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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, September 5,
2021 – Mexico registered its first victory at
the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup after
beating winless Suriname 3-0 (25-12, 25-10,
25-17) in the first match on Sunday.
En route to the victory, the Mexicans outscored
Suriname in attacks (32-18), aces (10-1) and in
blocks (12-5).
Gabriel Cruz and Alexis Garay led Mexico with 12
and 10 points, respectively, while serving three
aces apiece. Keven Sporkslede and Zefanio
Breinburg each had 7 points for Suriname
Jorge Azair, coach of Mexico: “Today I had the
chance to move around the whole team. The
important thing is to gain confidence back. In
today’s practice we focused on correcting the
points we were missing. And for us, the
competition really starts tomorrow”.
Augusto Sabbatini, coach of Suriname: “Well,
today the team played much better. We had a good
training session and in the match we had better
tactics than yesterday against Dominican
Republic. What he have to do is keep working
hard.” |
