Puerto Rico rotated players in victory over Uruguay

 

COLIMA, Mexico, June 24, 2007.- Puerto Rico used all its players during an easy victory in three sets  (25-17, 25-19, 25-16) over Uruguay in Pool B of the Women’s Pan American Cup on Sunday.

 

Vanessa Velez and Eva Cruz with 11 and 9 points led the scoring for the winners while Florencia Aguirre with 9 tallies was tops for Uruguay. Velez and Cruz included 4 and 3 blocks respectively.

 

“We had never faced Uruguay and took them seriously,” said Juan Carlos Nunez, the Puerto Rican coach. “Today we had the chance to use all my players but always with the focus on advancing to the next round.”

 

“It has been a great experience playing against teams like Puerto Rico and we can feel improvements game after game,” said Rafael Codina, the coach of Uruguay.