Colombia women national team , back in the continent's elite

Colombian women national team, is back to the top positions in the continent, our national team defeated Uruguay and clinched the second place of the group to get the ticket to the semifinals in the Southamerican Championship of Chile 2010.
The key for this good comeback is the return of players like Erika Valek and Levys Torres, the good moment of the great scoring machine Yaneth Arias and the great level of the Colombias rising star Tathiana Mosquera.
Our team began the championship defeating Venezuela in the opener 68 61, based on a excellent first quarter and a good 4th quarter, Venezuela cut the distance in the second and the third, but our team had good condition and took control in the last one, Tathiana Mosquera had a monster game using her size in the paint to lead the team with 29 pts , 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Yaneth Arias fight against a hard Venezuelan defense over her helping with 16 pts, and 64% from the field.
The second game was not easy, the team faced the powerful Brazilian team and the girls from the samba country blasted Colombia 94 53, Brazil is the big candidate to win the gold, with a level very high , far from the other teams, again Mosquera was the best Colombias performer with 16 pts and 4 rebounds, the National coach took care of his players giving them time to rest waiting for the next and key game against Uruguay.
Our team arrived to the game very focused and took control of the game from the first ball, the leadership and talent of the veterans Yaneth Arias and Erika Valek were the difference, both players show her international experience and leaded the team in scoring, Arias score 26 pts, and Valek posted 19 points and 8 assist, Mabel Martinez had 13 pts and 5 rebounds, and the young Mosquera 8 pts and 9 rebounds.
Colombia now is ready to face Argentina trying to arrive to the final, girls thanks to make us proud.