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CALLAO, Peru, June 17, 2015 - Puerto Rico booked a spot in the
quarterfinals by dispatching Colombia in straight sets 3-0
(25-22, 25-16, 25-21) in decisive contest for third place in
Pool A of the XIV Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup at Miguel
Grau Coliseum of Callao on Wednesday.
Stephanie Enright registered 15 points to lead the scores
followed by Aury Cruz and Shirley Ferrer each with 10 points.
Cindy Ramirez was the best offensive player for the losers with
11 points while Amanda Coneo and Yeisy Soto finished with 10
apiece in the loss.
Puerto Rico made only 12 unforced errors to 22 by Colombia. The
winners led in attacks 38-34 and blocks 9-7. Both teams had six
aces.
Yarimar Rosa, captain of Puerto Rico, commented: “We are very
happy with the victory. The first set was complicated but then
we took control of the pace and went on to win.”
Maria Alejandra Marin, captain of Colombia: “Today our team
wasn’t able to follow the instructions of our coach. Things
didn’t work out well. We were out of sync and failed too much
in the reception.”
Jose Mieles, coach of Puerto Rico: “After the exhausting match
against Argentina we decided to rest the team in the morning as
we had to recover to play Colombia, a team that is coming along
pretty well. It worked the way we planned so we are still
seeking our goal of making it to the podium.”
Eduardo Guillaume, coach of Colombia: “Puerto Rico is a team
that always dominate the long rallies and that’s something my
young squad can’t control.
The difference was in the errors.” |
