The junior female team of Dénia Básquet overcame the difficult eliminatory of quarterfinals of the Preferente Junior Feminine championship when prevailing to the CB Vila Real that arrived like first classified of Group To, in both parties disputed this past weekend.
The team of Ferrán García won on Saturday in the Joan Fuster pavilion (62-44) to mark from the start a high pace of play that visitors who came with casualties to this match, could not continue.
The contribution of the cadet players was again essential to achieve a magnificent result that brought them to overcome the round of quarterfinals.
On Sunday the team moved to Vila Real to try to defend their advantage. The locals came out very strong and in the first minutes they distanced themselves dangerously (11-3). The reaction of the dianenses gradually became apparent throughout the first quarter, balancing the result upon reaching its end (21-20).
Despite the load of personal faults that diminished the rotation of the team, Castellón failed to take off on the scoreboard and at the precise moment they knew how to take advantage of their anxiety to finish the series with a new victory (43-53) that gave the pass to semifinals.
Powerful rivals for Dianenses
In the penultimate round of the competition CB Horta Godella B, Picken Claret and Dénia Básquet come from Group B confirming that it was the strongest of the three existing. CB Adesavi, who was the unbeaten leader of Group C, also joined them.
With the exception of Claret, the other three teams played in Dénia in December. Preferential Junior Cup in which CB Horta Godella B won the final, a team that does not have the right to ascend when counting its club with a place in the maximum autonomic competition and only fights in consequence for being also this Autonomous Champion course of the category.
The winners of these semifinals that will also be played in round-trip format within this coming weekend will achieve the automatic category promotion and will also qualify for the regional final that will be played in a single match on the weekend of the 12 May in neutral venue to be determined.
