{"id":241613,"date":"2025-09-18T07:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=241613"},"modified":"2025-09-18T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:24:58","slug":"dr-defeats-cuba-but-loses-to-puerto-rico-and-usa-in-final-six-volleyball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/09\/18\/dr-defeats-cuba-but-loses-to-puerto-rico-and-usa-in-final-six-volleyball\/","title":{"rendered":"DR defeats Cuba, but loses to Puerto Rico and USA in Final Six volleyball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DR-vs-Cuba-NORCECA-1024x674.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-241640\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DR-vs-Cuba-NORCECA-1024x674.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DR-vs-Cuba-NORCECA-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DR-vs-Cuba-NORCECA-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DR-vs-Cuba-NORCECA-1536x1011.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DR-vs-Cuba-NORCECA.png 2032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic senior women\u2019s volleyball team began the Final Six, the regional Norceca, championship with a win over Cuba 3-0. But then, the team lost to Puerto Rico in three sets 3-0. The Reinas del Caribe next lost their game on 17 September against the United States (3-1). The DR has yet to play Canada on 18 September at 6pm and the hosts Mexico on 19 September at 8pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top four teams at the conclusion of round-robin play will advance to the crossover semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/norceca.net\/USA%20Continues%20Winning%20Streak%20at%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Final%20Six.htm\">Norceca <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/norceca.net\/Puerto%20Rico%20Earns%20First%20Win%20at%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Final%20Six.htm\">Norceca <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/norceca.net\/Dominican%20Republic%20Defeats%20Cuba%20in%20Straight%20Sets%20in%20NORCECA%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Final%20Six%20Opener.htm\">Norceca <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/norceca.net\/2025%20Events%20&amp;%20Activities\/Events\/Final%20Six\/Women%20Final%20Six\/Calendar\/Calendar%202025%20NORCECA%20Women%20Final%206.htm\">Norceca <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>18 September 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican Republic senior women\u2019s volleyball team began the Final Six, the regional Norceca, championship with a win over Cuba 3-0. But then, the team lost to Puerto Rico in three sets 3-0. The Reinas del Caribe next lost their game on 17 September against the United States (3-1). The DR has yet to play &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/09\/18\/dr-defeats-cuba-but-loses-to-puerto-rico-and-usa-in-final-six-volleyball\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241613"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241642,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241613\/revisions\/241642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}