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MIAMI, Florida, June 28, 2009.- The
United States maintained its lead in Pool A of
the Eighth Women’s Pan American Cup with a
convincing 25-19, 25-14, 25-11 victory over
Mexico Sunday evening at the University of
Miami’s BankUnited Center.
Nancy Metcalf scored a match-high 20 points for
the U.S., which included 16 kills, three blocks
and an ace. Danielle Scott-Arruda and Jordan
Larsen each recorded 11 points in the victory.
Mexico (0-3) was led by captain Migdalel Ruiz
and Martha Revuelta, who each racked up nine
points. Olivia Meza chipped in four points in
the loss.
The U.S. serve kept Mexico off-balance the
entire match as the Americans held an 8-0 ace
margin, keyed by Christa Harmotto’s four aces.
The Americans also led the block category with
an 8-4 margin.
“Mexico is a good team and played hard
tonight,” U.S. Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon said.
“They present some challenges for us an made us
adjust and we were able to accomplish that.”
“Mexico dug a lot of balls and touched a lot of
other balls off the block and made us adjust,”
Scott-Arruda said. “It is good to know that we
can play in a variety of ways and win.”
“We are not happy with the result, but we made
a good match in playing one of the top teams in
the world,” Mexico Head Coach Samuel Cibrian
said. “I congratulate the USA team. We have a
lot of younger players, and we have improved
from the other days. We have two matches left in
pool play, and we want to win those next two
matches for a good position in the
classification round.”
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