HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 23 (acn) Cuba will face today Trinidad and Tobago on the final day of the preliminary stage of the 3rd U23 Women´s Pan American Volleyball Cup, which ends next Sunday at Manuel Bonilla Coliseum, in Lima, Peru.
Today´s other matches will be Costa Rica-Argentina and Peru-Dominican Republic.
On Thursday, Cubans suffered their third defeat when losing 2-3 (25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 15-25 and 16-18) to the host squad in two hours and seven minutes, according the website of the tournament.
The top scorer of the game was Peruvian Angela Leyva, with 25 points, supported by Katherina Regalado (15), Maguilaura Frias (14) and Coraima Gomez (11).
Meanwhile, Dairis Perez (21), Heidy Casanova (19), Yalennis Diaz (15) and Claudia Hernandez (13) highlighted for the losing side.
Match statistics showed that Cubans were better in attack (61-56) and blocking (13-12), tied in the service (7-7) but the South Americans dominated in unforced errors (37-22).
So far, Peru leads the standings with four wins without losses, followed by the Dominican Republic (3-1), Argentina (3-1), Cuba (1-3), Costa Rica (1-3) and Trinidad and Tobago (0-4).
The semifinals will be on the 24th and the final will take place a day later.
The teams finishing first and second will earn the two tickets awarded by NORCECA to the 2017 World Cup, while the third seat will win another berth granted by the South American Volleyball Confederation.
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