Bulletin No 3 NORCECA Women`s Olympic Qualification - Lincoln , NE by Judith Sandino

Friday, January 8, 2016 Daily Bulletin #3 Boletin Diaro Viernes, 08 De Enero 2016

TEAM UPDATES 1)

The official start time of the match

between the USA and DOM is at 8:08pm.

Calendario y Formato de Competencia / Competition Format and Match Schedule

Round Robin No.

Date

Time Set

Teams

Result per set (points) SCORE

7-ene

17:00

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

PUERTO RICO

3-1

17-25

25-13

25-23

7-ene

19:00

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CANADA

3-0

25-18

25-15

8-ene

17:00

CANADA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

1-3

27-25

16-25

24-26

8-ene

19:00

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PUERTO RICO

3-1

25-14

24-26

25-12

9-ene

17:00

PUERTO RICO

CANADA

9-ene

20:00

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

RANKING USA

DOM

PUR

CAN

4 25-23

POINTS

TIME

92-84

2:03

75-51

1:21

20-25

87-101

2:04

25-14

99-66

1:41

DĂa / Day 09-ene-15

Hora / Time

Pinnacle Bank Arena Competition Venue

8:00

CAN (17:00)

9:30

PUR (17:00)

11:00

DOM (20:00)

12:30

USA (20:00)

17:00

PUR vs CAN

20:00

USA vs DOM

Training Court 1 - Pinnacle Bank Arena

 VOLLEYBALL • Collated results & ranking NORCECA WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2016 Results of Friday, January 08, 2016 MATCH RESULTS Final Round No

Date

1 2 3 4 5 6

1/7/2016 1/7/2016 1/8/2016 1/8/2016 1/9/2016 1/9/2016

Teams DOM USA CAN USA PUR USA

- PUR - CAN - DOM - PUR - CAN - DOM

Set 3-1 3-0 1-3 3-1

1 17-25 25-18 27-25 25-14

Result per set (points) 2 3 4 25-13 25-23 25-23 25-18 25-15 16-25 24-26 20-25 24-26 25-12 25-14

Total Points 92- 84 75- 51 87-101 99- 66

Time

Spectators

2:03 1:21 2:04 1:50

3,041 6,322 3,000 6,501

TEAM RANKING Final Round Rk Code 1 2 3 4

USA DOM PUR CAN

Team UNITED STATES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PUERTO RICO CANADA

Matches Pts T W 9 2 2 8 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 0

Results Details L 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1

1/8/2016 21:45

W 174 193 150 138

Points L 117 171 191 176

Ratio 1.487 1.129 0.785 0.784

W 6 6 2 1

Sets L Ratio 1 6.000 2 3.000 6 0.333 6 0.167

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 VOLLEYBALL • Match result NORCECA WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2016 Final Round 3,000 Match: 3 Date: 1/8/2016 Spectators: LINCOLN, NE City: PINNACLE BANK ARENA Hall: Match duration: Start: 17:00 End: 19:04 Total: 2:04

Teams

Sets

CAN DOM

1 3

27 25

16 25

24 26

20 25

Set duration 0:31 0:25 0:30 0:29

Total

87 101 1:55

Referees: Lourdes PEREZ (CUB) & Patricia ROLF (USA) CAN • CANADA

1 2 3 4 5 Pts

1 L Guimond Janie (L) 2 Barclay Lisa (OH) 3 Page Brittney (OH) 4 Richey Kyla (OH) 8 Thibeault Jaimie (MB) 9 Love Tabitha (OP) 10 Field Marisa (MB) 12 Cross Jennifer (MB) 13 Charuk Lucille (MB) 15 Pavan Rebecca (OP) 18 L Marcelle Shanice (L) 19 Lundquist Jennifer (S) 20 Cranston Dana (OH) 22 Cyr Megan (S)

DOM • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 Vargas Valdez Annerys (MB) 2 L Fernandez Perez Winifer Maria (L) 3 Eve Mejia Lisvel Elisa (OH) 4 Fersola Norberto Marianne (MB) 5 L Castillo Brenda (L) 6 Dominguez Martinez Camil (S) 7 Marte Frica Niverka (S) 8 Arias Perez Candida (MB) 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla (OH) 16 Peña Isabel Yonkaira Paola (OH) 17 Mambru Casilla Gina Alta. (OP) 19 Binet Stephens Ana Yorkira (OH) 20 Martinez Brayelin (OH) 21 Martinez Jineiry (MB)

L L L L         

4 12 2 13 2

  

5 12

7 5

1 2 3 4 5 Pts 1

 

  L L L L        

4 13 16 1 21 12

Marcos Kwiek (BRA) Coach: Assistant: Wagner Roberto Rocha (BRA)

Arnd Ludwig (CAN) Coach: Assistant: Ryan Ratushniak (CAN)

TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES Won Pts

Total Atts

49 12 11 8 2 2 5 2 2 25 87

142 41 32 34 4 4 88 8 10

Excellent

Total Atts

79 17 16 25 21 50 26 10

106 27 18 121 91 88 43 19

264

 Starting line-up  Substitute Opp = Opponent

Scoring Skills

No Name Total Team 20 Cranston Dana (OH) 9 Love Tabitha (OP) Total Team 9 Love Tabitha (OP) 19 Lundquist Jennifer (S) Total Team 10 Field Marisa (MB) 19 Lundquist Jennifer (S) Total Team Total Team

152 38 22 50 15 7 100 16 17

Opp. error Total

61 16 13 9 4 2 13 4 3 18 101

302

Total Team 17 Mambru Casilla Gina Alta. 4 Fersola Norberto Marianne Total Team 8 Arias Perez Candida (MB) 17 Mambru Casilla Gina Alta. Total Team 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla (OH) 17 Mambru Casilla Gina Alta. Total Team Total Team

Best Scorer

17 Mambru Casilla Gina Alta.

Non scoring Skills

Excellent

Total Atts

78 24 12 20 20 51 14 15

89 27 15 124 112 80 19 27

Block

Serve

No Name

Pts = Points scored Atts = Attempts

Total Atts

Spike

9 Love Tabitha (OP)

Total Team 1 Guimond Janie (L) 4 Richey Kyla (OH) Total Team 19 Lundquist Jennifer (S) Total Team 1 Guimond Janie (L) 4 Richey Kyla (OH)

Won Pts

Dig Set Reception Success - Faults # Attempts

No Name

No Name Total Team 5 Castillo Brenda (L) 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla (OH) Total Team 7 Marte Frica Niverka (S) Total Team 5 Castillo Brenda (L) 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla (OH)

nn = Captain L = Libero

1/8/2016 19:10

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 VOLLEYBALL • Match result NORCECA WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2016 Final Round 6,501 Match: 4 Date: 1/8/2016 Spectators: Lincoln NE City: Pinnacle Bank Arena Hall: Match duration: Start: 19:46 End: 21:36 Total: 1:50

Teams

Sets

USA PUR

3 1

25 14

24 26

25 12

25 14

Total

99 66

Set duration 0:22 0:30 0:25 0:24

1:41

Referees: Denny CESPEDES (DOM) & Luis MACIAS (MEX) USA • UNITED STATES

1 2 3 4 5 Pts

1 Glass Alisha (S) 2 L Banwarth Kayla (L) 3 Thompson Courtney (S) 6 Dixon Tetori (MB) 10 Larson-Burbach Jordan (OH) 11 Easy Megan (OH) 13 Dietzen Christa Harmotto (MB) 14 Fawcett Nicole (OP) 15 Hill Kimberly (OH) 16 Akinradewo Foluke (MB) 17 L Hagglund Natalie (L) 22 Adams Rachael (MB) 23 Robinson Kelsey (OH) 25 Lowe Karsta (OP)

 L   

  

14 3 15

 

5 10

 L    

 L   

PUR • PUERTO RICO 1 L Seilhamer Debora (L) 3 Mojica Vilmarie (S) 6 Rosa Yarimar (OH) 7 Enright Stephanie (OH) 9 Cruz Aurea (OH) 11 Ocasio Karina (OP) 12 Del Valle Jetzabel (MB) 13 Ferrer Shirley (OP) 14 Valentin Natalia (S) 15 Santana Daly (OH) 16 Oquendo Alexandra (MB) 18 Morales Lynda (MB) 21 Reyes Diana (MB) 25 L Rosado Dalianliz (L)

9 8 6

Kiraly, Karch (USA) Coach: Assistant: Morrison, Jamie (USA)

1 2 3 4 5 Pts L L L L          

    

4 11 7 23 2

  

1 2 3 2

  L

Juan Carlos Nunez (PUR) Coach: Assistant: Xiomara Molero (PUR)

TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES Won Pts

Total Atts

61 14 11 9 2 2 2 2

124 25 24 41 2 3 98 13

Total Team 16 Akinradewo Foluke (MB) 14 Fawcett Nicole (OP) Total Team 25 Lowe Karsta (OP) 23 Robinson Kelsey (OH) Total Team 14 Fawcett Nicole (OP)

27 99

263

Total Team Total Team

Excellent

Total Atts

68 17 16 36 28 47 15 13

83 20 20 111 78 59 18 16

 Starting line-up  Substitute Opp = Opponent

Scoring Skills

Won Pts

Total Atts

Serve

51 20 11 3 2 1 1 1

138 40 30 27 4 4 67 10

Total Team 11 Ocasio Karina (OP) 7 Enright Stephanie (OH) Total Team 11 Ocasio Karina (OP) 18 Morales Lynda (MB) Total Team 11 Ocasio Karina (OP)

Opp. error Total

11 66

232

Total Team Total Team

16 Akinradewo Foluke (MB)

Best Scorer

No Name

Non scoring Skills

Excellent

Total Atts

63 19 12 13 12 63 30

88 23 14 121 95 94 43

No Name

Total Team 10 Larson-Burbach Jordan 2 Banwarth Kayla (L) Total Team 1 Glass Alisha (S) Total Team 23 Robinson Kelsey (OH) 10 Larson-Burbach Jordan Pts = Points scored Atts = Attempts

Spike

Block

Dig Set Reception Success - Faults # Attempts

No Name

11 Ocasio Karina (OP) No Name Total Team 1 Seilhamer Debora (L) 9 Cruz Aurea (OH) Total Team 3 Mojica Vilmarie (S) Total Team 7 Enright Stephanie (OH)

nn = Captain L = Libero

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 VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills NORCECA WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2016

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Rk No Name 1 11 Ocasio Karina (OP) 2 17 Mambru Casilla Gina Alta. (OP) 3 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla (OH) 4 14 Fawcett Nicole (OP) 4 20 Martinez Brayelin (OH) 6 7 Enright Stephanie (OH) 7 16 Akinradewo Foluke (MB) 7 9 Love Tabitha (OP) 9 25 Lowe Karsta (OP) 10 10 Larson-Burbach Jordan (OH) 11 20 Cranston Dana (OH) 11 6 Dixon Tetori (MB) 11 13 Charuk Lucille (MB) 11 4 Fersola Norberto Marianne (MB) 15 8 Arias Perez Candida (MB) 16 4 Richey Kyla (OH) 16 23 Robinson Kelsey (OH) 18 11 Easy Megan (OH) 19 15 Pavan Rebecca (OP) 19 9 Cruz Aurea (OH) 19 21 Martinez Jineiry (MB) 22 18 Morales Lynda (MB) 23 16 Oquendo Alexandra (MB) 24 3 Page Brittney (OH) 24 6 Rosa Yarimar (OH) 26 15 Santana Daly (OH) 27 8 Thibeault Jaimie (MB) 27 19 Lundquist Jennifer (S) 27 13 Ferrer Shirley (OP) 27 1 Vargas Valdez Annerys (MB) 31 7 Marte Frica Niverka (S) 32 15 Hill Kimberly (OH) 33 22 Cyr Megan (S) 33 1 Glass Alisha (S) 33 10 Field Marisa (MB) 33 21 Reyes Diana (MB) 37 16 Peña Isabel Yonkaira Paola (OH) 38 2 Banwarth Kayla (L) 38 3 Thompson Courtney (S) 38 13 Dietzen Christa Harmotto (MB) 38 17 Hagglund Natalie (L) 38 22 Adams Rachael (MB) 38 1 Guimond Janie (L) 38 2 Barclay Lisa (OH) 38 12 Cross Jennifer (MB) 38 18 Marcelle Shanice (L) 38 2 Fernandez Perez Winifer Maria (L) 38 3 Eve Mejia Lisvel Elisa (OH) 38 5 Castillo Brenda (L) 38 6 Dominguez Martinez Camil (S) Total tournament

Best Scorers Team PUR DOM DOM USA DOM PUR USA CAN USA USA CAN USA CAN DOM DOM CAN USA USA CAN PUR DOM PUR PUR CAN PUR PUR CAN CAN PUR DOM DOM USA CAN USA CAN PUR DOM USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN CAN CAN DOM DOM DOM DOM

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Spike 37 28 25 24 20 20 20 17 18 18 16 13 11 14 10 13 11 10 8 10 7 7 7 6 7 5 5 1 5 4 2 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 408

Block 3 2 3 1 5 3 1 4 2 0 0 3 5 0 4 1 2 2 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58

Serve 2 6 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30

Total 42 36 32 28 28 23 21 21 20 18 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 12 11 11 11 10 9 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 496

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 VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills NORCECA WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2016

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Best Spikers Limit: 15.00% Total Attempts 47 40 79 71 71 57 52 38 57 75 1,064

Succ. % 51.06 50.00 46.84 39.44 35.21 35.09 34.62 34.21 29.82 26.67 38.35

11 3 4 8 3 8 4 4 5 4 138

Total Attempts 20 15 11 19 6 16 8 9 12 11 314

Avg. by set 0.71 0.63 0.57 0.50 0.43 0.43 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.38 3.87

Serve Hits 23 18 14 20 6 12 16 15 10 19 560

Total Attempts 34 29 18 24 8 14 20 20 11 20 655

Avg. by set 0.75 0.50 0.43 0.38 0.29 0.29 0.25 0.25 0.14 0.14 2.00

Rk No Name

Team

Spikes

Faults

Shots

1 14 Fawcett Nicole (OP) 2 16 Akinradewo Foluke (MB) 3 11 Ocasio Karina (OP) 4 17 Mambru Casilla Gina Alta. (OP) 5 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla (OH) 6 7 Enright Stephanie (OH) 7 10 Larson-Burbach Jordan (OH) 8 4 Richey Kyla (OH) 9 9 Love Tabitha (OP) 10 20 Martinez Brayelin (OH) Total Tournament

USA USA PUR DOM DOM PUR USA CAN CAN DOM

24 20 37 28 25 20 18 13 17 20 408

3 4 14 5 10 14 5 6 6 11 131

20 16 28 38 36 23 29 19 34 44 525



Best Blockers

Rk No Name

Team

1 13 Charuk Lucille (MB) 2 20 Martinez Brayelin (OH) 3 9 Love Tabitha (OP) 4 8 Arias Perez Candida (MB) 5 15 Pavan Rebecca (OP) 6 6 Dixon Tetori (MB) 7 7 Enright Stephanie (OH) 8 21 Martinez Jineiry (MB) 9 11 Ocasio Karina (OP) 10 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla (OH) Total Tournament

CAN DOM CAN DOM CAN USA PUR DOM PUR DOM



Faults

Rebounds

4 7 3 7 5 1 2 4 4 118

Best Servers

Rk No Name

Team

1 17 Mambru Casilla Gina Alta. (OP) 2 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla (OH) 3 14 Fawcett Nicole (OP) 4 20 Martinez Brayelin (OH) 5 10 Field Marisa (MB) 5 19 Lundquist Jennifer (S) 7 4 Fersola Norberto Marianne (MB) 8 11 Ocasio Karina (OP) 9 3 Page Brittney (OH) 9 23 Robinson Kelsey (OH) Total Tournament

DOM DOM USA DOM CAN CAN DOM PUR CAN USA

Kill Blocks 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 58

Aces

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6 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 30

Faults 5 7 1 1 2 3 65

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 VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills NORCECA WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2016

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Best Diggers

Rk No Name

Team

1 5 Castillo Brenda (L) 2 2 Banwarth Kayla (L) 3 1 Guimond Janie (L) 4 10 Larson-Burbach Jordan (OH) 5 1 Seilhamer Debora (L) 6 20 Martinez Brayelin (OH) 7 1 Glass Alisha (S) 8 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla (OH) 9 9 Cruz Aurea (OH) 10 14 Fawcett Nicole (OP) Total Tournament

DOM USA CAN USA PUR DOM USA DOM PUR USA



52 38 33 32 33 25 20 22 22 19 572

Team

1 1 Glass Alisha (S) 2 3 Mojica Vilmarie (S) 3 19 Lundquist Jennifer (S) 4 7 Marte Frica Niverka (S) 5 3 Thompson Courtney (S) 6 14 Valentin Natalia (S) 7 22 Cyr Megan (S) - 1 Seilhamer Debora (L) - 1 Guimond Janie (L) - 2 Fernandez Perez Winifer Maria (L) Total Tournament

USA PUR CAN DOM USA PUR CAN PUR CAN DOM

1 1 3 1 1 1 30

Total Attempts 59 42 53 37 39 29 25 26 26 26 724

Avg. by set 6.50 5.43 4.71 4.57 4.13 3.13 2.86 2.75 2.75 2.71 38.13

Still Sets 94 148 116 182 30 33 39 9 9 744

Total Attempts 152 188 147 214 45 40 43 9 9 935

Avg. by set 7.86 4.63 4.14 3.75 1.86 0.88 0.57

Receptions

6 3 17 5 6 4 4 3 4 6 122

Running Sets 55 37 29 30 13 7 4 175

Faults 3 3 2 2 2 16

11.67

Best Receivers

Rk No Name

Team

1 23 Robinson Kelsey (OH) 2 10 Larson-Burbach Jordan (OH) 3 5 Castillo Brenda (L) 4 1 Seilhamer Debora (L) 5 2 Banwarth Kayla (L) 6 7 Enright Stephanie (OH) 7 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla (OH) 8 20 Martinez Brayelin (OH) 9 1 Guimond Janie (L) 10 3 Page Brittney (OH) Total Tournament

USA USA DOM PUR USA PUR DOM DOM CAN CAN

Faults

Best Setters

Rk No Name



Digs

Limit: 20.00% Excellents

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34 22 25 29 17 52 34 24 36 27 405

Faults 1 1 2 2 5 5 4 7 7 45

Serve Receptions 5 3 7 7 3 14 16 11 15 8 140

Total Attempts 39 26 33 38 22 71 55 39 58 42 590

Eff. % 87.18 80.77 72.73 71.05 68.18 66.20 52.73 51.28 50.00 47.62 61.02

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 VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills NORCECA WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2016

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Best Liberos

Rk No Name 1 1 Guimond Janie (L) 2 5 Castillo Brenda (L) 3 2 Banwarth Kayla (L) 4 1 Seilhamer Debora (L) 5 25 Rosado Dalianliz (L) 6 2 Fernandez Perez Winifer Maria (L) 7 17 Hagglund Natalie (L) 8 18 Marcelle Shanice (L)

Team

Excellents

Faults

In play

CAN DOM USA PUR PUR DOM USA CAN

69 77 55 62 4

24 7 5 8 2

18 8 4 7 3

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Total attempts 111 92 64 77 9

Avg. by set 9.86 9.63 7.86 7.75 0.50

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 VOLLEYBALL • Teams ranking by skills NORCECA WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2016

 Rk Team

Best Spikers Limit: 15.00%

1 DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 CAN CANADA 3 USA UNITED STATES 4 PUR PUERTO RICO Total Tournament

 Rk Team

Total Attempts 191 141 171 152 655

Avg. by set 2.25 0.71 0.57 0.38 2.00

Total Attempts 179 184 184 177 724

Avg. by set 21.29 19.13 19.00 17.13 38.13

118 142 126 139 525

Best Blockers Faults

Rebounds

34 22 31 31 118

Best Servers 18 5 4 3 30

Faults 26 13 8 18 65

Best Diggers Digs

1 USA UNITED STATES 2 DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3 CAN CANADA 4 PUR PUERTO RICO Total Tournament

Serve Hits 147 123 159 131 560

20 36 52 23 131

1 DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 CAN CANADA 3 USA UNITED STATES 4 PUR PUERTO RICO Total Tournament

Rk Team

Avg. by set 2.38 2.14 1.71 1.50 3.87

118 111 100 79 408

Aces



38 37 28 35 138

Total Attempts 91 74 71 78 314

Shots

Kill Blocks 19 15 12 12 58

Rk Team

Succ. % 46.09 38.41 35.97 32.78 38.35

Faults

1 USA UNITED STATES 2 DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3 PUR PUERTO RICO 4 CAN CANADA Total Tournament

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Total Attempts 256 289 278 241 1,064

Spikes

149 153 133 137 572

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Faults 25 25 39 33 122

Receptions 5 6 12 7 30

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 VOLLEYBALL • Teams ranking by skills NORCECA WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2016

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Best Setters Running Sets 68 44 33 30 175

Rk Team 1 USA UNITED STATES 2 PUR PUERTO RICO 3 CAN CANADA 4 DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Total Tournament

 Rk Team

6 4 3 3 16

Still Sets 154 198 173 219 744

Total Attempts 228 246 209 252 935

Avg. by set 9.71 5.50 4.71 3.75 11.67

Best Receivers Limit: 20.00% Excellents

1 USA UNITED STATES 2 PUR PUERTO RICO 3 DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 4 CAN CANADA Total Tournament

Faults

89 123 97 96 405

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Faults 3 9 10 23 45

Serve Receptions 15 39 48 38 140

Total Attempts 107 171 155 157 590

Eff. % 80.37 66.67 56.13 46.50 61.02

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Day 2 Results Sets All‐Important NORCECA Olympic Qualification Pairing Lincoln, Nebraska, USA (Jan. 8, 2016) – Results on the second day of the Women’s NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament presented a clearer picture for the third and final day of the tournament taking place in Lincoln, Nebraska. United States and Dominican Republic head into the last competition day undefeated and Saturday’s winner will obtain NORCECA’s bid into the 2016 Olympic Games. Puerto Rico and Canada lost Friday evening to USA and Dominican Republic, respectively, and will now battle each other on Saturday to stay alive in the Olympic Games final qualification process in May. United States vs. Puerto Rico United States moved one step closer to 2016 Olympic Games qualification by knocking off Puerto Rico 25‐14, 24‐26, 25‐12, 25‐14 Friday evening in front of 6,501 fans at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb. The USA will face Dominican Republic (2‐0) in the final match of the tournament with the winner earning NORCECA’s bid into the 2016 Olympic Games. The match will be aired lived on NBC Sports starting at 9 p.m. ET. Puerto Rico (0‐2) finishes the tournament with an all‐important match against Canada (0‐2) to stay alive in the last chance Olympic qualifiers in May available to the second‐ and third‐place teams in the four‐team round‐robin standings. The U.S. had seven players with at least five points in a balanced offensive match. Foluke Akinradewo sparked the United States’ balanced attack with 15 points and Nicole Fawcett chipped in 14 points. Karsta Lowe ended the night with 10 points and Tori Dixon charted nine points. Karina Ocasio led Puerto Rico with a match‐high 23 points, while Stephanie Enright recorded 11 points. Puerto Rico committed 27 errors in the match to the USA’s 11. The USA managed a 9‐3 block advantage to go with a slim 2‐1 ace edge. “I think the biggest message was not letting off the gas. We made a big defensive adjustments. We had our pin blockers really focused on No. 11. She was really hurting us a lot with strong hands.” Dominican Republic vs. Canada Dominican Republic captured its second win of the 2016 Women’s NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament by defeating Canada 25‐27, 25‐16, 26‐24, 25‐21 on Friday night in Lincoln, Neb.

Dominican Republic improves to 2‐0 in the four‐team round‐robin event and will conclude the tournament on Saturday against the host United States at 8 p.m. CT. Canada, now 0‐2, concludes the tournament versus Puerto Rico on Saturday at 5 p.m. CT. The winner of the four‐team round open tournament qualifies for the 2016 Olympic Games, while the second‐ and third‐place teams in the final standings move into the last chance Olympic Games qualification tournaments in May. Gina Mambru led Dominican Republic with 21 points, while Prisilla Rivera added 16 points. Candida Arias provided the victors with 13 points and Brayelin Martinez followed with 12 points. Libero Brenda Castillo was credited with 24 digs and 14 excellent receptions on 19 chances. Canada, which came back from a 24‐20 deficit to win the opening set, was paced by Tabitha Love with 13 points. Kyla Richey and Dana Cranston each scored 12 points in the loss. Janie Guilmond tallied 17 digs and 26 excellent receptions on 43 chances in her libero position. Dominican Republic’s serve proved effective as they had a 13‐5 ace advantage. The victors held a slim 9‐ 8 margin in blocks to go with a 61‐49 edge in kills. “I would much rather lose the first set every single time because we end up winning,” Dominican Republic captain Prisilla Rivera said. “If you notice we are always on top at the beginning of the set and we lose it. Yes, we can do better. Yes, we can start faster. But at the end of the day we are winning, and that is what we would rather have. Tomorrow against USA we need a better serve receive and be ready to play.”