SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, September 6,
2022 – Mexico beat Cuba in the first match of
five sets of the NORCECA Final Six Pan American
Tournament of the current second edition at the
Ricardo Arias Volleyball Palace in the Dominican
capital.
The Mexicans prevailed by partial scores of 3-2
(19-25, 25-23, 25-20, 17-25, 15-11) of the match
that lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes.
Aimé Topete led the winners with 22 points that
included 7 aces, and was followed by María
Fernanda Rodríguez with 20 and Karina Flores
with 18.
The most outstanding Cubans in the offense were
Dezirett Madam, who dominated the general list
with 25 points, and Ailama Cesé with 19.
In service winners what opened the eyes was the
favorable margin of 16-7 of Mexico in service
winners.
Rafael Petry, coach of
Mexico: We
knew that the game was very important for both
teams because of the issue of seeking
classification against the teams that are part
of the event. We had many ups and downs during
the match and we had to focus more on the
defense that we had already worked on in
practice, luckily we were able to adjust that in
the tiebreak and that gave us the win.
Jorge Sosa, Coach of Cuba: Mexico
beats us in the middle game, they know how to
play without the ball, we have to educate
ourselves on that. The problem today was not the
opposite, it was us who stopped doing especially
in the game in the mesh, one of the strengths of
this team is the attack through the middle and
that did not work today due to the reception
that unfortunately we received today failed.
