VNL 2023: Dominican R Beats Canada in Five-Set Thrilling Encounter

The penultimate day of VNL 2023 Week 2 began with a thrilling match between the Dominican Republic and Canada. Although Canada won the first set 22-25, Dominican Republic bounced back and won the next two sets convincingly, with scores of 25-13 and 25-17. In the fourth set, Dominican Republic was leading 22-18 and only three points away from victory, but Canada fought back and scored five points in a row to make the score 22-23, eventually winning the set. However, Dominican Republic managed to secure a victory by winning the final set 15-10. Despite losing the match, team captain Alexa Gray of Canada was the top scorer, scoring 21 points for the North American team.

After the match, our journalist asked the coach of Team Canada, Shannon Winzor, if she was satisfied with her team’s performance. She responded that she was not entirely satisfied and praised the Dominican Republic’s block defense. She also commented that her team has the potential to be more consistent than what they showed on the court. However, she was pleased with her team’s mentality and their refusal to give up.

With their matches in Hong Kong for week 2 completed, Winzor commented on the team’s overall performance, noting that there were ups and downs throughout the week. Looking ahead to week 3, the coach stated that the team would focus on rest and recovery but would also review the gaps in their previous matches and prepare thoroughly in Thailand before the start of week 3, where the team will play in pool 6 held in Bangkok.

Meanwhile, Team Dominican Republic will play their final match in Hong Kong on June 18 against Türkiye, looking to improve their record of 3 wins in 7 matches.

(Reported by Boris CHUNG Bok Man)