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HAVANA, Cuba, March 22, 2015 – Peruvian team defeated Mexico
27-25, 24-26, 20-25, 25-23, and 15-12 and assured the fifth
place of the III Girls’ U18 Volleyball Pan Am Cup which will be
closed today at the Coliseum of the Sports City.
Two hours and 19 minutes lasted the fifth tie-breaker where both
teams tallied 111 points. However, it resulted in the third
victory by the South Americans with two losses one of them
precisely against the Central Americans who finished with a 2-3
record of win-loss.
The top scorer was, the Peruvian, Leslie Leyva (21), escorted by
her team-mates Nicole Abreu and Maricarmen Geuerrero (both with
14). On the rivals’ side, Kathya García (17), Karla Mirelis
(16), Sirenia Gómez and Karina Flores (both with 12), and
Alondra Amaro (10) got double digits.
“More than revenge we have achieved to win a match versus
ourselves. We started very well and also at the beginning of the
second set, but from then on we did not respect our identity and
we stopped playing our game. We have to thank the contribution
of the substitutes who were essential to come from behind and
recover the initiative. They controlled the ball and had much
defence when facing situations which made impossible a good
attack”, explained, Spaniard, Juan Diego García, coach of Peru.
“It is good for the team as we want to increase the rivalry
among the starting players and the substitutes to battle for the
team membership to the U18 WCH as hard as possible”, sentenced.
The captain, Nicole, indicated that “we entered with everything
we had for the revenge, but just in the sets where we were
really close point by point we were not able to define. Thus, we
missed two sets and it was when we focused on the victory.”
Cuban, Ricardo Naranjo, coach of Mexico, commented that “we have
missed the fifth place, despite having played powerfully every
set. However the fitness diminished as this team has had few
days of work and it made us not to finish well at the final
moments. Nevertheless it is a learning and we learn much more
when we loss. The way to go through is beneficial and I do not
leave happily, but satisfied with my team.”
Captain, Karina regretted she was overconfident as they had
already won over Peru in Pool A (3-2). “We smashed, but we did
not get to win. Now the coaches already know our defects and
virtues. We must keep on preparing really well to have a better
team and a good world championship.” |
