Prisilla Rivera

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

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rivera and the second or maternal family name is Brens.
Prisilla Rivera
Personal information
Full namePrisilla Altagracia Rivera Brens
NicknamePriscilla, MvPris
Nationality Dominican Republic
Born (1984-12-29) December 29, 1984
Santo Domingo
HometownSanto Domingo
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Spike320 cm (130 in)
Block315 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
Position- Wing Spiker

- Middle Blocker

- Opposite spiker
Current clubSüdtirol Neruda Bolzano
Number14
National team
2001 - Dominican Republic
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Games
2019 Lima Team
2003 Santo Domingo Team
2015 TorontoTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
2009 Tokyo/Fukuoka Team
NORCECA Championship
2019 San Juan Team
2009 Bayamón Team
2013 Omaha Team
2011 Caguas Team
2005 Port of Spain Team
2003 Santo Domingo Team
2001 Santo Domingo Team
Pan-American Cup
2010 Rosarito/Tijuana Team
2008 Mexicali/Tijuana Team
2018 Santo Domingo Team
2015 Lima/Callao Team
2013 Lima Team
2011 Ciudad Juárez Team
2009 Miami Team
2005 Santo Domingo Team
2006 San Juan Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena Team
2010 Mayagüez Team
2014 Veracruz Team
Final Four Cup
2008 Fortaleza Team
2009 Lima Team
Last updated: July 2015

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] Rivera signed with the Brazilian club Vôlei Bauru.[23]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References
  1. ahora.com.do. "Priscila Rivera Una carrera meteórica y exitosa" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  2. Volleyballseek. "Girl's Youth World Championships". Archived from the original on 2001-07-13. 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). Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  9. reporterodigital.com. "El Grupo 2002, campeón de la Superliga femenina de voleibol" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  10. Editorial Prensa Ibérica. "El Spar pone fin a una década de éxitos" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  11. RFEV.com. "CAV Murcia 2005 recupera el trono de la Supercopa" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  12. elContragolpe. "El CAV Murcia 2005, campeón de la Superliga" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-06-22. 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). Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. 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.
  23. "Competição contará com grandes estrelas do vôlei". CBV (in Portuguese). 2016-09-26. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
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