NAKHON RATCHASIMA — Andrea Mitrovic had a game-high 22 points as Canada defeated Spain 3-2 on Monday at the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship.

Set scores were 22-25, 28-26, 24-26, 25-15, 15-10.

Hilary Johnson added 19 points for Canada, which improved to 2-0 and assured itself of a top-two finish in Pool E and a spot in the Round of 16.

Lucia Varela led Spain with 16 points.

Canada, ranked 12th in the world, wraps up pool play on Wednesday against No. 6 Turkey.

Turkey leads the pool after winning its first two games 3-0.

Both Canada and Spain lost 35 points to errors, but Canada led in attack points (65-59), blocks (11-6) and aces (3-2).

“When Canada plays against Canada it becomes very difficult,” Canadian head coach Giovanni Guidetti said. “Today that happened; there were

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