Guereca and Caribali tie records of U23 Cup

LIMA, Peru, August 15, 2018 – Mexican Uxue Guereca and Colombian Valerín Carabali entered in the record books of the U23 Women’s Pan American Cup in the first day of actions of the fourth edition of the event at Manuel Bonilla Coliseum of Lima on Tuesday.

Guereca scored 35 points to lead Mexico to a five-set victory over Colombia 3-2 (23-25, 25-14, 16-25, 25-18, 15-9), tying the record established in 2016 by Peruvian Angela Leyva against Argentina on September 21.

Meanwhile, Carabali compiled 9 blocks in the losing effort to tie the mark shared by Dominican Gaila Gonzalez (2014 against Cuba) and Argentinean Claudia Herrera (twice in 2016 against Peru).

NORCECA’s Communication Director Roosevelt Comarazamy made the announcement in Santo Domingo.

Comarazamy said Guereca is the sixth player to reach the 30-point plateau in the history of the U23 Pan American Cup.

The list is the following: 

Angela Leyva, Peru, 35, vs Argentina 2016

Uxue Guereca, Mexico, 35, vs Colombia 2018

Diana Arrechea, Colombia, 33, vs Argentina 2012

Lucía Fresco, Argentina, 32, vs Colombia 2012

Melissa Vargas, Cuba, 31, vs Peru 2014

Melissa Vargas, Cuba, 30, vs Dominican Republic 2014