GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, September 17, 2025. – Puerto Rico swept Canada 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-19) to capture their second victory at the 2025 NORCECA Women’s Final Six in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Puerto Rico improved its record to 2-1, while Canada remains winless at 0-3. The top four teams will advance to the crossover semifinals. On day three of the tournament, Puerto Rico will face Cuba and Canada will take on the Dominican Republic.
Puerto Rico was dominant from start to finish. In the first set, they built an 18-9 lead with key blocks from Alba Hernández. Decelise Champion, Valeria Vázquez, and Paola Santiago were also instrumental in giving the Caribbean side a strong start.
In the second set, Puerto Rico kept their momentum, with Diana Reyes and Dariana Hollingsworth joining the offense. On Canada’s side, Emma Boyd responded with a couple of powerful swings.
Canada fought hard in the third set, taking an 11-9 lead with Gabrielle Attieh and Grace Calnan joining Boyd to stop Puerto Rico’s offense. Willmarie Rivera and Champion blocked Maryn Boldon to even the score at 12. Canada regained a two-point lead (17-15) with Raya Surinx on the attack, but Puerto Rico responded once again, tying the set at 17. The closing points went Puerto Rico’s way: Adriana Rodríguez blocked Boyd, Hollingsworth added a kill and another block over Boyd, and Rodríguez sealed the sweep with a final attack.
Puerto Rico’s blocking advantage (13-3) proved decisive, along with 24 Canadian errors compared to just 9 of their own. Puerto Rico also led in attacks (34-30) and edged Canada in service points (4-3).
Decelise Champion led Puerto Rico with 12 points, while Emma Boyd scored 10 for Canada – the only two players reaching double figures.
Decelise Champion said about the win: “We were really determined in the first two sets; we had a good rhythm of play. I believe in the third set our rhythm was lower because we were a bit too confident, but we bounced back to get the win. Today we did well in defense, we scored on good attacks and our blocks did good”.
Attieh Gabrielle, outside hitter of Canada said about leading the third set: “In the third set we were very determined to finish the game giving our all and our heart, no matter what the score was. In that set we saw the true versions of ourselves. We’re hoping that next time we can begin like that from the beginning, because we showed a lot of good things; we just need to be consistent. Our blocking definitely put Puerto Rico out of system”.
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