Canada defeats Chile in Pan Am Cup – Volleyball news
The Canadian national women’s volleyball team was officially eliminated from the Pan Am Cup that is currently being held in Juarez, Mexico after having suffered a defeat at the hands of Cuba in a match on Monday. Despite being ousted from the tournament,
the team still had to play a match against Chile that would mark the end of their round robin play on Tuesday, July 5th. The Canadian team was able to make the most of their last pool play match in the Pan Am this year as they won the match against
their rivals, Cuba, by handing out a defeat in a clean sweep.
The Cuban team only showed some signs of life in the first set of the game but any sparks that the Cubans had were effectively quelled by the Canadians as they were able to win the second as well as the third sets by a healthy margin. By the time the match
was done, the score board showed 25-19, 25-12 and 25-10.
The first set of the match started off with both teams determined to take the lead in order to put pressure on the other side. For the most part, Chile was able to give Canada a challenge but eventually the Canadians were able to push past ahead towards
a win at 25-19. Once Canada had built its momentum, Chile could do nothing to stop them from winning the next two sets as well.
Tammy Mahon, the captain of the Canadian team commented on their recent match and those that lie ahead, “We wanted to use the game to stabilise our skills and we did that. (Wednesday) is a rest day and we will prepare for the next round of games.”
The smothering victory that Canada delivered over its rivals was a result of team effort. Canada had its attack and defense well synchronised and was not letting any clumsy points through whereas they were making sure that most of their attacking manoeuvers
were rewarded. The key players on the Canadian side were Tasha Holness, Nadine Alphonse and Murray-Methot. Holness was able to keep the score moving by adding 11 points while both Alphonse and Murray-Methot were able to contribute by securing 10 points each.
The Canadian team has been able to tally two wins in its Pan Am stint, which were incurred at the cost of suffering three losses in all. The record was not enough to move them onto the next round by they will get a chance in the consolation round of the
tournament. The matches of the consolation round will take place on Thursday and Canada is set to take on the Trinidad and Tobago team.
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