The Dominican Republic’s women volleyball team (Queens of the Caribbean) almost defeated Japan in the FIVB Nations League volleyball championship in Korea. In a final game on Thursday, 20 June 2019, the 9th ranked DR lost to 6th ranked Japan 3-2 ((25-17, 25-23, 24-26, 26-28, 15-10).
When the two teams clashed on the closing day of this year’s pool play at Boryeong, Korea, the Dominican Republic’s Bethania de la Cruz scored 35 points and Japan’s Ai Kurogo 30 for the first ever double 30+ in an FIVB Volleyball Nations League match. The FIVB reported that 32-year-old De La Cruz scored off just 20 attacks (20/55 for a 36% efficiency), but added as many as 8 blocks and 7 aces to her tally.
The outside hitter is the second Dominican player to make the list of players who have scored 30 points or more in a single VNL match. Brayelin Martinez has entries from both earlier this year (36 points against Thailand) and last year (31 against Korea).
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Volleyball Nations League
24 June 2019