Mexico beats Trinidad and Tobago for ninth place 

CHICLAYO, July 13, 2019 - Mexico was ranked 9th in the 18th Women's Pan American Cup, winning 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-8) in Trinidad and Tobago, in the penultimate game at the Chiclayo headquarters.

Kathya Garcia was the best for Mexico with 15 points while Andrea Segura chipped in with 14 while Paloma Gutiérrez contributed 9. For Trinidad and Tobago, Kiune Fletcher and Destiny Leon scored 7 each.

Mexico was superior in attack 36-20 and in service 12-1, while in blocking it was dominated 5-6, committing 11 errors by 22 of its opponents.

Alejandra Segura, outstanding player of Mexico: "It is important for us to close the tournament like this, with a victory, we needed this as a team to cheer us up. There are two important tournaments, including the Olympic qualifier that is in August and we have to get the best out of ourselves, see what we fail and improve. "

Claudio Torres, coach of Mexico: "Today we put into practice what we did not do in the rest of the tournament, get more quality, that means having more opportunity in blocking, defense ... We did not suffer because we had a young team in front, but that is the recipe to keep us on the play. "

"The young players played calm, calm, they did quite well, that's why it's important to give them all the chance."