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CALLAO, Peru, June 14, 2015 – Argentina added another victory
this time in four sets by defeating Mexico (25-20, 25-13, 22-25,
25-18) in the second day of Pool A of the XIV Women’s Volleyball
Pan American Cup at Miguel Grau Coliseum of Callao.
Argentina was the superior team in attacks (43-39) and blocking
(13-4) and also made lesser errors with 29 compared to 39 by the
Mexicans.
The South Americans needed a change in strategy and players to
overcome the surge of a Mexican team that showed a lot of
character and strength. Argentina used their usual fiery spirit
to resist the pressure from a rival seeking for its first
victory in the competition.
The top scorer of the match was Mexican Lizbeth Sainz with 14
points, while for the winning team the best scorer was the
captain Yamila Nizetich with 13 points.
Yamila Nizetich, the captain of Argentina: “Today we didn’t play
the way we are used to. Mexico put pressure with their serves
and we made many errors. It has been difficult to adjust the new
members of the team but I am confident our performance will be
improving.”
Dulce Carranza, captain of Mexico, was visibly disappointed with
the result saying: “Today our team showed a better performance
than the day before but the effort didn’t pay off.”
Guillermo Orduna, coach of Argentina: “Argentina was not at our
usual level, but at the end the result is what counts and we got
it. We won the match with something else than the good technical
game. The character of the group showed at the difficult times
and we were able to close a match that was complicated.”
Jorge Miguel Azair, coach of Mexico: “Despite today’s loss I am
glad with the performance of my team, which was completely
different than yesterday. We are into a new process with young
girls who need to adjust to the high level competition.” |
