Peru beat Chile in straight sets

LIMA, Peru, August 14, 2018 - Peru opened its participation in the IV Copa Panamericana Movistar with a 3-0 victory over Chile (25-23, 25-21, 25-20). With this result the host team got their first five points in Pool A, in the preliminary round for the U23 World Championship and that takes place at the Manuel Bonilla Coliseum in Miraflores.

Central Yujhamy Mosquera and attacking striker Brenda Lobatón were the figures of the game registering 14 and 11 points respectively, while for Chile Maike Bertens stood out with 11 points.

The host team demonstrated mastery of all the fundamentals: attack (41-29), block (7-4) and service (5-4). Peru committed 27 unforced errors and Chile reduced them to 22.

"We went a little bit cold in the first set, but little by little we caught the pace and we moved the score forward, this Cup is serving to warm up our youngest teams, I know that match by match the team will grow and show that the Peruvian volleyball has talents with a lot of projection ", said the captain of the Peruvian team, Shiamara Almeida.

The next opponent of Peru will be Guatemala on Wednesday 15 at 7:00 p.m., the next day will face Cuba at the same time that today debuted with a 3-0 victory over the Guatemalans. Meanwhile, Chile will seek its first triumph when it plays against Cuba at 3:00 p.m.