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DURANGO;
Mexico, August 22, 2021.- United States beat
Guatemala 3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-19, 33-31) and
will play Dominican Republic for fifth place at
the Men’s NORCECA Continental Championship in
Durango, Mexico.
Outside hitter Camden Gianni of United States
led all scorers with 27 points on 25 kills, one
block and one ace to play for fifth place on
against Dominican Republic and Guatemala for
seventh against Trinidad and Tobago.
Also, with double digits in the U.S. win,
opposite Jalen Penrose scored 14 points, middle
blocker Merrick McHenry 12 points, including 4
blocks, while outside hitter William Rottman and
middle blocker Austin Wilmot contributed 10
points each.
Outside hitter Gerardo González topped Guatemala
with 18 points on 15 attacks, 2 blocks and one
ace, joined by outside hitter Carlos López with
14 points.
United States held a huge advantage in attacks
(67-35), a 10-7 margin in blocks and 5-1 in
serves; but allowed 54 points on unforced errors
while Guatemala committed 24.
Camden Gianni, leading scorer of United States:
“We were super confident of what we were putting
out there in the court and I think some of the
guys, trusted their serve a little bit too much
tonight and that’s why missed son many,
including me. We did a good job in serve-receive
and putting pressure on them in defense and
coming out with the win. We’ve already played
Dominican Republic once, so we kind of know what
we’re looking at and we’ll train in the morning
to recap some things and going to try and win”.
Andy Read, Coach of United States: “We used a
whole different team, we came with 14 players
and one of our goals was to give everybody an
extended play; there are so many young guys and
they needed experience, they played great. I am
so happy for our setter, Sam Kobrine, Camden
Gianni, everybody was out there, they trained
hard and I liked how they played. For tomorrow’s
game, Dominican Republic will play hard and we
have everybody available for us, so it will be a
well-played match”.
Gerardo González, top scorer of Guatemala: “It
was a good match for Guatemala; for some of our
players it’s there first experience at a senior
level and they’ve taken the responsibility well,
there are no changes and they’ve done a good
job, we as older players are proud of them.
Tomorrow we are looking to confirm our seventh
place in NORCECA”.
William Fernández, Coach of Guatemala: “This
team has proven its incredible sport’s quality,
performing like they have without their head
coach. Today we played against a team taller
than us and with better physical condition and
still my guys had a great level of play.
Tomorrow against Trinidad and Tobago we are
looking to confirm our seventh place in NORCECA
ranking”. |
