Mexico loses against Peru in the second match of final 4

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico, September 22nd 2010.—  Peru defeated Mexico in three sets (25-12 ,25-16, 25-7 ) to reach its second victory of the Women’s Final Four Championship.

The team coached by Choel Yong Kim kept its style and dominance to secure the win even though Mexico had a few good moments specially in the first and second sets.

Peruvian captain Leyla Chihuan was the best scorer with 16 tallies, while Julissa Zamudio finished with 12. For Mexico, Carolina Alvarado, registered 6 and Alejandra Isiordia 5.

“Peru is a very strong team, well prepared and more experienced. Anyway we went out to the court and did our best, and to try to defend despite their height”, said mexican captain Yazmin Hernández.

“We faced a very strong, high quality team, that plays a style very complicated for us, the are professional players while we have local leagues players, but our main goal is to keep on learning on the court”, explained mexican coach Alfredo Bernal.

“There are no small teams, we take every match seriously, Mexico is a team with very young players, but if they work correctly they can be a great team”, stated Chihuan.

“We hve played against Mexico in previous times, in Pan American Cups, for example, and it is a team that plays hard”, said Edwin Jimenez, assitant coach of Peru.