Argentina outclassed Cuba in the Final Four U20

LIMA, Peru, October 18, 2014 – Argentina outclassed Cuba (25-10, 25-8, 25-17) in just 54 minutes of action during the third day at the U20 Final Four Women’s Volleyball Gatorade Cup at Eduardo Dibos Coliseum on Saturday.

Captain Sol Piccolo led Argentina with 19 points, followed by Camila Hiruela who tallied 11 points. Claudia Hernandez topped Cuba with just nine points. Argentina showed their power leading in attacks (35-16) and aces (7-1) while getting the edge in blocking (6-5).

Guillermo Nazabal, coach of Argentina, said they had two missing players in their squad so the team went out to give it all against Cuba.

“Cuba has a good level in attack and blocking and they showed yesterday against Peru all the things they can do, so we knew we have to go out and give our best. Things worked well for us and I am very glad with this group that is blending well and knowing each other as a team,” Nazabal said.

Captain Sol Piccolo said: “I am very glad with this victory because we played well the entire match maintaining the rhythm. The girls did what we had been practicing and everything went as we had trained. Tomorrow we hope to do as well as today.”

“We are a very young team and this is a group of girls we are putting together. We prepared a plan but they didn’t follow it. Argentina is a strong rival and we had to execute well everything but we didn’t do that. We have to continue training hard trying to improve and continue growing,” Cuban coach Tomas Fernandez said.

“The lack of concentration led us to the defeat. Today we allowed Argentina to play their game and could not overcome that. We were not able to narrow the gap in the scoreboard and that was the game,” Cuba’s Carmela Massip said.