{"id":146444,"date":"2026-08-22T06:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/queens-of-the-caribbean-crush-costa-rica-in-the-norceca-qualifier\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T06:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:10:43","slug":"queens-of-the-caribbean-crush-costa-rica-in-the-norceca-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/queens-of-the-caribbean-crush-costa-rica-in-the-norceca-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens of the Caribbean crush Costa Rica in the Norceca Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Queens of the Caribbean start their Norceca title defense with authority<\/h2>\n\n<p>The women&#8217;s national volleyball team, known globally as the Queens of the Caribbean, began their participation in the Norceca Qualifying Championship with a resounding victory. The Dominican squad defeated Costa Rica in straight sets, making it clear from the very first moment that their goal is to retain the regional title.<\/p>\n\n<p>The match, which was carried out with absolute superiority by the Dominican team, concluded with partials of 25-11, 25-11, and 25-10. The intensity of the Dominican team was such that the game ended in just 54 minutes of play, demonstrating a technical and physical level far superior to that of their rival.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Offensive dominance and individual brilliance<\/h3>\n\n<p>Although the coaching staff opted to rest most of their starting players, the team&#8217;s young talent shone through. Flormarie Heredia led the offense with an outstanding performance, accumulating 18 points, all of them through accurate attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alondra Tapia scored 16 points, standing out with 11 attacks, one block, and four service aces.<\/li><li>Massiel Matos contributed 14 units, distributed between 10 attacks and four direct points from the service line.<\/li><li>Geraldine Gonz\u00e1lez was a key piece in net defense, recording five blocks and totaling nine points.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The statistical superiority was evident: the Dominican Republic dominated 44-12 in attacks, achieved 14 direct service points against none from the Costa Ricans, and outperformed their rivals 6-2 in blocks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next challenge on the calendar<\/h3>\n\n<p>On behalf of the Costa Rican representation, Mar\u00eda del Sol Venegas was the most outstanding with just five points. The Dominican victory was sealed symbolically with a service ace by Yaneiris Rodr\u00edguez, which closed the third set with a score of 25-10.<\/p>\n\n<p>Following this successful debut, the Queens of the Caribbean are preparing for their next match in the tournament. The Dominican team will face Cuba this Saturday, August 22, in a duel scheduled for 8:30 at night, where they will seek to remain undefeated and advance firmly toward the next phase.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Queens of the Caribbean start their Norceca title defense with authority The women&#8217;s national volleyball team, known globally as the Queens of the Caribbean, began their participation in the Norceca Qualifying Championship with a resounding victory. The Dominican squad defeated Costa Rica in straight sets, making it clear from the very first moment that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[1271,8963,2934,2333],"class_list":{"0":"post-146444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-norceca","10":"tag-queens-of-the-caribbean","11":"tag-volleyball"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}