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GUADALAJARA, Mexico, August 28, 2021. - Costa
Rica will play the quarterfinal round after
beating Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 (25-13, 25-4,
25-10) at the Women’s NORCECA Continental
Championship in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Costa Rica (1-2) finished third place in pool B
to move into Sunday’s quarterfinal round,
waiting to know their opponent. Trinidad and
Tobago (0-3) finishes the event in seventh
place.
Costa Rica outnumbered Trinidad and Tobago with
a huge 35-7 in attacks and 12-1 in serves; both
teams scored one point on blocks; Costa Rica
committed fewer unforced errors (18-27).
Outside hitter Tatiana Sayles of Costa Rica led
all scorers with 14 points on 11 attacks and 3
points from serves, followed by outside hitter
Tamara Espinoza with 11 points on 8 attacks and
also 3 serving points.
Tatiana Sayles, leading scorer of Costa Rica:
“Our general goal was to come from less to more
and reach this match with better rhythm. Today
we followed our coaches’ instructions, we worked
tactically and stuck to what they told us to do
to win and move into quarterfinals”.
Pablo Acuña, Coach of Costa Rica: “Our goal was
to beat Trinidad, finish third and have the
right to play two more games because of the
competition format. We are satisfied, we were
focused on our serves and performing the simple
things well”.
Rayquelle Dickson, Captain of Trinidad and
Tobago: “This match would have been the one to
win, I know we can do better but we have a lot
of mini-stuff to work on”. |
