Carolina, Barceloneta & Corozal notch wins in COPUVO

Gabriel Santiago led Carolina with 18 points.

By THE STAR STAFF

The Big Brothers of Carolina, Ninjas of Barceloneta and Plataneros of Corozal all earned victories on Sunday in the Puerto Rican Volleyball Confederation (COPUVO by its acronym in Spanish) men’s division.

The Big Brothers handed the Llaneros of Toa Baja their first loss of the season, prevailing in a five-set thriller.

The match, held at the Domingo “Lulo” González court in Carolina, concluded with scores of 25-17, 26-28, 19-25, 25-21 and 15-10 in favor of the Big Brothers.

Gabriel Santiago led the Carolina offense with 18 points, followed by Edgar Rivera with 16, Derick Betancourt with 14 and Aramis Rodríguez with 10.

With the win, the Big Brothers improved to 2-1, while the Llaneros dropped to 3-1.

In other results, the Ninjas (3-1) swept the Taínos of Utuado (0-2) in three sets at the Ángel L. Cuevas court. The set scores were 25-20, 25-18 and 25-12.

Additionally, the Plataneros (2-1) defeated the Legends of San Juan (1-1) in four sets at the Robinson School court, with scores of 25-23, 17-25, 25-22 and 25-14.