Peru is the second finalist after defeating Mexico

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico, September 24th 2010.— Peru reached the gold medal match and classified undefeated after winning against Mexico 3-0 (25-13, 25-10-25-15).

Mirtha Soriano became the leading scorer with 15 points for Peru, and Carla Rueda Finished with 11. For Mexico Alejandra Isiordia and Seomara Sainz registered 8 points each.

The Peruvians will face Dominican Republic in the finals while Mexico will play for the bronze medal against Argentina this saturday. “Perú is a very tough team, despite the result, a match of this kind really helps you a lot, to work better and improve your weak points”, said mexican captain Yazmin Hernandez.

“With this victory we are just one step behind our main goal, we are just in the middle of the way, tonight some of our main players had a rest and gave a chance to the younger ones”, peruvian captain Leyla Chihuan stated.

“I want to congratulate Peru for this victory, individually some of our youngsters had had a good performance by doing their points and plays, even though they could not contribute to the team and we appreciate the chance of playing against this kind of teams”, said Mexico’s coach Alfredo Bernal.

Peruvian assitant coach, Edwin Jimenez commented: “we worked harder with more variations and gave the rythm and chance to the younger players and I think in a near future, Mexico can increase its level due to its confidence and reliance”