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PAC W: Cuba beats Puerto Rico in five-setter to meet USA in semis

by WoV
source: norceca.net; Photo: norceca.net

Cuba prevailed against Puerto Rico in a huge five-setter of the quarter-final at the 2015 Pan American Cup in Peru - 3-2 (25-19, 23-25, 29-27, 23-25, 16-14).

Cuba

Cuba

In a semi-final clash, Cuba will play against the United States who directly qualified for this stage of the competition as the leaders of its pool.

Cuban Melissa Vargas, who finished with a tournament-high of 30 points, has also recorded five aces out of nine from her team. Sulian Matienzo had 18.

Yarimar Rosa scored 24 for Puerto Rico while Stephanie Enright finished with 16 points on her account.

Cuba had 19 blocks compared to 14 from Puerto Rico while the ratio between two teams in aces was 9-3 for the winners.

The other semi-final pair is Dominican Republic (directly) and Argentina who defeated Canada.

FINAL ROUND / QUARTERFINALS /

Game Date/Time Teams Set Result per set Stats Videos
Quarterfinal 1 19. 06. 2015 16:00 Argentina ( W ) vs Canada ( W ) 3:1 25:20; 25:20; 23:25; 25:21    
Quarterfinal 2 19. 06. 2015 18:00 Cuba ( W ) vs Puerto Rico ( W ) 3:2 25:19; 23:25; 29:27; 23:25; 16:14    

 

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