Canada will face Dominican Republic for seventh place

LA PAZ, Baja California Sur, June 10, 2022.- Canada will face Dominican Republic for seventh place at the Women’s U21 pan American Cup after defeating Honduras 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-9) in a classification match for 7-10 places in La Paz Arena of Baja California Sur.

On Saturday, Canada (2-2) goes up against Dominican Republic (1-2) who beat Costa Rica earlier. A Central American battle between Honduras (0-3) and Costa Rica (0-4) will decide ninth place.

Honduras had some exciting digs mostly in the first and second sets, but nothing to get Canada out of their game system.

Canada overwhelmed Honduras with a huge 35-10 margin in attacks and 18-3 in serves, they also did better in blocks 8-6. Canada committed more errors than Honduras (22-14).

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Outside hitter Maryn Boldon of Canada led all scorers with 14 points on 7 kills, 3 blocks and 4 aces, followed by outside hitter Madyson Saris with 13 points on 10 kills and 3 aces, and opposite hitter Lucy Borowski contributed with 11 points on 8 kills and three points from serves.

Outside hitter Genesis Oyuela scored 8 points from 6 kills and 2 aces for Honduras.

Maryn Boldon, Top scorer of Canada: “All our hard work kind of paid off, what we’ve done in practices, we executed what we’ve been working on as a team, we played with a lot of joy, and it helped us to play at our potential. Dominican Republic will push us tomorrow, it’s exciting and hopefully we’ll end on a high note”.

Carolyn O’Dwyer, Head Coach of Canada: “The match got a little close in the first two sets, Honduras was making pretty good digs that challenged us and we made a few errors on our side. Tomorrow against the Dominican Republic we are going to have to work very hard because they are a scrappy team”.

Génesis Oyuela, Top scorer of Honduras: “I believe we could have done more, not every day we get to face Canada. We improved by enjoying the match, this is a great experience for us and it prepares us for our next Central American championship in July in Belize. With these matches we can better understand our strengths and weaknesses”. 

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