Source: Deporte Total (Peru)

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 | 4:14pm

Peru vs. Venezuela in South American Women’s Championship

Peru—mostly U18 and U20 players—Debuts Against Venezuela

María José Fermi

Today marked the beginning of the Women’s South American Volleyball Championships. Venezuela is Peru’s toughest competition in Group A, which is also shared with Colombia and Paraguay. Only two teams will advance into the semifinals, and they will therefore need to hustle from the start.

Once again, Peru arrives at a tournament with a widely varied age group of players. Although this is a women’s tournament, the South American squad has only five players that resemble women (Uribe, Yllescas, Egoavil, Muñoz, and Olemar).

The other nine players are U18 (Regalado, De la Peña, Guerrero and Sánchez) or U20 (Leyva, Gómez, Canessa and Almeida). With a limited supply of eligible volleyball players, this is a reality that coaches from all different categories of national volleyball (especially adult volleyball) must confront.