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TIJUANA, Baja California, August 29, 2009 –
Costa Rica defeated Mexico 25-21, 25-21, 22-25,
25-18 and now both teams trail Canada with 1-1
records in the NORCECA Women’s Playoff Round to
the 2010 FIVB World Championship in Japan.
Verania Willis was the top scorer for Costa Rica
compiling a match-high 23 points. She was helped
by Karen Cope who scored 16 points and Angela
Willis who contributed 12.
Claudia Rodriguez led Mexico with 21 points,
Cecilia Rios added 16 and Martha Revuelta
chipped in 11 tallies.
“We took advantage of the Mexican errors and
also maintained a good level of concentration
all along the match,” said Braulio Godines, the
coach of Costa Rica.
“Thanks to God we achieved the goal of defeating
Mexico but we still need to battle against
Trinidad and Tobago,” said Captain Verania
Willis.
Mexico now plays Canada on Sunday while Costa
Rica meets Trinidad and Tobago.
The home team is hoping of a victory over the
Canadians combined with a win of the
Trinidadians and in that case Canada and Mexico
would tie for first place with both teams
earning berths in next year’s world event.
There is also the possibility of a three-way tie
if Mexico defeats Canada and Costa Rica beats
Trinidad and in that scenario the two tickets
available for Japan would go to the teams with
better points-ratio.
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