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SANTO DOMINGO,
Dominican Republic, September 5, 2021 – Canada
remained undefeated after three outings at the
Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup following
their victory over Puerto Rico 3-1
(25-19, 23-25, 25-20, 25-19) on Sunday.
Jackson Howe, Brodie Hoffer and Jesse Elser
finished with 17, 16 and 15 points,
respectively, as the top scorers for Canada.
Isaiah Olfert and Jordan Schnitzer each
contributed 8 points in the victory.
Pedro
Molina was the only Puerto Rican player who
reached double figures in the scoring sheets.
Puerto Rico dropped to a 0-3.
Ben
Josephson, coach of Canada: “Puerto Rico is a
very tactical team and put some pressure on us
at the beginning. We were able to overcome that
situation and move forward. Also the defense of
Puerto Rico is very good but we came out winners
again.”
Alberto Torres, coach of Puerto Rico: “We are
down to the same. We have been the victims of
the mistakes with our serves. I have seen
improvement of our team with the tournament, our
game has been better but we keep missing with
our serves and we have paid for it.” |
