Ariana Rodriguez’s powerful shot against Canada. external source
Joanna Diaz, Puerto Rico (5-11-2023).- The Dominican Republic national team achieved its second victory on Thursday evening in the South American Volleyball Women’s U-19 Cup, after defeating Canada in three sets without goals, with a score of 25-17, 29-27 and 25-14, in the confrontation. corresponding to group b.
With this victory, the Dominican national team advanced to the quarter-finals, finishing second in Group B, and will face the third day in Group A, which is matched by Costa Rica.
The Dominican national team relied on the effective offensive work of Ariana Rodriguez, who scored 29 points, followed by Katiel Alonzo, who scored 11 points.
The Dominicans celebrate their victory and advance to the Quarterfinals. external source
And this is the second victory achieved by the Kisquianas in the Pan Am Cup competition, as they managed to beat Honduras on the first day, although last Wednesday they lost 3-1 against Puerto Rico.
Tyler De Boer and Mary Healy had the most defeat, scoring 11 points, respectively.
In the second game, the girls from Canada put up fierce resistance to their rivals and went beyond the limit and finished 29-27 in favor of the winners, thanks to powerful shots from Ariana Rodriguez and Alonzo. The incident lasted 1:20 minutes.
Costa Rica won
Costa Rica qualified for the quarter-finals of the Women’s Copa América U-19 in Norseca after defeating the US Virgin Islands 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-15) at the Dolores Martinez Coliseum in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico.
With this win, Costa Rica finished the preliminary round 1-2 to take third place in Group A and advance to tomorrow’s quarter-finals. Virgin Islands play 0-2 in positions 5-8.
Costa Rica had a comfortable advantage of 30-17 in attacks, 5-3 in blocks and 8-2 in hits. The Central American team scored 32 points from opponent errors and allowed 22 points.
Angelica Rodriguez, captain of the Costa Rica national team, was the top scorer of the match, with 17 points from 14 attacks and three goals. Striker corner Jocelyn Moraga also contributed to the victory, collecting 9 points.
