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LA PAZ, Baja California Sur, June 7, 2022.-
Argentina had a strong beginning at the Women’s
U21 Pan American Cup defeating Canada 3-0
(25-17, 25-8, 25-22) at La Paz Arena in Baja
California Sur.
Argentina started off their pool C campaign with
no difficulties and showed a solid performance
overpowering Canada.
Argentina led 36-22 in attacks, 7-2 in blocks
and finished with an overwhelming 12-4 margin in
serves. Canada committed one less error than
Argentina (19-20).
Opposite hitter Valentina Vaulet led Argentina
with 16 points on 12 kills and 4 aces, followed
by outside hitter Milena Margaria with 13 points
on 8 kills, one block and 4 aces.
On Canada’s side, middle blocker Jenna Pollock
scored 7 points.
On Wednesday in pool C, Canada faces the United
States and Argentina goes up against Costa Rica.
Victoria Caballero, Capitana de Argentina:
“We were focused on what was needed, serving
well, receiving well, and defending well. We are
a short team, we focused on defending and
receiving which is our strength.”
Marcelo Silva, Head Coach of Argentina:
“We played in the world championship last year,
but we are coming out of the Pandemic where our
training had to be creative. I am glad for my
teams’ superior performance, they were
concentrated during the three sets, they
controlled the ball and knew where to direct
their serves. They were more concentrated than
Canada in every action of the game who could not
take advantage of their height in attack”.
Emoni Bush, Captain of Canada:
“We had a little bit of nerves starting out, but
we brought it together in the first set; we
finished the game a lot stronger than we started.
We need to limit our errors; we are a strong
team with strong hitters”.
Carolyn O’Dwyer, Head Caoch of Canada:
“We started off nervous causing us to play a
little tentative and it took us a while to get
out of it to play a little more aggressive style
which is how we play. Argentina did a great job
and a lot was on our side”. |
