In the first performance of Puerto Rico and the second of Cuba, the match ended (25-18, 25-21, 20-25, 16-25, 15-6) in favor of the first, superior in attacks 61-54 and in serves 10-1, while the largest of the Antilles dominated in blocks 9-8.
Among the Puerto Ricans, Grace López, the game’s top scorer with 23 points, and Neira Ortiz and Stephanie Rivera stood out on offense, who added 14 each.
For Cuba, with two losses and zero victories in the event, the best were Jessica Aguilera with 11 points, while her captain Laura Suarez and Ivy Vila added 10 points, respectively.
Meanwhile, the day before the Mexican team beat the Canadian team 3-1 (25-21, 25-14, 20-25, 26-24) to obtain its first victory in the Norceca Final Six Women’s tournament, based in the “Ricardo Arias” National Volleyball Pavilion, in this capital.
The event of the Confederation of North America, Central America and the Caribbean has six teams, in Group A are Mexico, the United States and Canada and Group B includes Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
The current champion is the United States after defeating the Dominicans 3-1 (24-26, 25-18, 25-20 and 25-21) in the 2023 Final.
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