TIJUANA, Baja California, May 30, 2008.- Puerto Rico took advantage of its blocking and offense to dominate Peru 3-0 in the second match of Pool B. The score was 25-20, 25-17, 25-21.

The Puerto Ricans benefited from the Peruvian’s errors in their reception to build a comfortable lead in the first set. The South Americans started dominating the first part of the second set only to see their rivals to overcome the deficit with the effective attacks of Aury Cruz and Karina Ocasio.

The third set was dominated by the Puerto Ricans but their mistakes allowed Peru to keep it alive. At the end the result was in favour of Puerto Rico.

Ocasio led Puerto Rico with 16 points and Cruz added 10. Jessenia Uceda led Peru with 7 points.

“We are very glad with this result because we wanted to start with a win,” said Juan Carlos Nunez, the coach of Puerto Rico. “But I have to admit that my team made many errors.”

Francisco dos Santos, the coach of Peru, said: “My team worked hard but the lack of preparation affected the players. We came here without any games of preparation and also we have many young players without experience.”