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The Dominican Republic women’s national volleyball team has defeated the Brazilian team to remain undefeated in Pool B in the tournament. Brazil is seeded number one in the world and was the gold medalist at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The DR is the defending champion at the tournament. The win earned the Dominican Republic a direct ticket to the semi final round of the competition, a qualifier for next year’s FIVB World Grand Prix.

The tournament is part of the North, Central America and Caribbean volleyball circuit. Norceca reports that Dominican player Bethania de la Cruz tallied eight of her match-high 26 points in the tie-breaker leading the Dominican Republic to a thrilling victory over Olympic champions Brazil with a score of 25-23, 19-25, 18-25, 25-23, 15-13 Tuesday night at US Century Bank Arena in Florida International University.

Prisilla Rivera and Milagros Cabral contributed 15 and 12 points respectively to the victory and Annerys Vargas and Lisvel Eve chipped in nine and eight tallies.

Brazilians Thaisa Menezes and Sheila Castro each produced 17 points and Welissa Gonzaga and Mari Steinbrecher recorded 12 and 11 respectively.

“You have to feel excited after defeating an Olympic champion like Brazil,” said DR coach Marcos Kwiek. “It was a team victory with everyone contributing. Bethania was great but the rest of the team really supported her performance. It is good to win but the biggest win is when you win the title.”

“The Dominican team played well and deserved the victory and that is important,” said Roberto Guimaraes, the Brazilian coach. “We made errors in key moments but that is always the story. When you lose you always make errors.”

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