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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, May 28, 2022.- Puerto
Rico won the bronze medal of the fourth edition
of the U19 Pan American Cup over Chile 3-0
(25-17, 25-19, 25-19) on Saturday at Guatemala’s
City Dome.
This Puerto Rico’s second bronze medal, their
first was in 2017 beating Colombia; they also
have a silver medal from the first edition of
the event in 2011 falling to Brazil in the
championship match.
Puerto Rico, who qualified to the FIVB World
Championship early winning their pool in the
preliminary round, concludes with a 4-1 record
and finishes third and Chile finishes fourth
with 2-4.
Puerto Rico dominated Chile from start to finish
by an overwhelming 42-27 attacking advantage, a
9-4 blocking margin and superiority in serves by
a 5-2 margin. Chile committed fewer unforced
errors than Puerto Rico (19-22).
Three outside hitters from Puerto Rico scored
double-figures, led by Sebastian Sanchez (17),
Victor Torres (14) and Diego Lopez (12). Outside
hitter Ian Gei was Chile’s top scorer with 12
points.
Francisco Negron, Head Coach Puerto Rico: “This
was their best performance, I am really glad
with their performance and we’re going off with
a medal”.
Ramón Rosado, Captain Puerto Rico: “The
team had unity, after battling strong yesterday,
coming under 0-2 and not winning in the fifth
set, we were really hungry today, we weren’t
going back home without a medal”. |
