LEÓN, Guanajuato, July 28, 2025.- Mexico continued its strong performance at the Women’s U23 Pan American Cup with a straight-set victory over Canada 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-16) at the Domo de la Feria in León, Guanajuato, improving to a 2-0 record in Pool B.
With this result, Mexico and Cuba will face off on Tuesday in an unbeaten showdown for the top spot in the pool and a direct ticket to the semifinals, while Canada will seek its first win against Nicaragua to advance to the quarterfinals.
Mexico took control from the very beginning. In the first set, Mexico built leads of 11-6 and then 14-9, closing comfortably 25-17 thanks to the pressure from the service line, led by Aitana Rettke and Ashly Morales, which disrupted Canada’s reception.
In the second set, Canada tried to respond with attacks from Madyson Saris and serves from Veronica Dickson, closing the gap to 16-17, but Mexico stayed composed and sealed the 25-20 with Aimé Topete’s offense, supported by Jimena Salinas and Andrea Félix on the attack.
The third set was total domination by Mexico, which quickly jumped to a 14-7 lead and never looked back, finishing 25-16.
Mexico outperformed Canada in kills (39-31) and blocks (8-7), while both teams scored three points from the service line. The key difference was Canada’s 25 unforced errors that benefited Mexico.
Mexico’s Aimé Topete led all scorers with 13 points (11 kills, 2 blocks), followed by Andrea Félix with 11 (10 kills, 1 block). For Canada, Raya Surinx and Madyson Saris led with 8 points each.
Mexican captain María Ximena Cruz highlighted the importance of the victory: “It was a decisive win. We worked as a team without getting anxious because we knew it was an important match that puts us in first place in the pool. Against Cuba we are going for the direct ticket to the semifinals, it will be a tough one and we will stay focused on our game.”
Canada’s team captain, Delaney Watson expressed: “I think we had pieces where we were really great. We are a new team together and we just got to learn to stick up together. The goal tomorrow is to win and advance to the quarterfinals, we’ll work on our game plan and do our best”.
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