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LIMA, Peru, June 20, 2015 - Peru outplayed Mexico in a
breath-taking victory in five sets 3-2 (25-22, 20-25, 25-20,
18-25, 17-15) in the match for ninth place at the XIV Women’s
Volleyball Pan American Cup at Eduardo Dibos Coliseum of Lima on
Saturday.
Mexico led in the blocking category 14-7 and also in aces 7-4
but also gave away 41 points via unforced errors compared to 25
by Peru.
Coraima Gomez and Angela Leyva contributed 14 points in the
victory while Mirtha Uribe and Raffella Camet added 12 and 10
points, respectively. Lizbeth Sainz and Andrea Rangel topped
Mexico with 17 and 16 points, respectively. Alejandra Segura had
14 in the loss followed by Dulce Carranza and Karina Flores with
11 and 10.
Coraima Gomez, one of the top scorers of Peru: “The results were
not the expected and there is a lot of work to be done. Tonight
the coach gave me the chance and I didn’t want to waste it. The
cup represented a step backward for us so now we need to start
coming back.”
Mauro Marasciulo, coach of Peru: “Today we faced a complicated
situation at the emotional level because they had to recover
from losing the qualification that was almost in our hands.
Today we made mistakes in the key moments to close the game but
the most important thing is that we won. Now we have to adjust a
lot of things to continue improving.”
Dulce Carranza, captain of Mexico: “The results are not the
desirable but the cup has helped us to work more as a group and
catch the rhythm ahead of the Grand Prix at home from June 26 to
28.”
Jorge Miguel Azair, coach of Mexico: “We used tactical services
combining them to create some problems to Peru. I am satisfied
and in calm. The tournament helped us in our preparation for the
Grand Prix and the most important thing is that we managed to
stay in next year’s event.” |
