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TIJUANA, México, August 28, 2009 - Canada
opened its participation in the Playoff Round
towards the 2010 Women’s World Championship with
a 3-0 victory against Costa Rica.
The score of the match was 25-18, 25-19, 25-22.
The Canadians had the offensive control and the
blocking to dominate the Central American side.
Opposite Tifanny Dodds charted 17 points, Tammy
Mahon contributed 12 points and Britney Page
chipped in nine tallies. For Costa Rica Verania
Willis recorded 11 points and Angela Willis
added six.
“I am satisfied with the result because we could
control the game. Costa Rica played a good match
and created some problems to us,” commented
Tammy Mahon, the captain of Canada.
Meanwhile, Canadian coach Arnd Ludwig said: “The
first match is always a tough one and Costa Rica
played very well at the beginning. We started
some kind nervous but then we grabbed the
rhythm. The goal for tomorrow is to maintain the
rhythm we had at the end today because Trinidad
has a good team.”
“Even though we didn’t win it was a good start.
We will work in today’s mistakes to face Mexico
and look for the victory,” said Braulio Godinez,
the coach of the Costa Ricans.
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