Female Field Hockey: Cuba Defeats Trinidad and Tobago 1-0

Cuban female's team will compete for fifth place against Uruguay at the Pan American Games.

Thursday, November 2nd, 2023.- In the second match of Thursday's female's field hockey at the Pan American Games, the Cuban team defeated Trinidad and Tobago 1-0.

The only goal of the match was scored by Jennifer Martínez in the game held at the Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped at the Estadio Nacional.

"Despite not scoring more goals as we wanted, the good news is that we secured the victory, which is ultimately the most important thing. Now, we are going for the fifth place against Uruguay. We lost to Chile and Canada, and we drew with Mexico, but our team's overall performance has been quite good," said the goal scorer of the match.

Later this afternoon, there will be two semifinals for Santiago 2023: Argentina vs. Canada (5:30 p.m. local time) and Chile vs. the United States (7:45 p.m.)

Written by Rodrigo Gómez; translated by Pía Barriga / Santiago 2023 vía Photosport
Photo by Alex Diaz / Santiago 2023 vía Photosport