Two-time Uruguayan champion Defensor Sporting made history by qualifying for the Final 4 of the South American Women’s Basketball League by winning group A that was played at the CEF 3 gym in Concepción del Uruguay.
After debuting with a loss against Aguada, the merged team beat Sportiva Italiana from Chile and Tomás de Rocamora from Argentina to seal their place in the semis, which will take place in June.
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The celebration of Defensor Sporting in Concepción del Uruguay
Only the first of each key advanced to the semis, which made the classification of the team led by the sanducero Gino Alderete even more meritorious.
Defensor Sporting bet heavily on this tournament by hiring Paraguayan Paola Ferrarian exquisite 36-year-old player trained at the university level in the United States and with passages for many years in the Spanish League.
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Defensor Sporting, squad in the South American League
The Argentine Julieta Ale also played and the third foreigner was the American Julieh Clark.
On Thursday, the team started losing 56-42 with Aguada. Ferrari made 9 points to which he added 13 rebounds. Lucía Schiavo and Pierina Rossi contributed 8 each, Ale had 7 with 5 assists, Clark and Carolina Curbelo four each and Josefina Rivera 2.
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Julieta Ale, one of the figures of the team
Aguada was reinforced by Florencia Niski, Uruguayan who plays for Celta de España and who was the top scorer in the opening match between Uruguayan teams with 16 goals.
On Friday, Defensor Sporting recovered and beat Sportiva Italiana 69-55 with 15 points and 11 rebounds from Ferrari, 14 from Ale, 10 from Camila Panetta, 4 from Rivera and Schiavo, 3 from Yessica López and Rossi and 2 from Curbelo.
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Camila Panetta, one of the symbols of the team
Saturday defeated Tomás de Rocamora of Argentina 66-47 and with that result they secured the first place in the group.
Ferrari scored 16 points to which he added 12 rebounds and 6 assists, Ale contributed 13, Curbelo 11, Schiavo 8, Rossi 6, Panetta 4, Krystal Cordara 2 and Clark 1.
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Carolina Curbelo in defensive action
Defensor Sporting became national champion for the first time in its history in 2020 against Malvín and last year revalidated its victory against Hebraica Macabi.
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The celebration of Defensor Sporting in Concepción del Uruguay
After his triumphant debut against Defensor Sporting, Aguada was last losing 63-61 to Tomás de Rocamora (32 points from Argentina’s Ana Clara Paz) and 67-66 to Sportiva Italiana (21 points from Paz and 15 from Niski).
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Florencia Niski, the great bet of Aguada
Aguada, directed by Nicolás Altalef, participated as a guest to the tournament, which led to a public protest last week by rowers from Mercedes and 25 de Agosto who expressed that for sporting reasons it would have been up to one of those teams to participate in the event.
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Aguada had a great debut but then lost both of his matches
Defensor Sporting now awaits rivals.
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Gino Alderete, DT of Defensor Sporting
In group B will play Deportivo Berazategui from Argentina, the Ecuadorians UDJ de Santa María and Societá Sportiva Bocca, and Fundación Deportiva Anzoátegui from Venezuela. This key will be held in Guayaquil from Thursday to Saturday.
In group C is Malvín, the most successful team in Uruguayan women’s basketball and the one with the most experience at the international level. He will play from May 12 to 14 in Santiago del Estero against local Quimsa, Félix Pérez from Paraguay and Carl AZ from Bolivia.
In addition to the first three of each group, the best second of the three series will also qualify.
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Historic Sporting defender: got into the Final 4 of the Women’s South American League