Canada in seventh place at Pan Am Cup

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, July 9, 2011 - Canada beat Peru 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-19) to finish in seventh place at the 10^th Pan American Women’s Volleyball Cup 2011.

Sarah Pavan was Canada´s best player with a high-match 25 points and Kyla Richey added 12. Peruvian Diana Soto scored 16 in the losing cause. Canada out-blocked Peru 14-5.

Sarah Pavan said: “I’m proud how we respond today, much better than what we did yesterday and we leave the tournament with a good feeling.”

“My team was unrecognizable, we made too many mistakes. I hope that we can work on them for the future,” said Peruvian Diana Soto.

Arnd Ludwig, Canadian coach indicated: “This was by far the best match we had in the Cup as I expected much more of my team.”

“Canada had a better distribution of the game than what we could have studied them by video; Sarah Pavan was really good,” Peru’s Luca Cristofani said.