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Volleyball 22/03/2017

Chile improve to 2-0 at U19 Pan Am Cup

Chile completed the preliminary round with a 2-0 win-loss record at the U19 Boys' Pan American Cup.

Monterrey, Mexico, March 22, 2017 – It was a day full of emotions at the U19 Boys’ Pan American Cup as two of the three matches held at Nuevo Leon Gymnasium went to the limit of five sets on Tuesday.

Costa Rica and Chile emerged victorious from their five-set affairs against debutants Nicaragua and Dominican Republic, respectively, while Colombia was successful against Jamaica in their first match in the event.

It was the second win in as many outings for Chile to complete their scheduled matches in the three-team Pool A. The pool winners with the best two records advance directly to the semifinal round.

Nicaragua’s Jonny Zeledon had a tournament-high 29 points and teammate Byron Hernandez added 25 but their impressive offensive effort was not enough to prevent the loss to Central American rivals Costa Rica 3-2 (22-25, 28-26, 18-25, 25-17, 15-10).

Jose Andres Ortiz and Pablo Andres Gomez each registered 17 points and Mariano Salas contributed 15 in the victory of Costa Rica who evened its win-loss record at 1-1.

Costa Rica players celebrate win over Nicaragua at Monterrey.

Chile’s Vicente Ibarra and Esteban Mulchi each recorded 20 points and Vicente Mardones added 16 to send their side to a 3-2 (25-21, 26-28, 25-14, 22-25, 15-10) victory over the Dominican Republic.

Both teams finished with 11 blocks apiece but Chile bested their opponents 5.2 in aces and benefited from 40 opponent’s errors while committing 32. Bayron Valdez and Frantony Segura were the best Dominicans with 20 and 19 points, respectively.

In the first match of the day, Colombia swept Jamaica 3-0 (25-10, 25-20, 25-12) in just 63 minutes.

Colombia’s Diego Valderrama and Raul Rivas finished with 12 and 11 points, respectively, while Stafon Manning had 9 points for Jamaica.

The preliminary pool-play round concludes on Wednesday with Peru going against Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico facing Colombia and Mexico meeting Nicaragua.

The top three teams at the end of the tournament qualify to the 2017 FIVB Boys' U19 World Championship, 18-27 August in Bahrain.

Top Scorers by Day

16- Pedro Molina of Puerto Rico v Jamaica on 20-3-17

29- Jonny Zeledon of Nicaragua v Costa Rica on 21-3-17

Best Scoring Performances

29- Jonny Zeledon of Nicaragua v Costa Rica on 21-3-17

25- Byron Hernández of Nicaragua v Costa Rica on 21-3-17

20- Vicente Ibarra of Chile v Dominican Republic on 21-3-17

20- Esteban Mulchi of Chile v Dominican Republic on 21-3-17

20- Bayron Valdez of Dominican Republic v Chile on 21-3-17

Best Blocking Performances

5- Alex Rusch of Chile v Peru on 20-3-17

4- Randall Caravaca of Costa Rica v Nicaragua on 21-3-17

4- Alex Rusch of Chile v Dominican Republic on 21-3-17

Best Serving Performances

6- Pedro Molina of Puerto Rico v Jamaica on 20-3-17

5- Raymond Stephens of Mexico v Costa Rica on 20-3-17

4- Vicente Mardones of Chile v Peru on 20-3-17

4- Miguel Sarabia of Mexico v Costa Rica on 20-3-17

Best Team Blocking Performances

11- Chile v Peru on 20-3-17

11- Chile v Dominican Republic on 21-3-17

11- Dominican Republic v Chile on 21-3-17

Best Team Serving Performances

12- Puerto Rico v Jamaica on 20-3-17

12- Mexico v Costa Rica on 20-3-17

Highest scoring sets

28-26 Costa Rica v Nicaragua (2nd Set) on 21-3-17

28-26 Dominican Republic v Chile (2nd Set) on 21-3-17

Highest scoring matches

211- Costa Rica d Nicaragua 3-2 (22-25, 28-26, 18-25, 25-17, 15-10) on 21-3-17

211- Chile d Dominican Republic 3-2 (25-21, 26-28, 25-14, 22-25, 15-10) on 21-3-17

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