Santo Domingo.– Cuba and Canada booked tickets to the women’s final phase of NORCECA Confederation Beach Volleyball Continental Cup when the Cuban girls bounced back to defeat United States and Canada outclassed Puerto Rico on Tuesday.Both teams will meet for the top position of the Central Zone on Wednesday while USA and Puerto Rico now are to face Mexico and Dominican Republic respectively with the winners completing the top-four qualified teams to the final event towards the 2012 London Olympic Games.">Santo Domingo.– Cuba and Canada booked tickets to the women’s final phase of NORCECA Confederation Beach Volleyball Continental Cup when the Cuban girls bounced back to defeat United States and Canada outclassed Puerto Rico on Tuesday.Both teams will meet for the top position of the Central Zone on Wednesday while USA and Puerto Rico now are to face Mexico and Dominican Republic respectively with the winners completing the top-four qualified teams to the final event towards the 2012 London Olympic Games.">

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Cuba and Canada make it to the NORCECA finals in DR tournament

  • Submitted by: manso
  • 04 / 21 / 2011

Santo Domingo.– Cuba and Canada booked tickets to the women’s final phase of NORCECA Confederation Beach Volleyball Continental Cup when the Cuban girls bounced back to defeat United States and Canada outclassed Puerto Rico on Tuesday.

Both teams will meet for the top position of the Central Zone on Wednesday while USA and Puerto Rico now are to face Mexico and Dominican Republic respectively with the winners completing the top-four qualified teams to the final event towards the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Cuba bounced back to prevail 3-1 against USA after Whitney Pavlik and Jenny Kropp of USA-B opened with a 21-19, 22-20 victory over Imara Estevez and Kirenia Reyna of Cuba-A.

Ion Canet and Niriam Sinal of Cuba-B then followed with a 21-13, 21-17 victory over Lisa Rutledge and Ashley Ivy (USA-A) and continued with a 21-19, 21-17 win against Pavlik/Kropp. Estevez/Reyna completed the job by edging Rutledge-Ivy 27-25, 16-21, 15-13 in one of the best matches of the day.

Source: www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2011/4/20/39305/

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