Peru gets its third victory and remains undefeated

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico, September 23, 2010 - Peru won its third match in a row in the Women’s Final Four Championship by defeating Argentina 3 sets to 1 (26-28, 25-16, 25-14, 25-21).

This was a classic South American battle with a very tight first set, won by Argentina, but the Peruvians combined their defense and reception for a reaction in the second and kept the momentum.

Jessenia Uceda, Karla Ortiz and Diana Soto each recorded 14 tallies as the top scorers for Peru, while Tanya Acosta finished with 13 points and Aylin Pereyra added 10 for Argentina.

Argentina’s Emilce Sosa suffered a knee injury at the end of the match and was under review.

“This was a great match for the audience, they really enjoyed it, but we struggled like yesterday, especially at the time to define in the critical moments”, said the Argentinean coach Horacio Bastit.

For the captain Antonela Curatola, there also were some mistakes they could not correct. “We failed in the service, and Peru got big advantage to earn a victory in this tournament”, she stated.

Peru’s assistant coach, Edwin Jimenez said: “We have successfully followed up our plan to reach our goal of making the finals and winning the championship”.

“This will help us a lot in our preparation to the World Championship. We know ourselves very good as a team and have played very solid game, and as they (the Argentinans) said, the real winners of this match were the fans”, the Peruvian captain Leyla Chihuan concluded.