Radio Havana Cuba | Volleyball (f): Third loss for Cuba in the Final Six Tournament

Volleyball Cuba vs USA

Havana, September 8 (ACN) The Cuban women’s team suffered their third loss in the Volleyball Final Six Tournament, which will end on Saturday at the National Palace of this sport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The disciples of Tomás Fernández lost this Wednesday 0-3 against the United States, with partials of 18-25, 25-27 and 17-25, after an hour and 17 minutes of play, in which they gave 25 points to their rivals for their own mistakes.

According to the site www.norceca.net, the Cubans were also worse in attack (35-41) and in service (6-7), while the students of Michelle Chatman, who made 14 errors on their part, did not were only below and by the minimum. , in the blockade (4-5).

However, the top scorer in the challenge was the Caribbean Greisy Fine, with 16 points, 14 in attacks and two in services, a performance with which she was the only Cuban in double figures.

Most notable for the United States were Stephanie Samedy (12/10-1-1), Veronica Perry (11/9-1-1) and Avery Skinner (11/10-0-1).

The selection of the largest of the Antilles began on Sunday with a loss of 0-3 (19-25, 17-25 and 18-25) against the defending champion the Dominican Republic, they won Monday 3-0 (25- 15, 25-18 and 25-21) against Canada, and were beaten Tuesday 2-3 (25-19, 23-25, 20-25, 25-17 and 12-15) by Mexico.

Puerto Rico also won on Wednesday beating Mexico 3-0 (25-20, 25-20 and 25-17), and tonight the undefeated Dominican Republic and Canada will meet.

Pending the result between the Dominicans and the Canadians, the ranking is dominated by the Dominicans, with 15 points and three consecutive victories, followed by the Americans (15/3-1), the Puerto Ricans (14/3-1), the Cubans (7/1-3), the Mexicans (3/1-3) and the Canadians (0/0-3).

This Thursday closes the preliminary phase of all against all, while on Friday the fifth place will be discussed and the semi-finals will take place -first against fourth and second against third-, and on Saturday the medals will be discussed.

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