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MORELIA, Mexico, September 28. 2015. - United States beat Canada
3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-19) to remain undefeated in Pool A of the
NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship at Bicentenario
Auditorium of Morelia, Michoacan.
United States used all their players in a victory that keeps
them with perfect record (2-0) and ten points; Canada drops to
1-1, remaining with three points.
United States outscored Canada with a huge 42-22 margin in
spikes and 8-6 in blocking, and scored on 24 Canadian errors.
Both teams scored two points on aces.
Jordan Larson-Burbach (9), Kelsy Robinson (9), Nicole Fawcett
(8) and Karsta Lowe (6) led United States’ victory, while
Tabitha Love (8) and Shanice Marcelle (6) did their piece for
Canada.
On Tuesday, United States (2-0) will face Cuba (1-1) and Canada
(1-1) meets Costa Rica (0-2) in the last matches in Pool A
preliminary round.
United States’ captain Alisha Glass said “we always focus on our
side of the court, the two matches so far have gone well for us
and I believe we did better than yesterday; improving is always
our main goal”.
Coach Karch Kiraly of United States said “we always use lots of
players during the year and today wasn’t different, we use many
combinations because we need to do things to become the team we
want to be”.
Brittney Page captain of Canada indicated “the team had a lot of
inconsistencies, making easy errors against a strong and mature
team like USA is not possible. We have to work hard and we are
still in the battle to advance to semifinals”.
Coach Arnd Ludwig of Canada expressed “today’s inconsistencies
were mostly on passing, in comparison from yesterday. Our serves
were tough but not as many as we should have performed.
We must remain calm and composed to perform better”. |
