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Turkey seek second victory against Puerto Rico in Pool F

 

Pool F: Head-to-head Turkey v Puerto Rico (19 June)
· Last week, these teams met for the first time in the competition. Turkey beat Puerto Rico in five sets.
· Puerto Rico outspiked Turkey 57 to 54 in that match, but Turkey prevailed in serving (8 - 3) and in preventing errors (28 - 37).
· Maurice Torres was Puerto Rico's leading scorer with 19 points while Metin Toy led Turkey's scoring with 16 points.

Turkey
· Turkey started their 2015 World League campaign with two wins and one defeat. They beat Puerto Rico 3-2 and Tunisia 3-0, but lost 3-1 to Montenegro.
· Istanbul, Turkey, will host the second week of play for Pool F. Last year's Final Four of Group 3 was also held in Turkey. Turkey beat Slovakia in the semifinal (3-0), but were beaten in the final by Cuba in five sets.
· Turkey have won at least one set in every single World League match they have played so far (11).

Puerto Rico
· Puerto Rico lost all of their matches in the opening weekend for Group 3 in the World League: 3-2 to Turkey, 3-0 to Montenegro and 3-1 to Tunisia.
· Puerto Rico have lost at least two sets in every single World League match they have played so far (21 matches).
· Maurice Torres led the scoring for Puerto Rico with 46 points in their first three matches. Only Tunisia's Marouen Garci has scored as many points in Group F.

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