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Argentina continues winning streak at Gatorade Cup

 

   

LIMA, Peru, May 9, 2015 – Argentina team continued unstoppable while claiming their third victory without losses at the Final Four U18 Volleyball Girls’ Gatorade Cup on Saturday.

 

The South American side did a quick job against Baja California of Mexico winning in straight sets 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-14) in just 72 minutes. They now await the outcome of the match between Dominican Republic and Peru to know who will be their rivals in Sunday’s title match.

 

María Corbalan and Brenda Churin were the only two Argentineans to reach double digits in the scores with 17 and 10 points, respectively. Veronica Gomez finished with 9 points for Baja California.

 

Argentina dominated their opponents in all the fundaments as they held the advantages in attacks (35-23), blocking (7-2) and aces (4-2). The winners made 19 unforced errors to 29 by the losers.

 

“Things resulted the way we planned,” Argentina’s captain Azul Benitez said. “We didn’t underestimate the opponents and went out to play hard. Now we are elated about playing for the title in the final.”