Havana, September 4 (ACN) The Cuban women’s volleyball team lost this Sunday 1-3 against hosts Canada in the discussion of the bronze medal of the Continental Championship of North America, Central America and Caribbean (Norceca) from Quebec, where the Dominican Republic played. proclaimed champion.

With a stage at the Amphithéâtre Desjardins-Université Laval du PEPS, the locals beat the disciples of technical director Leivis García in the first two sets, 25-21 and 25-17, the Cubans reacted in the third, 25-17 , but did not succeed. They managed to maintain the triumphant pace with a 16-25 loss, after an hour and 32 minutes of action on the pitch.

According to the site www.norceca.net, the tanned northerners were better in attack, 53 points against 47, in blocking (16-8) and in clean errors (17-18), and below in service (5-7). .

Individually, Kiera Van Ryk, top scorer of the match with 24 goals, 20 in attack, three against and one in service, stood out, followed by opponent Antilles Greisy Finé (16/14-1-1) .

For Cuba, auxiliary forward Diaris Pérez (12/8-3-1) also stood out, while for Canada Blanco (14/6-6-2) also stood out, along with two others from her teammates, both in double digits. .

The largest of the Antilles concluded with two victories, one in the group stage against Costa Rica -for group B- and another in the quarter-finals against Puerto Rico, and four losses, two in group B (United States and Dominican Republic), another in the semi-final (United States) and that of the bronze discussion (Canada).

The Dominican Republic claimed the crown by narrowly leading 3-2 (12-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-19 and 15-13) in the final against the previously undefeated United States.

It should be noted that in section B, the American leaders of this phase won 3-0 (25-22, 25-22 and 25-16) against the quisqueyanas.

Puerto Rico finished in sixth place, a team that beat Costa Rica 3-0 (25-13, 25-7 and 25-9) on Sunday, while Mexico finished fifth on Saturday with a 3- 0 (25-22, 32). -30 and 25-22) against Puerto Rico.

www.norceca.net points out that most of the seven teams that participated in the Canadian tournament did so with their main figures in search of points for the classification of the geographical area, a list for which Cuba has already obtained its ticket for the Panamerican. Games of Santiago de Chile 2023.

It was also by coincidence that the United States and Canada announced that they would not be participating in the Chilean multi-sport event.