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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 17, 2021
– Mexico established two new team records of the
U23 Men’s Pan American Cup held in Santo Domingo
from July 12 to 16.
The new champions set the new mark for highest
scoring set when they prevailed 34-32 in the
first set of their pool play against Puerto Rico
on July 12 and when they edged Guatemala 32-20
in the second set of their semifinal match on
July 15.
The previous mark for highest scoring set in the
U23 Men’s Cup was 31-29 by Brazil over Argentina
in the second set of their contest on September
27, 2012 and Dominican Republic over Mexico in
the second set of their clash on October 7,
2014.
The Mexicans also were part of the new record
for the highest scoring match with 232 points in
their victory over Puerto Rico 3-2 (34-32,
19-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-13) on July 12. The
oldest record belonged also to Mexico when they
contributed to 231 points in their victory over
Dominican Republic 3-2 (27-25, 29-31, 19-25,
25-22, 15-13) on October 7, 2014. |
