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 Colombia
will meet Mexico for seventh place of Pan Am Cup
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 27, 2010 – Colombia
claimed a comeback victory over Venezuela in
five sets (25-22, 19-25, 21-25, 25-21, 17-15)
advancing to a match against Mexico for the
seventh place of the Men’s Pan American Cup on
Friday.
Carlos Mosquera and Ronald Jiménez topped
Colombia with 17 and 15 points respectively.
Venezuelans Kervin Pinerua and Alejandro Sanoja
finished with 23 and 22 points and Henderon
Espinoza charted 18 tallies.
“Even though we made many mistakes we never quit
and kept fighting despite being on the edge of
losing the match,” Argentinean coach of Colombia
Horacio Dileo commented. “In the tie-breaker we
came back with some strong blocking and good
serves.”
“Colombia deserved the victory because they
could close the match and we didn’t,” Venezuelan
Coach Ivan Nieto said. “They blocked well at the
end and we made unforced errors.”
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