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HERMOSILLO, Mexico, August 24, 2022.- Puerto
Rico won a vibrant five-setter 3-2 (23-25,
25-20, 16-25, 25-17, 15-12) to Peru in their
first tournament win in pool A of the 19th
Women’s Pan American Cup in Hermosillo.
The roller coaster victory put Puerto Rico in a
hopeful position, with a 1-2 record needing to
win their last pool match to Costa Rica and move
into the quarterfinal round.
Peru concludes the preliminary round with a 1-3
win-loss record and could play for positions
seven to ten depending on Puerto Rico’s result
on Thursday.
Puerto Rico prevailed with 15-12 advantage in
blocking and committing fewer errors (28-30)
errors than Peru. Both teams scored 57 points
from attacks and two points from serves.
Outside hitter and team captain Pilar Victoria
led Puerto Rico on a match-high of 24 points
from 22 attacks and two blocks. Also
contributing in the Caribbeans victory was
middle blocker Paola Rojas with 16 points on a
match-high of 7 blocks and 9 kills, while
opposite hitter Genesis Collazo added 11 points
on 10 kills and one block.
Peru’s top scorer was opposite hitter Maria
Paula Rodriguez with 21 points on 17 kills and 4
blocks, accompanied by outside hitter Karla
Ortiz contributing with 16 points on 14 kills
and 2 blocks, and by middle blocker Ginna Lopez
adding 11 points on 8 kills and 3 blocks.
Pilar Victoria, captain of Puerto Rico:
“It’s our first win, we are super excited
because it was an important match that gives us
the possibility to move forward in the
tournament, in addition that we are working in
getting into rhythm of play. We must continue to
fight, obviously we must win tomorrow and finish
third in our pool. In style we are much like
Peru and our intention was to be aggressive all
the time, we fought a lot in defense and with
consistency in attacks”. |
