United States will play for its seventh gold medal

 TRUJILLO, Peru, July 13, 2019 - The United States won the right to fight for its seventh gold medal in the Women's Pan American Senior Cup, after beating Colombia 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-15) at the Gran Chimú Coliseum in Trujillo.

The United States, which has so far yielded only one set in the entire competition, showed why the defending champion is leading all the lines: attack (46-22), blocking (10-4) and service (8-2). The Colombians registered 11 unforced errors, and 18 the Americans.

The methodical game of the winning team, allowed them to register an effective and varied attack of the hand of Madison Rishel, Hannah Tapp and Kadie Rolfzen with 13 points each; and Brionne Butler 10. For Colombia, the top figure was Margarita Martínez with 8 points.

US Coach, Robert Browing: I was impressed how our team could against a good team like Colombia, we made mistakes in service, but we could also win comfortably. Tomorrow we will play a beautiful game because Dominicana has a lot of experience and strength, and Puerto Rico also has a lot of talent; It will be a very interesting final.

 Coach of Colombia, Antonio Rizola: United States is a team with many technical resources, we tried all kinds of attacks and we made fewer mistakes but we did not get the points we needed. Tomorrow we will go for the bronze medal, we will work to make our best match and give his first medal to Colombia.

 The United States team will fight to retain the title, when they play on Sunday, July 14 at 4:00 pm, the grand final of the Cup against the winner of the semifinal match between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Previously, at 14:00 hours will be played the duel for the bronze medal.