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HERMOSILLO, Mexico, August 27, 2022.- Canada
beat Nicaragua 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-22) for
ninth place of the 19th Women’s Pan
American Cup on Saturday at the Sonora Arena in
Hermosillo.
This was Canada’s second occasion beating
Nicaragua, they also met in the preliminary
round. Nicaragua put up a battle in the first
and third set, but not enough for Canada’s
straight set victory.
Canada led by a huge 52-25 advantage in attacks,
they also held an 8-2 margin in blocks and a 5-1
in aces. Canada committed 10 unforced errors and
Nicaragua a total of 29.
Three Canadians scored double-figures, opposite
Natasha Calkins with 14 points, middle blocker
Layne Van Buskirk with 13 points and outside
hitter Trinity Solecki with 12 points.
Nicaraguan leading scorer was outside hitter
Hellen Traña with 7 points.
Melissa Langegger, captain of Canada:
“Nicaragua put up a good battle, we were trying
to focus on our side and making it as clean as
possible, grinding out every point. This was a
tough competition, there is a lot to learn from
it and we’re heading into another competition so
it will be important”.
Lolette Rodríguez, setter of Nicaragua:
“We came to the tournament to give our all,
battle every match and we had a great one today
against Canada; we improved in many aspects and
now we must work on the negative to improve for
upcoming tournaments”. |
