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CALI, Colombia, December 2, 2021. - Colombia won
a tough five-set battle 3-2 (25-16, 21-25,
25-23, 20-25, 15-9) to Argentina in pool A of
the women’s volleyball tournament of the I
Junior Pan American Games on Thursday at
Evangelista Mora Coliseo.
Colombia´s and Argentina´s performance was a
display of velocity and force, with ups and
downs from both sides. Colombia remains
undefeated in pool A with 2-0 record and
Argentina dropped to 1-1.
Colombia led 59-53 in attacks and 8-6 in aces,
both teams scored 14 points from blocks and both
allowed 25 points from unforced errors.
Colombian outside hitter Ana Karina Olaya led
all scorers with impressive 26 points including
22 kills, middle blocker Valerin Carabali and
outside hitter Laura Grajales added 15 and 13
points respectively.
On Argentina’s side, outside hitter Agostina
Beltramino led with 15 points, joined by
opposite hitter Juliana Ocaña and outside hitter
Angeles Ligorría with 12 points each; middle
blocker Azul Ulla scored the most blocks with 6
points.
Colombia (2-0) resumes pool-play on Friday
against Mexico (1-1) and Argentina (1-1) facing
Suriname (0-2).
Eduardo Niño, head coach of Colombia:
“We had studied our opponent as well as every
team, and they studied us; in the end things
went our way. Our crucial zone was stable and we
kept ourselves together. Every team here has
unstable moments and that’s why so many ups and
downs. We need to be more patient in critical
moments, which gives confidence individually and
collectively”.
Pablo Martín, head coach of Argentina:
“It was a balanced match, for moments we
prevailed and others we prevailed against them;
we sometimes received well and we were able to
attack; we had difficulties controlling
Colombian attackers. I think we had the chance
to win the third set, it was hard. In the fourth
we started well and we recovered, and in the
tie-break they made some changes which we
couldn’t find a solution for.
We should have committed fewer errors” |
