Canada's unbeaten ride at the NORCECA senior women's volleyball Continental Championship came to a halt Saturday night in Quebec City when the Dominican Republic won the best-of-five semifinal matchup 3-1.
Canada, which went undefeated in winning the Group A round robin pool against Mexico and Puerto Rico, lost 25-27, 22-25, 25-23, 20-25 to the defending champion Dominican Republic in an exciting match that took one hour, 43 minutes to complete.
Kiera Van Ryk of Surrey, B.C., led Canada with 25 points, while teammates Alexa Gray and Hilary Howe each had 13 points. Howe also had three blocks.
It wasn't the result we wanted, but I actually thought we played pretty good volleyball. I thought at no stage did we give up," said Canada's head coach Shannon Winzer. "Everyone who came on court did really well and I thought we battled.