Cuba beat Costa Rica to finish second in Pool B

LIMA, Peru, June 18, 2011 –Cuba secured second place of Pool B dominating Costa Rica in straight sets by identical scores of 25-17, 25-17, 25-17 and will play Venezuela on Sunday in the quarterfinals of the 1st U-20 Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup.

Yunieska Robles was the top scorer of Cuba with 19 points. Others in double figures were: Sulia Matienzo (13), Heidy Rodríguez (12) y Regla Gracia (11). For the defeated side, the captain Marcela Araya finished with 11 tallies.

“There are no small enemies and even though we won I feel disappointed with the excess of confidence of my players, and also the girls of Costa Rica battled hard”, Cuba’s Coach Wilfredo Robinson said.

Braulio Godinez, coach of Costa Rica pointed out the amount of points made by his team “even more important against a team from a consolidated country with a tradition, while we are just beginning.”