Mexico beat Haiti in straight sets

FORT LAUDERDALE, United States, July 30, 2016. - Mexico beat Haiti in straight sets 25-11, 25-14, 25-17 at the NORCECA Women’s U-2 Continental Championship in Nova Southeastern University of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Mexico’s serves took care of the actions with 11-0 advantage in the first of two placing matches on Saturday. Haiti took Mexico off guard with a four point advantage 10-6 in the third set.

Mexico also controlled the spiking with 39-20 margin, both teams scored on 4 blocks. Mexico committed 18 unforced errors and Haiti 21.

Opposite Kathya Garcia led Mexico registering 11 points all in kills, joined by middle blocker Karina Flores with 10 points on 7 kills and 3 blocks. Haiti’s top scorer was Saradjine Jean with 10 points.

“We finished with the win despite our lack of concentration in the third set, our communication and team effort helped us recovered from our deficit. For tomorrow, I consider if we keep communicating well and keep a good attitude, we can beat anyone” said Mexico’s captain Kathya Garcia.

Mexico will play for fifth place against the winner between Costa Rica and French St. Martin on the final day of the event.

Coach Mario Rodriguez of Mexico said “I am not satisfied because I don’t see improvement, we are in dept. This event should bring growth to our team and show much more than we did in the first match. We hope to finish fifth”.

Solaida Pierre of Haiti said “in the beginning my teammate Saradjine took control of the attack but she is suffering from an injury and it was my responsibility to take over even if my knee is not well. We had too many errors”.

Coach Jean Francois Osse of Haiti said “we need to compete more to do better, we are finishing the tournament with many injured players and we are disappointed of our many unforced errors, we need to keep focused”.