HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 9 (ACN) Cuba’s women’s volleyball team won the gold medal and the first of the two quotas for the Junior Pan American Games in 2025, by defeating the Dominican Republic 3-1 in the U23 Pan American Cup, held in Xalapa, in the Mexican city of Veracruz.
With this result, the Cubans took revenge for the setback suffered at the end of the group phase against the Dominicans, when they lost 0-3, but on Sunday they overcame the previously undefeated Dominicans in four sets.
According to the website www.norceca.net, Cuba won the first set, 26-24, were ahead in the second, 22-25, at which point they reacted with scores of 25-21 and 25-20, which guaranteed the victory.
The key to Cuba’s success was the better results in attack, 55 points to 42, and service (8-4), as Dominican Republic, also qualified for the 2025 Games, outplayed them in blocking (8-6) and gave up seven less points due to their own errors (29-36).
The individual standouts among the Cubans were Lisandra Crafort, with 24 points in attack and one in service, and Witney Jaime (15/14-0-1), while Dominican Republic’s Alondra Denis Tapia (25/21-4-0) was the top scorer of the match, supported by her teammate Florangel Saylin Terrero (11/11-0-0).
For the bronze medal, host Mexico defeated Chile 3-1, while Peru and Nicaragua finished in fifth and seventh place with 3-0 victories over Costa Rica and Suriname, respectively.
The U23 Women’s Pan American Cup awarded two tickets to the two best teams from North, Central America and the Caribbean (Norceca).
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Publish date : 2024-09-09 04:37:00
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