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USA defeats Colombia, captures second victory

 

   

CALLAO, Peru, June 14, 2015 – United States defeated Colombia 3-1 (25-21, 25-9, 23-25, 25-16) for their second victory in Pool A at the XVI Women’s Pan American Cup being played at Miguel Grau Coliseum of Callao. Colombia dropped to 0-2.

 

In a game of ups and downs the American needed four sets to prevail against an inconsistent Colombian side. Despite losing injured middle blocker Oyinkansola Ajanaku, USA dominated at the net with a 13-6 advantage in the blocking category and also led in attacks 57-41.

 

USA’s Krista Vansant was the top scorer of the match with 18 points, including 13 attacks, three blocks and two aces. For Colombia, once again Amanda Coneo topped the scoring with 16 points.

 

Alejandra Marin, captain of Colombia, said: “We need to play against teams like United States to continue improving. We didn’t play thinking about them but focused on our game. That’s why we won the third set, and we feel about it.”

 

Kristin Hildebrand, captain of United States, said: “Colombia team is improving a lot and worked very well on defense which contributed to an intense match; we won it and feel happy because of that.”

 

Eduardo Guillaume, coach of Colombia: “Despite the loss, I feel glad about the performance of my team. The inconsistency we showed is because of the inexperience of my athletes; we need to face more rivals of this level to be able to improve.”

 

David Hunt, coach of United States: “Yesterday we saw Colombia playing Mexico and knew that the match was not going to be simple. Today we have been able to win despite some injuries in our team and we hope the girls can recover quickly.”