GUADALAJARA, Mexico, October 19, 2011 –Sarai Alvarez and Stephanie Enright each registered 20 points to lead the five-set victory of Puerto Rico over Mexico on Wednesday night. The score was 20-25, 25-14, 9-25, 25-10, 15-9.

The victory earned Puerto Rico the chance to play Peru for fifth place in the women’s volleyball tournament of the XVI Pan American Games. Mexico will meet Canada for the seventh position.

Aury Cruz added 11 points for Puerto Rico while Andrea Rangel and Samantha Bricio charted 18 and 11 points for Mexico.

David Alemán (Coach of Puerto Rico): “I think the final factor of the fifth set was because of the experience and the energy, and so we could make it. I don´t think this was a good match for any of us, but Mexico had a very good offensive service that affected our reception, more difficult than in the previous matches.”

Mario Herrera (Coach of México): “This was an ups and downs match. On the side of Puerto Rico, they looked so tired because they had played other five sets before this match and on the side of Mexico, it was a question of immaturity to solve the situation and win the sets properly. When you play with a lot of ups and downs, you never know when you will win or when you will lose.”

Vilmarie Mojica (Captain of Puerto Rico): “It was a very tough match for us. It became so complicated because we made a lot of mistakes. We have to work hard with that for tomorrow’s match.”