USA are champions for seventh time at Pan American Cup

TRUJILLO, Peru, July 14, 2019 - With a record of six consecutive victories, the United States team was the champion of the 18th Women's Pan American Cup after beating the Dominican Republic 3-0 (25-16, 25- 21, 29-27).

The great final of the Pan-American race was lived in the Gran Chimú Coliseum in Trujillo, where the volleyball fans enjoyed an intense duel that had as top scorers for the winning team Kingdon Rishel, Karsta Lowe and Hannah Tapp with 18, 16 and 12 points respectively.

Despite the efforts of the Dominican Republic's top scorers, Gaila Gonzalez (11) and Brayelin Martinez (10), the United States was relentless in all the lines: attack (42-34), block (10-5) and serve (7-3). Both teams made almost the same total of mistakes, 20 for the Dominicans and 22 for the Americans.

United States coach, Robert Browning: I think the team knows how to stay calm on the court, if something goes wrong they know how to continue and move forward without much drama. Dominicans today did not play their best game, but we already knew this team and we took advantage of that from the first set.

Captain of the United States, Micha Hancock: I am very proud of my team, we have very young athletes but they all had a great tournament. Dominicana is always a good opponent, but they were not at their best today. I think the third set was more similar to the level they play, but we worked harder and we could win.

Dominican Republic coach, Marcos Kwiek: When we pressed with the service the game became more even, but they already had a great advantage and in the end we almost managed to overcome, the story could be different but this game does not forgive mistakes.

Captain of the Dominican Republic, Prisilla Rivera: We lacked consistency, they played very calmly. In the third set we could push, but we made small mistakes that did not allow us to win the set or the match.