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TIJUANA, Mexico, August 30, 2009 – The Mexican
Women’s National Volleyball team finished with a
loss to Canada determining its absence in next
year’s FIVB World Championship in Japan.
The final score was 25-13, 25-22, 22-25, 20-25,
15-8 in favor of the Maple Leaf Team whom had
Sherline Holness as their best scorer with 14
points followed by Tonya Mokelki and Tiffany
Dodds who both finished with 13 points.
Mexico battled hard showing its potential and
without being intimidated by the size of players
like Dodds, Mokelki, Alphonse and the power of
Captain Tammy Mahon, who finished with 10
points, but nevertheless stalled in the road.
Martha Revuelta, Claudia Rodríguez and Cecilia
Rios finished with 18, 14 and 14 points
respectively while Xitlali Herrera, formerly the
captain of the junior team in the past world
championship of the category went out with 11.
The consolation for the national team was to
finish with the bronze medal and the fact of
having a player like Baja California native’s
libero Lizeth Lopez included in the All-Star. In
the match, things were bittersweet for the home
team, first because despite losing the first two
sets, the Mexicans responded big in the third
and fourth sets.
In spite of it, it remains some favorable
conclusions for the group, given the fact of the
absence of players who would have been the
difference like Bibiana Candelas or Migdalel
Ruiz, at the end the team battled hard with
young athletes whom showed big heart and
fighting spirit.
That was the case of Cecilia Rios, who played
the five sets, and was one of the second best
scorers of the match.
The last two tickets available for the North,
Central American and Caribbean Confederation
(NORCECA) went to Canada, winner of the
tournament with an unbeaten record (3-0), and
Costa Rica, which finished in second place with
a 2-1 record. Mexico closed with a 1-2 mark and
Trinidad & Tobago ended winless (0-3).
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