Trinidad & Tobago finishes in ninth place

TIJUANA, Mexico, July 9, 2010 – Trinidad & Tobago beat Guadeloupe in straight sets (25-21, 25-18, 25-23) to conclude in the ninth position at the NORCECA Women’s Junior Volleyball Championship.

It was the first victory for the Trinidadians while the Guadeloupeans finished winless. The winners had a 9-6 advantage in serving aces and also took advantage of 35 errors by the defeated side.

Marisha Herbert, Captain of the winners, led her team with 14 points including four aces, while Samantha Prescott and Chrysta Stuart added 11 and 9 points respectively. The Guadeloupeans had Julia Disa with 14 points and Yannick Ferbac with 12 including 5 blocks.

Herbert, the Captain of Trinidad, said: “We fought a lot, with more consistency and we did our best for this victory”.

“It is nice to end with a victory,” Trinidadian Coach Macsood Ali added. “It has been a good experience and now we will go back home to work hard for a good development.”

“The tournament has been an important one for us because we don’t play at this level regularly and we’ve tried to learn,” Guadeloupean coach Jean-Louis Delag said.