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Cuba Takes Third Straight Win at Pan American Women’s Volleyball Cup
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 21 (acn) The Cuban national women’s volleyball squad edged the Dominican Republic 3-2 (31-29, 23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 15-12) on Sunday and in the process improved their record to 3-0 at the Pan American Cup that is underway in Tijuana, Mexico.


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Gisell de la Caridad Silva led the Cuban attack with 27 points while Kenia Carcases contributed 21 units to the winners’ cause. Prisilla Rivera led the Dominican side with 20 points.


With this result, Cuba leads Pool A with three victories in as many outings after they beat Brazil on Friday and Canada on Saturday, in both cases in four sets (3-1).


In other results on Sunday, also in Pool A, Argentina blanked Brazil 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-22) while, in Pool B, Peru swept Puerto Rico 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-14), host Mexico downed Costa Rica 3-1 (25-17, 15-25, 25-14, 25-14) and the United States steamrolled Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 (25-17, 25-9, 25-11).


The competition will grant four tickets for the 2011 Grand Prix, an event in which Cuba has not participated since 2008.

 

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