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AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico, August 12, 2021.-
Mexico improved 2-0 at the Women’s U23 Pan
American Cup beating Guatemala in straight sets
3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-12) and qualified to the
Junior Pan American Games to be held in Cali,
Colombia.
Mexico (2-0) will meet with Puerto Rico (2-0) to
decide pool B winner on Friday; both secured
their way into semifinals and qualified to the
2021 Cali Junior Pan American Games.
Host Mexico was stronger and all players had a
chance to perform overpowering Guatemala in
every skill by huge margins, attacks (31-16),
blocks (8-1) and serves (11-0). Both teams
allowed 25 points on unforced errors.
Mexico’s top scorers were middle blocker
Christian Daianne Alvarez with 9 points,
including 4 aces, opposite Marian Aylin Ovalle
and outside hitter Daniela Siller chipped in
with 8 points apiece and Atenas Gutiérrez scored
7 points. Jimena María Castellanos led Guatemala
with 7 points.
Christian Daianne Alvarez Mexican best scorer:
“Mexico performed well; we have prepared to
reach the final round. This is not the moment to
lose concentration to have good results; we are
a solid team, each one of us is important.
Mexico has not shown its full potential”.
Luis Alberto León Coach of Mexico”: “We reached
our first objective, now we’re aiming to reach
the finals. Today everyone had a chance to
perform but we finished with our starting
line-up because it’s important to keep our
rhythm and not make too many changes”.
Carmen Gómez setter of Guatemala: “We were aware
of the difficulty of this match; our goal was to
score as many points as possible. There’s little
opportunity for us to face a high-level team
like Mexico and for us it means learning and
fighting for each ball”.
David Aldana Coach of Guatemala: “Mexico’s
serves are high-level, the play with velocity
and we aren’t used to such fast game. In my
opinion my team did well the first two sets and
the final part of set three. The team lost
control in the third set because our reception
was not organized and Mexico moved further away
in the score”. |
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