WINNIPEG, Canada, June 2, 2008.-  The last match of the night featured the proven United States against the 61 ranked Costa Rica. The game ended after three sets, with a score of  25-15, 25-18, 25-17 in favor of the United States.

With a start of  7-0 in the second set, the United States kept the momentum and finished the game in 60 minutes. The tall United States team did not give any chance to the Costa Rican players.

Evan Patak from United States got a total of 11 points, while his teammate Nathan Meerstein got 10 points.

“For a team that did not practice a lot together before this tournament, we picked up a lot of things on the fly” stated Coach Alan Knipe. “We did a lot of things right and a lot of the players got to play. We are looking forward playing again tomorrow.”