Cuba’s women’s national volleyball team will face Costa Rica today on the closing day of the NORCECA Final Four Tournament, held in Ponce, after falling in four sets to host Puerto Rico.

The team, coached by Brazilian technical director Luizomar de Moura, debuted on Friday with a 0–3 loss (19–25, 10–25, 23–25) against Mexico and then lost 1–3 to Puerto Rico on Saturday. The Puerto Ricans had to work hard to remain undefeated, having previously beaten Mexico 3–0.

According to the website www.norceca.net, the Cuban team did not give in to the home crowd cheering against them and started the match by winning the first set 25–20, but in the remaining three sets they could not maintain the winning rhythm, losing 20–25, 13–25, and 21–25.

Official match statistics show better results for Puerto Rico in attack (53 points to 46), blocking (13–4), and serving (7–6), while unforced errors were even at 17–17.

For Cuba, the top performers were opposite hitter Yalain Regla de la Peña González with 15 points and middle blocker Dezireett Madan with 11. For Puerto Rico, Decelise Annalee Champion stood out as the match’s leading scorer with 23 points.