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Mexico downs Trinidad and Tobago in their debut  

 

   

MORELIA, Mexico, September 27, 2015. - Mexico downed Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 (25-16, 25-12, 25-23) in their debut at the Women’s NORCECA Championship at Bicentenario Auditorium of Morelia, Michoacan.

Mexico began with a solid performance as they held a comfortable lead in the first and second sets while Trinidad and Tobago engaged in numerous unforced errors. Trinidad and Tobago took Mexico by surprise with a four point lead (18-14) in the third set, but the hosts managed to recover as they recovered to finish in three sets.

Mexico led in spikes (29-26), blocks (9-4) and aces (5-0). Mexico scored thru 32 errors from their opponents while committing 20.

Outside Hitter Andrea Rangel and Opposite Dulce Carranza led Mexico’s scorers with 14 points apiece; while Channon Thompson was Trinidad and Tobago’s top scorer with 9 points.

 Mexico (1-0) will meet Puerto Rico (0-1) while Trinidad and Tobago (0-1) faces Dominican Republic (1-0) as pool-play continues on Monday.

Dulce Carranza captain of Mexico said “our expectations were to finish in three sets to earn five points, if we want to reach the next round we must win our pool or en in second place; every match is important”.

Mexico’s coach Jorge Azair said “I am glad to start the tournament with a win, this gives the team confidence. In the third set our serves weren’t too effective, giving them more opportunities. The important thing is to have won in three sets as we planned”.

Renel Forde captain of Trinidad and Tobago explained that her team is going thru a transition “we have five new players and they obviously need to grow; our players that play overseas didn’t have time to adjust with them for the tournament, so there are a lot of issued to work on, like chemistry and connection. We are not happy with the result”.

Coach Idalmis Gato said “the new players had a lot of pressure to perform in front of a large crowd and dealing with their first international experience. Our goal is set on our won development, improving step by step as we have a new generation. Mexico was much stronger than the last time that we faced them”.