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BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, October 12, 2009 – Puerto
Rico beat Barbados 25-9, 25-16, 25-18 in the
last match of opening day at the NORCECA Men’s
Continental Championship. The home team
dominated at the net with a 10-5 advantage in
blocks and also from the service line 6 aces to
1.
Josue Rivera landed 8 of 12 killing attempts and
led the balanced scoring of Puerto Rico with 10
points. Hector Soto was effective in 7 of 12 and
compiled 9 tallies and Luis Rodriguez added 8
points.
“It is good to start with a victory,” said Luis
Rodríguez, the captain of Puerto Rico. “We need
to continue working in our services for the
upcoming matches against tougher opponents. But
we are satisfied with our game tonight.”
“Our players were very nervous during the first
set and we are still trying to figure out the
cause for that,” said Ludger Niles, the coach of
Barbados. “But we are not disappointed with our
performance in the second and third sets against
an opponent better than us technically and
tactically.”
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