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LA PAZ, Baja California,
June 8, 2022.-
Mexico won pool B and advanced into semifinals
after sweeping Chile 3-0 (25-17, 25-12, 25-20)
at the sixth edition of the Women’s U21 Pan
American Cup in La Paz Arena of Baja California
Sur.
Host Mexico finished the preliminary round with
a 2-0 record and 10 points to move directly into
the semifinals. Chile (0-1) will face Honduras
(0-1) to decide pool B second place and who will
be in the quarterfinals.
The event qualifies the top two NORCECA teams to
the 2023 FIVB World Championship.
Mexico’s presence over the net overwhelmed their
opponent with a huge 45-24 margin in attacks,
they also held a comfortable 6-1 advantage in
serves. Both teams scored 6 points on blocks and
committed 18 unforced errors.
Three Mexican players scored double-figures led
by outside hitter and team captain Aime Topete
with 16 points on 13 kills and 3 aces; opposite
hitter Katherine Ramirez contributed with 14
points on 11 kills, one block and two aces, and
outside hitter Alexandra Goris registered 13
points on 12 kills and one ace. Chile had
opposite hitter Petra Schwarzaman as leading
scorer with 9 points.
Aime Topete, Captain of Mexico:
“Our team effort and our training reflects on
our performance, the month of concentration had
this objective of finishing first in our group,
and we reached it”.
Luis Alberto León, Head Coach of Mexico:
“I saw my team much better than yesterday,
obviously Chile was more challenging than
Honduras; we are getting into rhythm. What might
cause a decrease in our level of play is two
rest days before semifinals and we will face a
team with much more rhythm”.
Eduardo Guillaume, Head Coach of Chile:
“Mexico is more experienced than our team. My
team needs more matches like this one after two
years and a half without competing. I like my
team very much, they all train hard, they are
responsible, and they try to learn every day,
but the situation overcame them. Tomorrow, we
hope to win against Honduras to move forward in
the tournament, finishing second in our group
gives us one more match, exactly what we need to
play more, therefore we came”. |
