The USA ladies took house silver Sunday after dropping to the Dominican Republic within the title match of the NORCECA Senior Ladies’s Volleyball Continental Championship in Quebec, Canada.
The Dominicans received the event for the third time in a row and fourth total (2009, 2019, 2021, 2023).
“Congratulations to Dominican. They made some good changes and performed an important match. It was an distinctive win for them,” USA coach Karch Kiraly informed NORCECA.
“In fact, we’re actually upset to be on the dropping finish of that. After the primary set, they tried some totally different combos and threw extra at us than we might deal with.”
The Dominican Republic received 12-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-19, 15-13, avenging an earlier loss to the USA within the event.
The Individuals opened with a sweep of Costa Rica (25-3, 25-13, 25-5) earlier than doing the identical to Cuba (25-8, 25-17, 25-14) and the Dominican Republic (25-22, 25-22, 25-16). They swept Cuba once more within the semifinals (25-12, 25-11, 25-16).
The USA ladies now head to Poland later this week for the FIVB “Street to Paris” Olympic qualifying event.
From the NORCECA information launch:
After beating Canada within the semis yesterday, the “Reinas Del Caribe” excited the group coming again after a poor exhibiting within the first set in opposition to the reigning Olympic gold medalists, solely to win the second. It was then backwards and forwards, with USA main in assault 60-53, Dominican led in blocking (9-8). USA had 7 aces in contrast with 3 for the successful facet. USA misplaced extra factors to errors 31-28.
Jordan Thompson led all scoring with 21 factors — 17 from assault, 3 blocks, and a serve. Brayelin Martinez contributed 20 factors — 18 from assault, and a pair of blocks.
Each groups now enter the Olympic Qualification tournaments later this month.
Canada received bronze over Cuba earlier within the day.