congrats to DR, great match. still some connection problems btwn setter and MBs mostly... but they were superior to the PR.
very impressed with some of the PR players, such as both ocasio sisters, cruz, valentin and enright, but the team needs to gel more together... karina very impressive with her size and aggressiveness.
congrats to DR, great match. still some connection problems btwn setter and MBs mostly... but they were superior to the PR.
very impressed with some of the PR players, such as both ocasio sisters, cruz, valentin and enright, but the team needs to gel more together... karina very impressive with her size and aggressiveness.
IMO Karina can almost be compared with Kim Yeon-Koung; both very aggressive, tall attackers with decent defense. But I agree PR's issue is more of teamwork than anything else.
2013-09-20 - Norceca Championships - Semifinal - USA vs Canada
set1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZPn-3i654g
set2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIVdZj3IEks
set3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_m5IQO7p18
Day 5
Final Classification 7/8
Costa Rica - Cuba 1-3 (24-26 25-23 15-25 22-25) P-2 P-3
Semifinals
Dominican Republic - Puerto Rico 3-1 (25-18 26-24 19-25 25-21) P-2 P-3
United States - Canada 3-0 (25-22 25-14 25-15) P-2 P-3
Today: (GMT-5)
Final Classification 5/6
Trinidad & Tobago - Mexico 16:00
3rd Place
Puerto Rico - Canada 18:00
Final
Dominican Republic - United States 20:00
What happened to Yarimar Rosa? 
Is her injury serious?
What happened to Yarimar Rosa?
You can see it at 19:19 in 2nd set in the video posted above. She twisted her ankle landing on Vargas' foot after a block...looked very painful, but ankle injuries always do...
USA vs DOM tomorrow. I hope it's a good one. 
Livestream
Now: Puerto Rico - Canada
About 30 minutes after this match: United States - Dominican Republic
Finals' Day
5th Place:
Trinidad & Tobago - Mexico 0-3 (23-25 19-25 22-25) P-2 P-3
3rd Place:
Puerto Rico - Canada 3-0 (25-23 25-16 25-16) P-2 P-3
Final
Dominican Republic - United States 1-3 (19-25 24-26 25-21 19-25) P-3
STANDINGS:
1. United States
2. Dominican Republic
3. Puerto Rico
4. Canada
5. Mexico
6. Trinidad & Tobago
7. Cuba
8. Costa Rica
9. Saint Lucia
BEST PLAYERS
Best Spiker - Kelly Murphy USA
Best Setter - Alisha Glass USA
Best Blocker - Sinidad Jack TRI
Best Server - Jordan Larosn-Burbach USA
Best Receiver - Debora Seilhamer PUR
Best Digger - Brenda Castillo DOM
Best Libero - Janie Guimond CAN
Best Scorer - Karina Ocasio PUR
MVP - Kelly Murphy USA
ALL STAR TEAM
Glass - Murphy
Cruz - De La Cruz
Jack - Arias
Guimond
The United States captured the 2013 Visit Omaha NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship gold medal by defeating Dominican Republic 3-1 (25-19, 26-24, 21-25, 25-19)
Final Standings
1. United States of America -----------WGCC
2. Dominican Republic
3. Puerto RIco
4. Canada
5. Mexico
6. Trinidad and Tobago
7. Cuba
8. Costa Rica
9. Saint Lucia
Individual awards
Best Spiker - Kelly Murphy USA
Best Setter - Alisha Glass USA
Best Blocker - Sinidad Jack TRI
Best Server - Jordan Larosn-Burbach USA
Best Receiver - Debora Seilhamer PUR
Best Digger - Brenda Castillo DOM
Best Libero - Janie Guimond CAN
Best Scorer - Karina Ocasio PUR
MVP - Kelly Murphy USA
All-star team
Setter - Alisha Glass USA
Opposite - Kelly Murphy USA
Outside hitter 1 - Bethania de La Cruz DOM
Outside hitter 2 - Aurea Cruz PUR
Middle blocker 1 - Sinead Jack TRI
Middle blocker 2 - Candida Arias DOM
Libero - Janie Guimond CAN
IMHO tournament was quite easy to predict, counting on USA wining with Dominican Republic in Final. Canada and Puerto Rico comparing with rest teams, except finalists were quite solid. The biggest disappointment is of course Cuba, I wonder how it'll look with Cleger and Marcillan as setters and with Palacio as OH, then Cuba could fight for bronze (with these 3 players, Cuba lost after tiebreak vs. Puerto Rico in Pan-Am Cup).
of course it is easy to expect the only unpredictable tournaments are europe, asia (the final 4 is easy the final ranking is not) and africa 
2013-09-22 - Norceca Championships - Bronze - Puerto Rico vs Canada (end)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lgTJ7JEQos
2013-09-22 - Norceca Championships - Gold - USA vs Dominican Republic
set 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIfg5b_x_yI
set 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoEzkScxLn0
set 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5X2Y6nGgao
set 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YT5VWpgGEQ