The Dominican Republic ladies volleyball team beat Peru in an epic five-set battle (16-25, 25-23, 25-23, 22-25, 15-12) on Saturday to claim gold at the Final Four Cup on Saturday.
“It is great to take another title back to the Dominican Republic,” Marcos Kwiek, the Brazilian coach of the new champions said.
“This has been a great year for the team.” MVP Dahiana Burgos added.
Burgos topped the scores for the Dominican Republic with 17 points while Lisvel Eve added 14 including five blocks
“We played a hot battle from the beginning to the end and the victory was for the most patient team”, stated Karla Echenique, the Dominican captain.
Chihuan, the Peruvian captain, commented: “It was a very intense match, and this is what a competition is all about, a team that wins and a team that loses. I can only say that tonight (Saturday) there is an honorable champion.”
In the match for the bronze medal, Argentina swept Mexico in straight-sets (25-10, 25-15, 25-11) with Tanya Acosta and Florencia Busquets as the best scorers with 10 and nine points respectively. Mexican Alejandra Isiordia led all the players in the match with 13 points.
Final positions
1. Dominican Republic
2. Peru
3. Argentina
4. Mexico
Individual awards
Best scorer: Dahiana Burgos (DOM)
Best spiker: Jessenia Uceda (PER)
Best blocker: Leyla Chihuan (PER)
Best server: Elena Keldibekova (PER)
Best setter: Elena Keldibekova (PER)
Best receiver: Vanesa Palacios (PER)
Best digger: Brenda Castillo (DOM)
Best libero: Brenda Castillo (DOM)
MVP: Dahiana Burgos (DOM)
