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GUADALAJARA, Mexico, August 29, 2021.- United
States moves into the Women’s NORCECA semifinals
winning their quarterfinal match to Costa Rica
3-0 (25-11, 25-17, 25-10) in Guadalajara,
Mexico.
The U.S. team will face defending champion
Dominican Republic in Monday's semifinal for not
only a chance to move into the title match but
to earn one of the two spots available for the
2022 FIVB World Championship.
United States had the opportunity to use their
full team, leading by a huge 45-19 margin, 11-3
in blocks and 7-1 in service points, while
scoring on 12 Costa Rican errors and giving away
15 points.
Opposite hitter Veronica Perry was the only
player of the U.S that performed the entire
match, scoring a match-high of 14 points on 10
kills, one block and 3 aces; followed by middle
blocker Rachael Kramer and outside hitter
Lindsay Stalzer with 8 points each.
Costa Rica’s leading scorer was outside hitter
Tamara Espinoza with 7 points.
Ashley Evans, setter of United States: “It was a
full team effort with every single player able
to see some court time, so it was a great
opportunity to establish some connections that
we’ve been working on. Costa Rica is a very
scrappy team and they surprised us a couple of
times with a lot of great digs that kept us on
our feet. We are happy to move on”.
Joseph Trinsey, Coach of United States: “All
thirteen players, except for Cuttino that was
unavailable, were able to come in and
contribute, especially in the third set. I happy
with the group of players that came in that gave
us a boost. For the semifinals we have to
sustain consistency, in every match we’ve
actually come out very strong and we’ve been on
it from the beginning but we need to sustain it
for the entire match”.
Mariana Rodríguez, Captain of Costa Rica: “We’ve
been training well, nevertheless we didn’t
perfom as we expected. We know that United
States is an excellent team and our execution is
messy. We had some inconsistencies in receiving,
which ruins our scheme. This match gives us a
better picture of what to practice on and
improve”.
Pablo Acuña, Coach of Costa Rica: “My diagnosis
is good, we need more experience, more work
hours, investment; we showed our desire and the
team follows the tactic but there are times we
need more work. We want to finish the tournament
well tomorrow, we’ve come from less to better,
and we are happy but still not satisfied” |
