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Chiang Mai, Thailand.- The Dominican Republic's women's sextet (Queens of the Caribbean) advanced early this Monday morning to the second round of the Volleyball World Championship, after defeating Mexico in three consecutive sets (25-15, 25-17 and 25-20), to put their record at (2-0) in a match corresponding to Group F, in the event organized by the International Volleyball Federation.
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This Tuesday, the Dominican Republic team will have a free day on the calendar and will return to play on Wednesday the 27th when they face China at 8:30 in the morning. In the match statistics, the Dominican Republic dominated in attack 42-32, in blocks 6-3. Mexico now has a record of 0-2. The Caribbean team has the support of the Ministry of Sports and GBC Pharmacies. The Caribeñas' attack was led by captain Brayelin Martínez with 22 points, followed by Yonkaira Peña with 11 points, Gaila González contributed 8 points and Jineirys Martínez finished with six. In the defeat, Sofía Alvarado was the best with 12 units, Jocelyn Urias scored five, as did Melenie Parra. The winners navigated the first two quarters without difficulty, where they dominated their opponents in all aspects of the game. In the first game, a spike by Yonkaira Peña put the score at 19-14 and from then on, the Dominicans went on a long 6-1 rally that took the Mexicans out of the court. In the second set, the Criollas started very strong with a 5-0 lead, and although the defeated team recovered, the Queens of the Caribbean were always ahead on the scoreboard. Brenda Castillo helped a lot in counterattacks; setter Camila de la Rosa had a good performance distributing the ball and making good combinations with Jineirys Martínez. In the third set, Mexico, with a strong serve, put up a better fight against the Dominicans, however, the Dominican Republic, with strong attacks from Brayelin Martínez, Yonkaira Peña and Gaila González, managed to make a 3-0 rally twice and another of 5-0 against their opponents, which was lethal in the result. The leader said they are very happy because the first objective of advancing to the second round was achieved and for having defeated Mexico 3-0, a team they respect a lot and that always puts up good matches. "Now we're going to battle every point and every game in the second round," insisted Marcos.
