JUNE 26, 2025: Canada now has a 2-0 record after beating Dominican Republic 3-0 (25-22,25-23, 25-17) at the U19 Girls’ Pan American Cup in Kingston, Ontario, on Wednesday.

Canada now advances to the semifinals, which will be held Friday evening. Schedule here.

Last night against the Dominican team, Canada led in attack points (37-31), blocking points (8-6) and serves (7-4). They also made fewer errors (21-23).

Canada’s head coach, Gina Schmidt, said: "We talked about some things after last night’s game, and some of the things we talked about and worked through (in practice) this morning, showed up in this game. I’m pleased with how we executed the game plan and adjusted to anything they brought during the game. I felt it was a good team effort to stay focused throughout the match."

Canadians Sofia Zabjek (12 points) and Maya Bukovcan (11) led scoring for the host team.

Canada has today off from competition, while Dominican Republic faces Costa Rica in Group B action. USA is also undefeated in Group A, with one match to go.

The U19 Pan Am Cup, held at the Queen's Athletics & Recreation Centre, is the final tournament before teams head to Croatia and Serbia next month to face off in the FIVB Girls’ U19 World Championship.

Team Canada
Ashlyn Gent (AB)
Sofia Zabjek (ON)
Lydia-Jayne Wigston (AB)
Brooke Fermaniuk (AB)
Maya Bukovcan (ON)
Sol Henson (ON)
Emerson Matthews (SK)
Sydney Bell (ON)
Ana Nastase (ON)
Abby Wasutyk (SK)
Remy Catojo (MB)
Ana Stojanovic (ON)

Preliminary Round Schedule (EDT)
June 24
14:30 Mexico vs Puerto Rico 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-18).
16:30 Venezuela vs USA 0-3 (9-25, 23-25, 21-25)
18:30 Canada vs Costa Rica 3-0 (25-19, 28-26, 25-20).
June 25
14:30 Venezuela vs Puerto Rico 3-2 (25-15, 25-20, 28-30, 22-25, 16-14)
16:30 USA vs Mexico 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-23).
18:30 Canada vs Dominican Republic 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-17)
June 26
14:30 Mexico vs Venezuela
16:30 USA vs Puerto Rico
18:30 Costa Rica vs Dominican Republic
Semi-finals and medal rounds – June 27 - 28

Web stream:
CBC Sports : https://www.cbc.ca/sports/streaming-schedule &
https://www.youtube.com/@TheVolleyballCanada/featured

Tickets:
https://gaels.universitytickets.com/w/default.as

Coaching Symposium
A coaching symposium will take place on Saturday June 28 in conjunction with the event, supported by the Ontario Volleyball Association. Contact Brenda Willis: brenda.willis@queensu.ca

Schedule here: https://volleyball.ca/en/competitions/u19-girls-pan-am-cup

Volleyball Canada Media Contact:
Jackie Skender
jskender@volleyball.ca
Mobile: 613-794-7676