05-02-2010 FINAL #5 Guaynabo Mets 1 VS.
Plataneros de Corozal 3 (25-15, 22-25,16-25,13-12)
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07-02-2010 FINAL #6
Plataneros de Corozal 3 VS. Guaynabo Mets 2 (21-25, 26-24, 20-25,25-23,15-9)
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Series: 4 - 2 for Plataneros de Corozal
Corozal crowned Puerto Rico champions
Corozal claimed their second consecutive title and ninth overall in the Puerto Rico Men’s Superior League by defeating Guaynabo in a five-set match 3-2 (21-25, 26-24, 20-25, 25-23, 15-9) played in front of more than 5,000 spectators at Mario Morales Gymnasium on Sunday.
Losers of the first two matches in the best-of-seven final series, the eventual champions went on to win the final four. Three of the six matches were extended to the five-set limit.
Casey Patterson, selected the Most Valuable Player of the series, led Corozal with 23 points. Robert Nielsen and Matthew McKinney contributed 15 and 12 respectively and David Menendez added nine.
Lucas Chavez topped Guaynabo with 18 points while US internationals Eric Vance and Thomas Hoff charted 17 and 15 points respectively.
“I am very happy,” said Patterson. “Corozal is a great team and we never gave up. We claimed the title and I feel extremely happy.”
“It was a very intense season but our team worked really hard to achieve this championship,” said coach David Aleman. “We made a great effort to revalidate the title and we succeeded.”