Cuba scores victory over Trinidad & Tobago

MAYAGÜEZ, Puerto Rico, August 30, 2011.- Cuba scored its second victory in Pool B at the Men’s NORCECA Championship over Trinidad & Tobago by 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-13) this Tuesday.

Cuba took control from beginning to finish making it possible to give all its players a chance to step in, while Trinidad & Tobago seemed out of rhythm.

Fernando Hernandez was Cuba’s top scorer with 17 points, 6 of them were asses and for Tinidad & Tobago, the best was Marc Honore with 8 points.

“Leaving aside that Trinidad & Tobago is not an elite team, it was a good match. We must face each of our opponents one at a time to be in the finals” the words of young Wilfredo Leon.

Nolan Tash spoke about his teams’ performance by emphasizing that they do not see themselves inferior “we were the ones with the most errors, today we couldn’t get into the flow of the game and I myself am suffering of a small injury that took me out of my natural capability.”

Coach Orlando Samuels from Cuba expressed “in NORCECA there are two levels of teams and this may turn things difficult because the athletes intend to develop differently, specially with young players. We take it seriously each time and I can´t anticipate anything.”

“We have to be realistic, my team competes every two years, while Cuba does it every two months, and we tried to fulfill a plan that didn’t turn out well” said Coach Gideon Dickson.