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Argentina grabs third bronze medal at Pan Am Cup

 

   

LIMA, Peru, June 21, 2015 – Argentina claimed their third bronze medal in the history of the Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup by outplaying Cuba in straight sets 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-20) at Eduardo Dibos Coliseum of Lima on Sunday.

By finishing in third place in the annual event, the Argentinean side equaled their previous best finishes in 2008 and 2013 in Tijuana, Mexico and Lima, Peru, respectively. Cuba was left out of the podium for third consecutive year.

Emilce Sosa with 13 points, including one block and two aces, was the best scorer for Argentina, followed by Yamila Nizetich and Florencia Busquets each with 10 points in the win.

Melissa Vargas had 13 points for Cuba and finished with 144 as the tournament leading scorer –the second all-time best behind Puerto Rican Aury Cruz’s 151. Daymara Lescay and Sulian Matienzo charted 10 points apiece in the loss.

Emilce Sosa, player of Argentina: “It was a well deserved victory after all the work done by the team. Personally I am leaving very glad with the evolution of our team and by the way we solved very tough matches to arrive here.”

Guillermo Orduna, coach of Argentina: “The team was finding the right way and never allowed the pressure to catch them. That’s the reason we could put our tactics into action.”

Sulian Matienzo, captain of Cuba: “We achieved our goal of improving from last year’s position by moving from fifth to fourth place. Argentina is a strong team that studied us very well and that’s why they won. But we will see each other again at the Pan American Games and then we hope to win.”

Roberto Garcia, coach of Cuba: “I think the girls were pressing a little trying to win and made mistakes at key moments. The second and third set we lost that way, but we are going to face them at the Pan American Games and I hope we can win at that time.”