup
COLIMA, Mexico – The Dominican Republic team began its participation in the XXII Women’s Pan American Volleyball Cup with a resounding victory over Trinidad and Tobago, defeating them in three consecutive sets. The final score reflected the superiority of the Dominican team: 25-9, 25-15 and 25-11. The meeting took place on Sunday evening, marking the end of the first day of the tournament. In this first match, the Queens of the Caribbean demonstrated their dominance on the court, surpassing their opponent in all facets of the game. In terms of offense, Madeline Guillén and Samaret Caraballo led the Dominican attack, both scoring 15 points each. Angélica Hinojosa contributed 9 points. From Trinidad and Tobago, Kaylon Crickshank was the most outstanding player, scoring 10 points. The superiority of the Dominican Republic team was evident in the statistics: they outperformed Trinidad and Tobago in attacks (38-19), blocks (7-3), and serves (14-1).The team behaved very well, we took advantage of our quite aggressive serve, we didn’t make silly mistakes, that was very important to maintain concentration, we know that they are different teams, we respect the other team, we did our job.
Marcos Kwiek, coach of the Dominican Republic
The next challenge for the Quisqueyan team will be against Venezuela at 6:00 PM (8:00 PM Dominican time), in a match corresponding to Group B of the Women’s Pan American Cup.We arrived here directly from the airport and the players were really tired, so I think my team played well considering the circumstances, I think that when the players rest a little we will have a better performance on the court.
Deon Hutchinson, coach of Trinidad Tobago
