Argentina beat Costa Rica before leaving Pachuca

PACHUCA, Mexico, June 15, 2014 – Argentina defeated Costa Rica 3-0 (25-18, 25-12, 25-17) to confirm their second place in Pool B and a quarterfinals berth in the XIII Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup.

The Argentineans totaled three victories with only one loss to United States, after defeating a battling Costa Rica but without enough weapons to play against a superior opponent that was better in all aspects.

Natalia Aispurua was the best scorer of the match with 12 points for Argentina, followed by Josefina Fernández and Emilce Sosa with 11 and 10, respectively. Paola Ramirez topped the Costa Ricans with nine points.

Guillermo Orduna, Coach of Argentina: “We can play better, more focused. We need to adjust to the level of the opponent. We need to dean with the changes of levels in the attack and to learn how to play our game. They were already qualified but that is not an excuse. A team gains maturity when is able to play with the same intensity and they are in debt with that.”

Yamila Nizetich, Captain of Argentina: “We need to start better these types of matches, we were out of focus and then we got the rhythm. They told me we now play against Cuba, a very difficult team. We know them so we have to reinforce those details to defeat them and move to the semifinals.”

Argentinean Horacio Bastit, Coach of Costa Rica said: “Even though we didn’t have the Willis, one who didn’t come and the other injured, the team played fairly well but we made too many errors and you can’t do that against a team like Argentina. We hope to have a better performance in the next stage.”

Ramirez said: “We did a great effort despite the absence of two key players. The new girls  were nervous, but this tournament is valuable for the preparation towards the final qualifier to the world championship in Trinidad & Tobago.”