Dominican Republic beat Barbados for a second win

HAVANA, Cuba, May 22, 2014 – Dominican Republic collected its second victory in the NORCECA Men’s World Championship Qualification Tournament Pool P by defeating Barbados in straight sets (25-13, 25-16, 25-21) on the second day of actions at Ciudad Deportiva Coliseum in Havana on Thursday.

Germán Recio and José Miguel Cáceres with 13 and 10 points, respectively, were the top scorers for the winners despite playing only two sets for the match.

Veteran Shawn Simpson was the only player of Barbados who attained double figures in scoring with 12 tallies.

“We sent everyone into the court today as a way to prepare the team for the match against Cuba on Friday,” Dominican Republic’s coach José Alvarez Cutiño said.

Wilfrido Hernandez, the captain of Dominican Republic, said everyone in the team contributed to the win as they anticipate the match against Cuba.

“We all did our part today but we are hungry for more even though, because of their tradition, all Cuban teams must be respected,” Hernandez said.

“I expected better from my team, which failed to adapt to the rhythm of the Dominicans, it felt as if we were going to get them by the third set but we couldn’t”,  Barbados’ Coach Ludger Niles stated.

Barbados’s captain Alain London admitted his team’s performance was poor today.

“We played poorly, maybe we started very excited something we are not used to,” London said. “Only by the third set we worked better as a team.”