USA and Italy unbeaten after three rounds

 

TOKYO, November 11, 2007 –USA and Italy are still unbeaten after three rounds of the Women’s World Cup 2007. The fourth and final round will be played from Wednesday in Nagoya.

 

The United States continued their unbeaten run in the World Cup with a 3-0 victory over South Korea. The Americans won 25-21, 25-19, 25-23, with Logan Tom leading the scoring with 19 points. Danielle Scott-Arruda and Tayyiba Haneef-Park added 17 and 11 points respectively.

 

Brazil had no problems securing their seventh victory of the World Cup as they routed the Dominican Republic 25-16, 25-12, 25-14. The Dominicans dropped to 1-7.

 

Sheila Castro led the Brazilians with 18 points and Fabiana Claudino and Walewska Oliveira contributed 11 and 10 points. Dominican Bethania de la Cruz, the leading scorer after three rounds, was limited to 7 points.

 

Cuba overcame the brave team of Thailand, 25-22, 23-25, 25-22, 25-13. Yumilka Ruiz led Cuba with 19 points, Nancy Carrillo added 15 and Daimi Ramirez and Yanelis Santos each had 12.

 

In other matches, Italy romped to a straight-sets victory over Peru outclassing the South Americans 25-13, 25-21, 25-17 to head for the Nagoya climax with a perfect 8-0 win-loss record. Peru dropped to 1-7. Poland derailed Serbia's drive to Beijing with a stunning 3-2 upset on Sunday afternoon. The Poles improved their win-loss record to 3-5 with a 24-26, 25-23, 25-12, 19-25, 15-10 victory, dropping Serbia to 6-2 with three tough matches to come. Japan completed a Sapporo sweep, adding Kenya to the World Cup scalps of Peru and Poland in the third phase. The World Cup hosts will head to Nagoya for the final phase with a 6-2 win-loss record after a routine 25-14, 25-12, 25-8 victory dropping Kenya to 0-8 with three matches remaining.