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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, September 12,
2021 – The coaches of the six teams
participating in the 19th Women’s Pan American
Cup commented about the characteristics of their
squads during the preliminary inspections
carried out by the Control Committee of the
event on Sunday.
Shannon Winzer (Canada): “We
have mostly players from our Next Gen Team who
are exciting young players who will make impact
for Canada in the next four years. We do have
some senior players to help the unexperienced
ones. Those players took part in the Nations
League and in the NORCECA Championship.”
Joel Olazabal Herrera (Cuba): “We
have a young team that was going to participate
in the U-20 World Championship but then we got
complicated by the pandemic. Our goal is to give
these girls a chance to play as they have not
played in a tournament since 2019 and are eager
to play. The goal is to reach the highest
possible place, get points for the ranking and
battle against the other teams”.
Marcos Kwiek (Dominican Republic): “We
have a roster of 21 players and our plan, since
we are playing at home, is to put daily a
competitive team while giving opportunity to the
younger players so the fans can know them. We
have big responsibility as we just won the
NORCECA Championship and need to handle that
pressure while giving a good volleyball show for
the fans to enjoy.”
Rafael Petry (Mexico): “Our
team is a blend of experienced players with
players from the U23. Our goal is to go for the
top positions in the competition while
continuing the process of development and
evolution. I took the team last May and we have
clear objectives of development improving the
volume of game of the players giving the chance
of adding kilometers to their game.”
Carlos Felipe Rodriguez (Puerto Rico): “We
are bringing only two players who were part of
the team that won the silver medal at NORCECA
tournament. Most of the players are going to
have their first international experience at
this level. The team trained together only for
one week but we are here to represent our
country giving our first effort.”
Karch Kiraly (United States): “We
are excited to see what this young group of
Americans can do at the 2021 Pan American Cup.
Some of them are very young with not so much
experience. It will be just a learning and
developing opportunity for them.” |
