{"id":9622,"date":"2024-09-04T08:12:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T12:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=9622"},"modified":"2024-09-06T18:33:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T22:33:56","slug":"cuban-womens-volleyball-team-outclass-chile-in-four-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/cuban-womens-volleyball-team-outclass-chile-in-four-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Women’s volleyball team outclass Chile in four sets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Guantanamo.- Cuba defeated Chile 3-1 (19-25, 25-23, 27-25, 25-13) on the first day of competition at the Women’s U23 Pan American Cup in the International Velodrome of Xalapa, Veracruz.<\/p>\n

Cuba recovered after losing the first set with a 45-42 advantage in attacks and scoring 36 points on Chile’s errors compared to their own 22. Chile had the edge in blocking with 14-8 and scored one more point in aces, 8-7.<\/p>\n

Cuba’s captain, Whitney James, led her team with 16 points (14 attacks, 2 aces). Opposite hitter Lisania Grafort added 10 points, all on attacks.<\/p>\n

Chilean opposite hitter Petra Schwartzman was the top scorer of the match with impressive 29 points (21 attacks, 5 blocks, 3 aces). Outside hitter Dominga Aylwin contributed 11 points, including 5 blocks, followed by middle blocker Maria Ignacia Nielsen with 10 points.<\/p>\n

On the second day of Pool A, Cuba (1-0) will face Costa Rica (0-1) at 2:00 PM, and Chile (0-1) will take on the Dominican Republic (1-0) at 6:00 PM.<\/p>\n

Chile quickly earned a six-point lead (16-10) in the first set, capitalizing on Cuba’s reception errors, along with Petra Schwartzman’s offense and Maria Ignacia Nielsen’s blocking. Cuba came back from a seven-point deficit in the second set (13-20) with attacks from Lisania Grafort and Thainalien Castillo. Yensy Kindelan stopped Chile with a block, and Whitney James’ attack tied the match. Cuba took the third set after losing two set points to Petra, but a block by Lisbeysis Hern\u00e1ndez put Cuba ahead. With a 4-1 advantage in blocks and 2-0 in aces, Cuba dominated the fourth and final set.<\/p>\n

Whitney James, captain of Cuba:<\/strong> \u201cThe key to our recovery was patience, a lot of patience. We focused on correcting our mistakes and calming down. This is the first match of the tournament, and it’s normal to have ups and downs; training is one thing, and playing a match is another. We concentrated on our game\u201d.<\/p>\n

Camila Donoso, captain of Chile: <\/strong>\u201cCuba finished extraordinarily; they started blocking us, especially at the end of the match, making it difficult for us to score, and as a result, we got frustrated. It’s only the first match; we’re used to the pressure of coming from behind, and I’m sure we’ll bounce back\u201d.<\/p>\n

Edited by Liubis Balart<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guantanamo.- Cuba defeated Chile 3-1 (19-25, 25-23, 27-25, 25-13) on the first day of competition at the Women’s U23 Pan American Cup in the International Velodrome of Xalapa, Veracruz. Cuba recovered after losing the first set with a 45-42 advantage in attacks and scoring 36 points on Chile’s errors compared to their own 22. Chile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9624,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9622\/revisions\/9624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}