Brazil trounce Canada for second win

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, October 16, 2011 – World top-ranked Brazil scored a 3-0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-10) victory over Canada to claim its second win in Pool A of the Women’s Volleyball Tournament of the Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011.

Brazil dominated the game at the net with a 8-3 advantage in blocks and had a 4-0 margin in aces.

Paula Pequeno and Mari Steinbrecher topped Brazil with 13 and 11 points while Sherline Holness was the best Canadian with nine tallies.

Jose Roberto Guimaraes (Coach of Brazil): “We improved our concentration tonight in blocking and defense. We hope to do the same against Cuba. I don’t like to talk about medals. We played two months ago and Cuba comes as a better team with more attack options.”

Fabiana Claudino (Captain of Brazil): “We had good services and good blocking plays. Everybody did a great job.”

Thaisa Meneses (Player of Brazil): “We are a little bit less worried about what happened with Jacqueline. We played more relaxed and more concentrated.”

Arnd Ludwig, (Coach of Canada): “Brazil is number one and we are number 20. That is a big difference. Our championship starts tomorrow once we face Dominican Republic.”

Tammy Mahon (Captain of Canada): “Against a team like Brazil, that makes no mistakes, you have a few chances to make points.”

Sherline Holness (Player of Canada): “We had two tough opponents. It is nice top play against a higher level team as a chance to improve our skills, and we have to improve our defense and blocking game.”