Women’s volleyball team wins the gold in Lima Pan Am
The Dominican Republic defeated Colombia in the finals of the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. While Colombia is ranked 30th in the world, the team competed as one of the top 10 in the world. The Dominican Republic is ranked 9th by FIVB.
The mastery of the “Queens of the Caribbean” prevailed, and the Dominican women’s team won 3-1. The score was 25-20, 19-25, 25-23 and 25-16. Bethania de la Cruz was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
To reach the finals against Colombia, Team DR had defeated Argentina 3-1 (25-18, 28-26, 25-13, 25-21). In the preliminary round against home country Peru, on 9 August, the DR won 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-17) at the Multisport Complex El Callao in Lima, Peru.
The Dominican team has already defeated Colombia in the preliminary match 3-1 on 7 August, with scores of 26-24, 27-25, 22-25, 27-25.
This was only the second time that the Dominican Republic had played the gold medal match at the Pan Am Games. The first time being against Cuba, a match the country won in the 2003 Pan Am Games played in Santo Domingo.
http://www.norceca.net/Dominican%20R…20Champion.htm
Source: DR1, Listindiario
Aug 16, 2019
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