• Submitted by: lena campos
• Sports
• 05 / 03 / 2012

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The women's volleyball teams Cuba and the Dominican Republic qualified for the semifinals of the tournament stage of Tijuana, Mexico, 3-0 and 3-1 defeat to the hosts and Puerto Rico.

 As predicted specialists, Cuban and Dominican advanced as first and undefeated in groups B and A, respectively, with victories Tuesday at the Mexican (25-17, 25-22 and 25-9) and Puerto Rican (25-19, 25-22, 15-25 and 25-13), in that order.

 For the disciples of John Carlos stood on the offensive Gala at the local box, Yanelis Santos, with 15 points, Rosanna Giel (11), Wilma Salas (11).

 Bethania De La Cruz (18), Altagracia Rivera (17) and Annerys Victoria Vargas (14) is highlighted by the pupils of Marcos Kwiek in the win over Puerto Rico.

 Now, both campuses will wait for the winners of the matches Mexico-Canada and Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, as the winners of Wednesday's semi-finalists will complete the quartet coming Friday, according to the website of the contest.

 In the other two matches on Tuesday, beat the Canadians 3-0 (25-9, 25-10 and 25-8) to Honduras, in paragraph A, and ordered Costa Rica 3-1 (25-19, 25 - 22, 15-25 and 25-13) of Trinidad and Tobago, in the key B.

 Cuba dominated the group B, with three hits without setbacks, followed by Mexico (2-1), Costa Rica (1-2) and Trinity (0-3), while below the Dominican Republic (3-0) in the A is located, the Puerto Ricans (2-1), Canada (1-2) and Honduras (0-3).

 The team concluded Saturday in the first place in the tournament will qualify for the XXX Olympic Games next summer in London.

 The other possibility of qualifying for London will be in the world tournament playoffs, scheduled for next May in Japan.

Source: ACN