The Queens of the Caribbean, the absolute women’s volleyball team, won their second victory in a row in the World Championship in Poland and Countries on Tuesday, after defeating Croatia 3-0 (25-20, 25-15 and 25-21) in the corresponding match to Group B in the World Cup.
In this way, the Dominican team has 2 wins in a row immaculate, in the World Cup, they have won 6 sets in the first two games, without opposition.
After their undefeated record in the Norceca Final Six, in which they won the gold medal, the Dominican Republic has won 27 consecutive sets, counting the 7 matches played in the country,
And if we count the wins, regardless of the score, there are already 15 wins in a row since the Pan American Championship played in Mexico in August.
It is the second that he achieves with a score of 3-0, since they did it against Korea on the first day of competition.
The attack of the winners was guided by the trilogy made up of Gaila González, Brayelin MartÃnez and Yonkaira Peña, who achieved 13 points each, with the support of Jineirys MartÃnez who contributed 10 points.
For Croatia, Fabris Samantha with nine goals and Lucija Milinar with eight. It is the second loss in a row suffered by the Croats.
Blocking was one of the key factors for the Caribbeans to improve to 2-0.
In the first quarter, the Dominicans were always on top of the scoreboard with an advantage that ranged between three and four points. He got to 11-7 midway through the set, thanks to strong spikes from Brayelin MartÃnez and Gaila González.
Once again, Brenda Castillo did a wonderful defensive job, placing good balls on her setter Niverka Marte to get her teammates to produce.
The game stayed that way until the Croatian players made a rally of four points in a row when the match was 18-13. They placed the board 18-17, thanks to good blocks and good attack.
However, a reaction came from the Caribeñas with Brayelin MartÃnez in the lead and they scored four points in a row to put their rivals in check 23-19.
Jineirys MartÃnez closed the games with two points in a row.
In the second set, Gaila González almost completely took over the Dominicans’ offense and received support from her partner, Brayelin MartÃnez and Yonkaira Peña.
The Caribbean Queens when they reached 15 points, they made a 9-0 rally on their opponents to put the clash 23-12 and that was deadly by necessity.
The defense of the winners was very good, as it allowed few freedoms for the Croatian girls.
In the third, the defeated presented greater resistance, however, they could not with the push of the two-time champions in the Pan American Cup.
A 5-0 rally by the criollas was lethal in the aspirations of their rivals.
The Dominican Republic, number eight in the world ranking, plays this Wednesday when they face the team of Turkey, number six in the world ranking, at 11:30 in the morning (Dominican time).