The Dominican Republic’s U20 women’s volleyball team imposed its power and today is the champion of the Norceca U20 Women’s Final-4 Volleyball Cup that was held 6-9 September in Lima, Peru. The win shows the quality of women’s volleyball in the country. The senior volleyball team is ranked 9th in the world.
In Peru, the DR competed against teams from Argentina, Cuba and Peru in the second edition of the tournament. In the first edition, the DR had placed second.
The Dominican team captain Natalia Martinez was named most valuable player, first outside hitter, best server and best scorer. The event also recognized Geraldine Gonzalez as leading middle blocker and Yaneirys Rodriguez as best digger.
To win the tournament, the DR defeated Argentina 3-1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-17, 25-21), avenging its loss to the team in the pool phase of the competition. As reported, Dominican captain Natalia Martinez led the way with 18 points, with Yanlis Feliz contributing 15 points to the winning cause. Melissa Corzo had 25 points in the losing effort.
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Norceca
13 September 2018
