Cuba knows it can play better after win over Honduras

GATINEAU, Canada, August 17, 2010 - Cuba head coach Roberto Garcia Garcia expects his team to play better for the rest of the tournament after defeating Honduras 25-12, 25-19, 25-15 on Monday at the NORCECA junior men’s volleyball championships.

“The team was not playing good today,” said Garcia.  “They missed a lot of services and we need better defence.  They need to improve tomorrow for Puerto Rico with first place on the line in the group.”

Lazaro Fundora Travieso led Cuba with 14 points while Jorge Gonzalez Garcia added 12 and captain Jorge Carlos Rojas Taylor chipped in 11.

“In the first set we tried to break the ice,” said Rojas Taylor.  “We were not nervous.  We just made a lot of errors.”

For Honduras, captain Josue Carbajal Vargas earned eight points.

“We have been training to get in our best shape for this event,” said Honduras’ coach Carlos Funez.  “We know we have faced a very good team, a world champion potential, and we played as hard as we could.”

“In the beginning we were very nervous,” said Vargas.  “But we just tried to enjoy the game and to play smart.”