Colombia subdues Costa Rica

PACHUCA, Mexico, June 13, 2014 - Colombia cruised past Costa Rica in straight sets 25-16, 25-18, 25-16 earning their first win in Pool B on Friday at Carlos Martinez Balmori Multisport Hall.

The Colombian team hurt Costa Rica with well placed serves en route to a 13-6 margin in the aces category and also led in the blocking charts 7-3.

Ivonne Montano was the top offensive players of the winning side with 16 points, including two blocks and three aces. Yeisy Soto and Danna Escobar contributed 11 and 10 tallies.

Costa Rica’s Paola Ramirez finished with eight points while Angela Willis had seven in the loss.

Colombia evened its record at 1-1 and Costa Rica is still winless after two matches disputed.

Brazilian Mauro Marasciulo, Coach of Colombia: “Our purpose today was to improve the blocking and the girls also served hard and had strong attacks. Our team is young and in evolution but needs more exposition. But it is not easy to leave the country to play.”

The Captain María Alejandra Marín said “we are very glad and motivated to play Puerto Rico tomorrow. We will go after the victory to secure third place.”

Argentinean Horacio Bastit, Coach of Costa Rica lamented they couldn’t fulfill their plan, “the other team was better and dominated us in various aspects of efficiency.”