Mexico down against Australia
Uberlandia, Brazil, October 11, 2013 - Australia
claimed their first victory in their last match at the Men's U23
World Championship with a 3-1 (21-18, 21-17, 18-21, 21-19) win
against Mexico on day five at the Arena Presidente Tancredo
Neves.
Australia won the first set 21-18, holding a
small advantage throughout most of the set. Top scorer Lincoln
Alexander Williams (5) was a crucial contributor as usual, as
was middle blocker Nehemiah Mote (3) and wing spiker Jordan
Richards (3), but Australia kept Mexico in it with eight error
points - as many as they conceded in the whole match against
Russia.
Mote was the main points contributor in the early
part of the second set for Australia, but Mexico's error count
also rose. Wing spiker Ivan Marquez was leading Mexico's
blocking game well, but a combination of strong serving from
Richards and middle blocker Brad Millers helped Australia to
take the second set 21-17.
Despite maintaining a high error count, Mexico
were still able to take the third set 21-18, thanks to a
superior attack that turned the set around after the technical
timeout. Wing spiker Juan Revuelta was inserted for the third
set and contributed four points as his team got back into the
match.
Australia got their errors under control better
in the fourth set and, in combination with the attacking threat
of Mote and Williams, it allowed them to control the set, take
it 21-19 and record their first tournament win 3-1.
Mote (15) and Williams (14) finished as
Australia's top scorers and, while Roberto Rincon claimed 11
points for Mexico, it was his colleague Revuelta's contribution
(9) after his third-set entry that gave his team a chance.
The bottom two sides in each pool are eliminated
after the first phase, so the Men's U23 World Championship
campaigns of both Australia and Mexico are now over and they
head home. |