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LIMA, Peru, June 19, 2015 – Argentina defeated a resilient
Canada 3-1 (25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 25-21) on Friday advancing to a
semifinal contest with defending champions Dominican Republic at
XIV Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup.
Veteran Emilce Sosa registered 17 points, including six blocks,
to lead the Argentinean triumph. Yamile Nizetich and Florencia
Busquets contributed 15 and 10 points in the victory, while
Lucia Fresco and Josefina Fernandez each finished with 8 points.
Tabhita Love led all the players in the match with 20 points
leading four Canadians with double digits in the scores. Kyla
Richey had 14 while Lucille Charuk and Jaimie Thibault had 11
and 10, respectively, in the loss.
Argentina held a 14-7 advantage in blocks while Canada had the
top hand in aces 9-3.
Emilce Sosa, player of Argentina: “I think Canada is a good team
and studied us very well for the match, but we were able to
answer back. We recovered from their blocking, which took us out
of concentration, and in the fourth set we came back with out
attacks.”
Guillermo Orduna, coach of Argentina: “Canada is a team that if
you give them a break they can beat you. In the third set our
level of concentration went down. Luckily we recovered it back
and could close the set.”
Brittney Page, captain of Canada: “We caught the rhythm too
late. In the third set we got back our confidence and that’s why
we won it. We couldn’t keep the rhythm and it let to the loss.
We still need to improve our tactics.”
Arnd Ludwig, coach of Canada: “I think we got into our game too
late and when we reacted Argentina was in control of the game.”
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