Dominican R.
Thus, Dominican ladies claimed their fourth title and reached 14th medal overall in the history of the competition. By advancing into the final and winning silver medal eventually, Puerto Rico made the biggest success so far, taking two bronze medals previously.
Brayelin Martínez and Bethania de la Cruz registered 30 and 24 points for the home side. Stephanie Enright topped Puerto Rico with 19 points, while Karina Ocasio and Daly Santana had 13 each.
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USA recovered from a shock which they suffered in the semifinal against Puerto Rico to storm past Cuba 3-1 (20-25, 25-9, 25-15, 25-9) in the match for the bronze medal. It was the ninth medal for the United States in total in the history of the Pan American Cup, third bronze.
Micha Hancock fired 12 aces to break her own Pan American Cup record of 11 aces in a single match set earlier this week against Costa Rica. She finished the tournament with outstanding 50 aces, which was another record since Cuba’s Melissa Vargas had 28 last year.
Hancock had 15 points to lead USA scorers. Cuba’s Daymara Lescay collected eight points for the losers.
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