WINNIPEG, Canada, June 4, 2008.- Team Mexico downed Costa Rica in 3 straight sets tonight, to finish second of pool A. Set scores were 25-19, 29-27, 25-17, for the Mexican crew.

Costa Rica came very close from stealing the second set but could not close the deal. Mexico benefited from the errors of their opponents and went all the way to the top. The game lasted 73 minutes.

The best scorer of the game was Francisco Enriquez from Mexico, with 14 points. He was followed by his colleague Irving Bricio, who got 11 points and by the Costa Rican Jeffery Calderon Orozco, 11 points.

“I am pleased about the way the game went on. We did a good job at the end of the match. Now, we have to focus about tomorrow’s game. We need to reduce our number of mistakes in order to be competitive” said Coach Jorge Azair of Mexico.