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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, September 13,
2021 – Three-time defending champions United
States recovered from losing the first set to
claim a hard-fought victory 3-1 (21-25, 25-17,
26-24, 29-27) over Mexico in the second match of
opening day at the Women’s Pan American Cup on
Monday.
Veronica Perry scored a match-high 27 points,
including four aces, as the offensive star for
the American squad, followed by Danielle Cuttino
and Linday Stalzer with 18 and 11 points,
respectively.
Samantha Bricio led Mexico with 21 points, 10 of
them in the long fourth set, while María
Rodríguez added 18.
The United States led in the blocking category
13-5 and Mexico had the upper hand in serving
aces 11-8.
Karch Kiraly, coach of United States: “Our team
battled hard, I am very proud. It wasn’t easy
but our side knew how to play as a team. I hope
we keep improving in the next games.”
Rafael Petry, coach of Mexico: “I think we did a
good job. If we had trained more, the result
would have been different. We had problems with
the reception. I hope we can have a better
result tomorrow against Dominican Republic.” |
