Mexico overwhelms Guadeloupe

TIJUANA, Mexico, July 5, 2010 – Hosts Mexico subdued Guadeloupe in consecutive sets (25-6, 25-11, 25-8) in the last match of day one of the NORCECA Women’s Junior Continental Championship. The home girls completely dominated their opponents in all facets of the game to take the victory in the Pool C contest.

Mexican Andrea Rangel hammered 20 points and Xitlali Herrera contributed 13 points to the win. Guadeloupeans Alisee Rival and Yannick Ferbac each recorded 7 points for the defeated side.

“It is the start of the competition against a young team without experience like Guadeloupe,” Mexican Coach Alfredo Bernal said. “It was important to get a good advantage in the score for the crossed matches in quarterfinals. I am sure we are going to have a good tournament.”

“We started a little slow but the first match is a good one to catch the rhythm of the competition,” Mexican Captain Karla Sainz said.

Guadeloupean Coach Jean-Louis Delag commented: “I think my girls can play better than they showed and we hope to play better tomorrow against El Salvador. The important thing for us is not to win but to play good and get experience.”