Cuba Sweeps US in Women's Volleyball
Posted: 2008/08/12
BEIJING, China, Aug 11 (acn) After their 3-1 victory over Poland last Saturday, the Caribbean squad downed the Americas 25-15, 26-24 and 25-17 to collect their second win in this competition and reaffirmed themselves as strong contenders for the podium.
Yumilka Ruiz and Nancy Carrillo led the Cuban attack with 13 and 12 points, respectively, while Tayyiba Haneef-Park scored 13 units in a losing cause.
The Cuban players will have their most difficult match of the preliminary round on Wednesday when they face host China. Two days later they will take on Japan and they will conclude the classificatory round facing Venezuela on Sunday.
http://www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=601859Great record for this team. Here's the Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_women's_national_volleyball_team