Prisilla Rivera

Prisilla Rivera
Personal information
Full name Prisilla Altagracia Rivera Brens
Nickname Priscilla, MvPris
Nationality  Dominican Republic
Born (1984-12-29) December 29, 1984
Santo Domingo
Hometown Santo Domingo
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Spike 309 cm (122 in)
Block 305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside Hitter
Current club Südtirol Neruda Bolzano
Number 14
National team
2001 -Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
Last updated: July 2015

Prisilla Altagracia Rivera Brens (born December 29, 1984 in Santo Domingo[1]) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic.

Career

2001

She played with the Girls National Team at the 2001 Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship in Pula, Croatia, helping her team to reach the 8th place.[2] That year, she also played with the senior team at the 2001 NORCECA Championship winning with her team the bronze medal.[1]

2003/2004

With her National Team, she won the Gold Medal at the 2003 Pan American Games.[3]

She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #14 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's national team. Rivera played as a middle-blocker.

2005/2006

Playing in home soil Professional Tournament, Prisilla won the "Metropolitan League Championship" with her team Los Prados and awarded "Final Series Most Valuable Player".[4] This year she was selected "Best Attacker" at the Salonpas Cup.[5]

At the 2006 FIVB Grand Prix, Prisilla Altagracia helped her team to finish in the 8th place,[6][7] not qualifying for the final round.

2007-2009

Won with her team Grupo Murcia 2002, the 2007 Supercup,[8] her team also win the Superliga,[9] and Queens Cup.[10]

For the 2008/2009 season with Grupo 2002 Murcia won the "Most Valuable Player" award at the Spanish Supercopa won by her team[11] and the same award, MVP at the 2008/2009 Superliga Championship[12] and the 2008/2009 Queen's Cup.[13]

2010

As the captain of her club, CAV Murcia 2005 she won her 11th title with this Spanish club,[14][15] the 2010 Spanish Queen's Cup Spanish: Copa de la Reina, defeating Universidad de Burgos in Monforte de Lemos, Lugo.[16]

She won the Most Valuable Player and the gold medal with her National Team at the 2010 Pan-American Cup held in Rosarito and Tijuana, Mexico.[17]

2011

Rivera won with CAV Murcia 2005 the 2011 Spanish Queen's Cup Championship, contributing with 25 points, winning her fifth consecutive Spanish Cup.[18]

After being competing in Murcia since 2006,[19] Rivera left CAV Murcia to join the Puerto Rican team Mets de Guaynabo, in late March 2011.[20] Prisilla and her team finished the season as League Runner-Up, after being swept away in 4 matches by Criollas de Caguas.[21]

With her national team, Rivera won the "Best Spiker" award and the silver medal at the 2011 Pan-American Cup.[22]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. 1 2 ahora.com.do. "Priscila Rivera Una carrera meteórica y exitosa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  2. Volleyballseek. "Girl's Youth World Championships". Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  3. FIVB. "Dominican Republic wins Pan Am gold in five-set thriller". Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  4. NORCECA. "Los Prados logra corona femenina en Santo Domingo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  5. NORCECA. "Prisilla Rivera was top attacker at Salonpas Cup". Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  6. FIVB. "Match Result CHN-DOM" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  7. FIVB. "FIVB World Grand Prix 2006 Final Standing". Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  8. RFEVB. "Supercopa femenina: Final. Malgorzata Glinka, MVP del torneo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  9. reporterodigital.com. "El Grupo 2002, campeón de la Superliga femenina de voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  10. Editorial Prensa Ibérica. "El Spar pone fin a una década de éxitos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  11. RFEV.com. "CAV Murcia 2005 recupera el trono de la Supercopa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  12. elContragolpe. "El CAV Murcia 2005, campeón de la Superliga" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  13. La Opinion de Murcia. "Rivera, mejor jugadora del torneo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  14. Club Atlético Voleibol Murcia. "11 títulos en 5 años de historia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  15. laverdad.es. "Somos demasiado buenas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  16. Deporte Balear. "El CAV Murcia 2005, campeón de la Copa de SM La Reina 2010" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  17. FIVB. "Dominican Republic win gold medal in Pan American Cup". Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  18. RFEVB. "El CAV Murcia 2005, Campeón de la Copa de la Reina 2011" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  19. laopiniondemurcia.es (2011-03-20). "Triunfo agridulce del CAV Murcia en el adiós de Priscilla Rivera" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  20. Primera Hora (2011-03-31). "Las Mets se ponen "difíciles"" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  21. Primera Hora (2011-05-15). "Criollas de Caguas: Nuevas campeonas del Voleibol Superior" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  22. Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (2011-07-10). "Copa Panamericana Femenina: Brasileñas son nuevas reinas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-07-10.

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