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Guadalajara,
Mexico, August 29, 2009 - Canada defeated Panama
in straight sets 25-18, 25-10, 25-14 moving one
step closer to securing one of the two tickets
available in the NORCECA Group I Play-offs for
the 2010 Italy World Volleyball Championship.
The win put
Canada in a comfortable position to qualify to
Italy waiting for the outcome of the match
between Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
Despite
today’s predictable outcome, the match was an
entertaining one and kept the spectators full of
enthusiasm as they awaited a crucial face-off
later today between Mexico and the Dominican
Republic. Once again, the Canadian team showed
that they work as a unit, with effective
blocking and a strong attack while taking
advantage of the opponent team’s continuous
mistakes.
The best
scorers in the winning team were Dallas Soonias
(15) as well as Adam Simac and Alexandre
Gaumont, both with 10 points. The best scorer of
Panama was Carlos Zuñiga who charted 10 points.
Glenn Hoag,
Canada’s head coach, said: “We wanted to win due
to the importance of the game but we recognize
that Panama surprised us and now we are going to
focus on tomorrow’s game. I don’t feel like
we’ve already qualified until we know the result
of the game between Mexico and the Dominican
Republic.”
Jose A.
Remon, head coach for Panama, indicated: “We
expected this result -- the sheer height of the
Canadian team is what ‘kills’ us but, we are
aware of our skill level; we’re in Central
America and we try to meet our objectives.”
Brick
Davidiuk, captain of the Canadian team, admitted
“our opponents did things that we’re not used to
and they surprised us, but I’m happy with my
team and our communication.”
Ricardo
Brown, captain for the Panamanian team, added
“we’ve improved in comparison to our first match
against Mexico but, the Canadians are at a
higher level; despite that, we are learning from
these great athletes in order to help Volleyball
to grow in our country.”
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