Trinidad & Tobago defeats St. Lucia

MAYAGÜEZ, Puerto Rico, September 2, 2011.-  Trinidad & Tobago defeated St. Lucia 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-17) in the classification for fifth to eighth  places of the Men’s NORCECA Championship held on Friday.

A Caribbean battle that despite Trinidad & Tobago prevailed over St. Lucia, it was anybody’s game. The winners with a high 9-3 in aces, and a 4-2 win-loss record will look for the fifth place of the championship.

The best scorer for Trinidad & Tobago was their captain Nolan Tash with 13 points as well as Simon Blake with 11. For St. Lucia, Jason Octave was the leader with 11 points.

“We were much better today, whatever the result we felt confident even though Octave lead St. Lucia’s attack very well” said Nolan Tash, Trinidad & Tobago’s captain.

Octave Jason wasn’t pleased with today’s outcome, “anyway we kept trying, we still were downed by their tough blocking and they were more consistent.”

Gideon Dickson, the winner’s coach “St. Lucia has improved from the last time we met, and even if there’s just a small portion of sea that keeps us a part, we aren’t able to play more frequently; we both need to play more at this level.”

“A couple of bad passes and their strong blocks caused us the match” coach Kendall Charlery for St. Lucia.