Peru beats Trinidad and Tobago in first Pan Am Cup win

Peru beats Trinidad and Tobago in first Pan Am Cup win

COLIMA, Mexico, June 18, 2019. - Peru beat Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-22) in their first win at the Men’s Pan American Cup in the Multifunctional Auditorium of Colima, Mexico.

Trinidad and Tobago started off strong but Peru managed to take control leading 43-33 in attacks, 3-2 in aces and capitalizing on 21 opponent errors. Trinidad and Tobago held a slim 9-8 margin in blocks and scored on 14 Peruvian errors.

This was Peru’s first win improving to 1-2 record, to finish third place in pool B, regardless of the result between Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Eduardo Romay of Peru led all scorers with 23 points including 18 kills and 4 blocks. Alvaro Hidalgo also contributed for the winners with 12 points on 11 kills and one ace. Ryan Stewart was Trinidad and Tobago’s top scorer with 13 points including 11 kills and one ace, followed by Joel Theodore with 10 points.

Comments:

Diego Recavarren, assistant coach Peru: “Happy for this victory, we’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time because we’ve been preparing a lot, the team has evolved and they deserved to win. The guys were anxious because of the importance of its outcome, we benefited from our opponents bad reception of our floating serves”.

Eduardo Romay, captain Peru: “Trinidad and Tobago never stop fighting, they spike hard, so we lost our organized game-plan in the beginning. This is an important win, in last year’s Cup we finished win-less, and so we are really happy. We are still anxious for what’s left of the event”.

Akim Bushe, captain Trinidad and Tobago: “We came out with a lot of intensity, we dropped a bit coming to the end of the first set and it reflected on the scores. In the second set we were stronger, even took the lead so we got a little relaxed committing errors that benefited Peru. In the third we tried to get our rhythm back with no result; still I admire the good energy from my team, they kept pushing and smiling. We have a lot to work on and look forward for the next matches, and next tournament as well”.