Chile gets victory over Costa Rica

LIMA, Peru, August 18, 2018 - Chile claimed a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica (25-12, 25-22, 25-14) and will play on Sunday for the fifth place against the winner of the match between Colombia and Costa Rica.

Beatriz Novoa, Maike Martens and Daniela Castro led in Chile with 16, 14 and points respectively. For Costa Rica, the best was Edya Espinoza who registered 13 marks.

Chile won by outscoring Costa Rica in attacks (51-25) and services (2-1) while both teams recorded 4 blocking points and committed 18 unforced errors each.

The top scorer for Chile, Beatriz Novoa: "I think that the fatigue from the five-set match last night brought us a bit of play today, especially in the second set. However we regained our concentration, we reduced the errors and in the third we were able to close the game".

The captain of Costa Rica, Edya Espinoza: "We are lacking more confidence in what we can do, many times we have the advantage but we can’t keep it. That’s something we have to keep working on".