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TORONTO, Canada, July 20, 2015 – Argentina overcame Canada in
four sets 3-1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-21) on Monday to finish
Pool A at the women’s volleyball tournament of the Pan American
Games with a 2-1 win-loss mark, good at least for a second
place.
Argentinean Paola Nizetich led all the players in the match with
19 points, getting plenty support from Leticia Boscacci with 15
points and Emilce Sosa and Julieta Lazcano each with 12. Yael
Castiglione and Josefina Fernandez contributed 8 and 7 points in
the win.
Canadian Kyla Richey finished with 18 points, including five
blocks, followed by Tabitha Love and Shanice Marcelle had 16 and
10, respectively.
Guillermo Orduña, Coach of Argentina: “We have to go step by
step. This is about playing one match at a time. We had been
beaten by Canada a few days before (at the Grand Prix). I liked
the way my team solved every detail during the match. They are a
group of girls who like to take revenge and today we won despite
some injuries suffered by Mimi (Sosa, hip) and our captain
(Paula) Nizetich (foot).”
Yael Castiglione, player of Argentina: “It is a great
satisfaction to get this victory. It was somehow a sweet revenge
after we lost to them at home during the Grand Prix. There is a
rivalry between the two teams and it was not easy with a lot of
pressure. I am 100 percent confident of the capacity of our team
for the rest of the tournament and hopefully get one of the
medals.”
Paula Nizetich, Captain of Argentina: “I am so glad for this
result. We had fought a lot as we had to break them with our
defense and their blocking game and work hard against their
opposite players (Love and Pavan). We expect to improve our
control of the ball to be ready for our next match.”
Arnd Ludwig, Coach of Canada: “It was a very tough match to get
into. We were not very sharp at the beginning of the game, but I
think we did things a little bit better during the match. Today
our blocking was not as good we were not disciplined in block.
We did too much moving in block and that was easier for
Argentina to score against us in attack. We did not put enough
pressure on the serve and these were the two main things we
failed: serve and block”.
Rebecca Pavan, Player of Canada: “Argentina is always a really
tough game for us. They are a talented team and they have a lot
of experience. Two weeks ago we defeated them at their home (at
Grand Prix) and they came back fired up. We were fired up too
and they just took the best of us today.”
Shanice Marcelle, player of Canada: “We were able to play at
their same level for the first two sets but then we started to
lose the energy. I still hope we will be there in the
quarterfinals depending on the result of the next match.”
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