TEAM COMPOSITION

DOM / Dominican Republic - Team Composition

Team manager	JOSE AYBAR
Head coach	MARCOS KWIEK
Assistant coach	WAGNER PACHECO
Doctor	RAUL MEDINA
Therapist / trainer	WILSON SANCHEZ
Journalist	YEIVIC JIMENEZ

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	2	Rossy Dahiana	Burgos Herrera	Burgos	07.04.1985	184	70	305	300
	3	Lisvel Elisa	Eve Mejia	Eve-Castillo	10.09.1991	194	70	325	315
L	5	Brenda	Castillo	Castillo	05.06.1992	167	55	245	230
L	6	Carmen Rosa	Caso Sierra	Caso	29.11.1981	168	59	240	230
	7	Niverka Dharlenis	Marte Frica	Marte	19.10.1990	178	71	295	283
	8	Candida Estefany	Arias Perez	Arias	11.03.1992	194	68	320	315
C	10	Milagros	Cabral de la Cruz	Cabral	17.10.1978	182	63	325	320
	11	Jeoselyna	Rodriguez Santos	Rodriguez	09.12.1991	187	63	325	315
	12	Karla Miguelina	Echenique Medina	Echenique	16.05.1986	180	65	300	290
	13	Cindy Carolina	Rondon Martinez	Rondon	12.11.1987	186	61	320	315
	14	Prisilla Altagracia	Rivera Brens	Rivera	29.12.1984	186	70	320	315
	18	Bethania	De La Cruz de Peña	De La Cruz	13.05.1987	188	70	330	320
	19	Ana Yorkira	Binet Stephens	Binet	09.02.1992	174	58	280	260
	20	Brayelin Elizabeth	Martinez	Martinez	11.09.1996	200	72	330	320

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

The Dominican Republic will be taking part in the FIVB Women’s World Cup for the third time in a row and have made it clear that they want to improve on their results at the two previous tournaments where they finished 10th and ninth. Taking into consideration recent results, there is no reason why not.

With coach Marcos Kwiek starting to reap the rewards of building a squad around captain Milagros Cabral since taking over in 2008, big things are expected of the Caribbean country. Their bronze medal at the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup in 2009 was the breakthrough result, their first FIVB medal. Whilst they haven’t quite pushed on from that watershed moment, expectations are still high with some world class players starting to make a name for themselves on the international stage.

With good balance and depth, Kwiek now has more flexibility in his squad which he is hoping will translate into success on the court. The team arrives in Japan after finishing fourth at the Pan American Games and winning silver at the NORCECA Continental Championship, losing to the United States on both occasions. It was the second silver medal of the year for the Dominican Republic following the side’s performance at the Pan American Cup, which was won by Brazil in Mexico in July.

Coach profile

Brazilian Marcos Kwiek began coaching in 1995 with Brazilian club Gremio Recreativo Barueri before moving on to Esporte Clube Pinheiros. His first foray into the international scene was as an assistant coach for Brazil’s women’s team from 2003 to 2007 before taking the reins of the Dominican Republic in 2008. Since taking over, Kwiek has seen the side win gold and two silver medals at the Pan American Cup as well as the 2009 NORCECA Continental Championship title. He also helped guide the team to third at the FIVB Grand Champions Cup 2009.