Colombia 🇨🇴 vs. Mexico 🇲🇽 - Highlights | Women's World Championships 2025

Rob Snook alongside player Hannah in Chiang Mai, Women's World Championship, and we are underway. Deep serve taken by Parra. She's going to swing from well back and somehow finds a hole in the defense. How can they start today? Here is Maldonado, capable of putting up some nice numbers. Out of system though, Olajad. Here's the back row attack from Grisio, and she has now matched her total from the last game. I don't believe she played that entire match. They did some switches, trying to insert some sparks, Grisio coming back from that. She's the outside hitter. She's been a substitute in every match this week. Here's Renteria, popped up by Maldonado, Parra off hands, Pasqua covers, Manco sets, here comes the back row, Olajad, with an absolute thunderbolt, or a lightning bolt. Lots of energy, and wow was it important, because now they're one point away from tying it up once again. Here's Skereko, she's going to play in Poland this year, which is huge. Here comes Olajad, nice pick up from Castro, can they keep it alive, yes. Free ball over. No libero on the floor for Mexico, here comes Olajad, ruts it down, nicely done, back row attack. Here's another one of those attacks, and when she gets into this rhythm, when she's feeling it, she is scary. That had some huge serve coming up here from Pasqua, huge point on the line. Ung sets it up, back to Maldonado, shut down by the blocking of Olajad. Here's another look, she's coming in and in hands, just to the right. Here's the middle blocker, Melissa Rangel, Parra sent, backing up, now she's moving forward, good dig from Pasqua, Olajad with a hard tip, kept alive, Parra pushes it deep, Columbia comes again, attack, Karabaly. Here, hits it, well first of all we're going to look at the Olajad replay, the tip and then the recovery, but Karabaly actually I think hits it in front of the attack line, on the attack. Toro, Marine, Olajad, Ventaria, Ung, Urias, Ventaria, Mexico keeps it going, Parra, Marine says I need help, there's the block, Marine sets this one to Pasqua, that'll score on the block from Urias. So Columbia happy because they've tied it, and now onto the floor comes Wendy Vargas to serve. Here's Brescio, goes with the tip, covered by Segovia, and from Karabaly on the slide. But it's a two point lead, Columbia to take the set, two set points, and they've, Cosmol and Anos put it into the net, and the second set is an exact reversal of the first, 25-22, Columbia wins it. Leads her team in scoring in this match, 16 points, both cross court from Maldonado, and she's got 16 as well by the way. Nicolonego just pointed at Paola Rivera, the other setter to get ready. Here's Parra with the rip, nice dig from Toro, Pasqua, and that's going to be a point Mexico. The captain for Mexico, good pickups, nice dig, and then the solo block, it was on it's way out, I believe, but obviously Renteria just quick reaction, trying to play it. You know the coach was a lot more concerned about her health than she was. Here comes Malayja, has she got a touch? We're waiting, we're waiting, no touch. Gave away some other things, oh and there is a block touch, but. Sofia Maldonado, the 23-year-old opposite, what a game she's having. Goodness, does she unload? Here's the block, watch this, oh just a corner, see she's reaching on the block, she just needs to go up with straight hands. So Colombia has now brought in Wendy Vargas to serve, taken well by Parra, middle attack, Marine pops it up, she's out, but they're attacking anyway, and she's got it down to one. Again, she's going to get all the balls, okay, you've got to key in on her. This block makes it angry. Mexico needs it, side out, Elijah again, that's how the set ends. Mexico's blocking rises to the challenge, and it's two sets to one Mexico. Ball in the hands of Sofia Maldonado, we're underway, set number four, that creates an overpass, here comes Mexico with Parra. Not a great first touch there from Elijah. Here's the back row attack, Maldonado, Marine's got it, Elijah decides she can't really swing on it, Landano sets it up, Maldonado, it's a score. Colombia just couldn't get in system, and they are having trouble again here with poor serve receive, and Elijah saves the day. Well, Elijah will swing so hard on everything here, she's just expecting it, and no matter what, she's going to take a rip. They were thinking about challenging, but Ong, the setter, said no, don't challenge, I touched it. She sets it up for Gomez, oh, somehow it's popped back up again by Colombia. Mexico, setter dump, Ong, nicely done. Dig, here's a look at it, great up, good reaction, and then the dump from Ong. The setter, Marine, at the lip, libero Landeros, good reaction and coverage by Castro, Grisio, here's Elijah, does she have a touch? No, says Mexico. If that's what happened, no, no block touch. You're right, that was a dream, so this is what Colombia wants. They're leading by four, get this ball up, get this to the net, but it's free over, and a chance for Mexico. Castro, no, picked up by Marine, so she's out, set by Rangel. Segovia ties down the line, thinks she's got a touch, referees haven't made a decision, they make it for Mexico. They're in bold six, no, they are just all... The number 26 seed in the World Rankings, Mexico, the number 19, Colombia. There's Elijah, blocked down, they keep it up though, she just pushes it over, Mexico should be in system, Castro scores, 2-0 Mexico. That's shining a little bit here, Elijah gets blocked, there's great coverage, that's phenomenal, but then she does this weird tip behind her head that everybody can read, and then it's an easy transition play. Mexico wasn't at the World's last time, but they were in 2018. Elijah, nice, dead, Gomez, Castro pushes it over, played by the center Marine. Free ball chance again for Mexico, tough set, but handled well. Another free ball, can Mexico finally score? Maldonado, yes she can. Argentina Ung serves it at Pascua, she's going to get a swing, and the blocking is good. Elijah makes something of it, but Briceo digs it. Here's Maldonado, it's going to be a libero set for Pascua. Briceo pushes it out to Maldonado, nice play, and to stay off the net too. Play continues, Mexico attacks, Castro scooped up by Segovia, Pascua goes home. In this rally there was so many attacks, so much coverage, look at that one from Toro. Karabaly gets a block touch, oh wow, she came down hard, she's okay though, and then finally Pascua finds a loop. Finally a break point for someone, can Mexico bounce back? Ung puts it up, Briceo can't put it down, Pascua another great dig, and that is in from, no it's out from Elijah. Match point, Rivera's come into the game to serve, here's Pascua, Mexico, yes they do, Mexico takes it in five over Colombia, what an end, what a match.