Canada Beats Costa Rica At NORCECA
Women's Volleyball Championships
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico - Brittney Page of
Vernon, B.C., scored 16 points to lead
Canada to a 25-17, 25-16, 25-22 victory over
Costa Rica on Saturday in a consolation
semifinal at the women's volleyball NORCECA
Championships.
Canada bettered its overall tournament
record to two wins and three losses and
faces Mexico on Sunday for fifth place.
Page garnered her points on 11 spikes and
five blocks.
Tiffany Dodds of Lucky Lake, Sask., and
Marisa Field of Kelowna, B.C., added eight
points apiece while Kristina Fabris of
Sudbury, Ont., scored five points on four
spikes and a service ace.
Canada once again showed its superiority in
blocking skills earning 14 points total on
blocks compared to six for Costa Rica.
Canada also had five service aces.
In the other consolation semifinal, Mexico
defeated Trinidad and Tobago 25-20, 25-16,
25-16.
Sunday's fifth place tilt will be a rematch
from the world championship qualifying
tournament earlier this month in which
Canada beat the Mexicans in five sets.
Six of the eight countries, including
Canada, have qualified for next year's world
championships.
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