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August
3,
2014
Ricardo Calvo named MVP of NORCECA U 21
San Salvador, El Salvador, August 3, 2014– Ricardo Calvo of Cuba
was named the Most Valuable Player of the NORCECA Men’s U21
Continental Championship. Calvo received the award to Best Setter. He was the leader of
Cuba for won the gold medal. Alongside Calvo other Cubans recognized included in the All-Star
Team were the Best Spiker, Osmany Uriarte, Luis Soza was the
second Best Blocker, and Abrahan Alfonso the Best Server. The Best Scorer and Best Opposite of the tournament was Samuel
Valdez of El Salvador, and his teammate José Mejía, Best
Blocker 1. Brandon Koppers, of Canada, was the Best Blocker 2. Juan Napky, of Honduras, was the Best Defense, Best Receiver and
Best Libero. More
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August
3,
2014
Cuba wins gold medal of NORCECA U21
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 3, 2014 – Cuba won its fifth
crown in the history of the NORCECA Men’s U21 Continental
Championship with a 29-27, 25-21, 25-21 victory over Canada at
Palacio de los Deportes of San Salvador on Sunday night.
Both finalists were secured of tickets to next year’s FIVB World
Championship to take place in Mexico.
Cuba claimed the title in 2000 and the won three consecutive
editions of the biennial tournament in 2004, 2006 and 2008. The
United States team, which finished third this time, had won the
last two competitions.
Osmany Uriarte and Abrahan Alfonso were the top offensive
weapons of Cuba producing 20 and 15 points, respectively.
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August
3,
2014
United States claim Bronze Medal against Puerto Rico
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 3, 2014 – United States
defeated Puerto Rico 3-0 ( 26-24, 25-19, 27-25) in the match for
the bronze medal of the NORCECA Men’s U21 Continental
Championship. United States and Puerto Rico engaged in a great battle with the
difference the best blocking of the Americans who led 13-6 and
also in kills 34-30. Puerto Rico topped in aces 5-2. The winners
also scored 29 points on Puerto Rico’s errors while committing
27. Puerto Rico had the opportunity to win the first set, but the
United States’ blocking was strong with Kevin Rakestraw and
Benjamin Plaisted at the net. Storm Faagata-Tufuga led Estados Unidos in scoring with 13
points, 9 on kills and 4 blocks. Benjamin Plaisted added 12
points, on 9 attacks and 3 blocks. Jon Rivera led the scorers. More
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August
3,
2014
El Salvador finishes fifth with victory over Barbados
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 3, 2014 - El Salvador finished
the NORCECA Boys’ Under-21 Continental Championship in fifth
place with a 25-21, 21-25, 25-18, 25-22 win over Barbados on
Sunday at Palacios de los Deportes. El Salvador had lost to Barbados in the pool play stage, but
this time things went better for the hosts.
El Salvador took advantage of Barbados's amount of mistakes as
they scored 42 points on Barbados errors while committing 18. El
Salvador dominated the blocks (8-5) and Barbados led in kills
58-44 and aces 5-2. El Salvador’s Samuel Valdez led all
scorers with 28 points on 24 attacks and three blocks. Mauricio
Rivas added 13 points, all in attacks.
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August
2,
2014
Cuba to play Canada for gold, qualify to WCH
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 2, 2014 - Cuba advanced to
the NORCECA’s U21 Continental Championship Final and
qualified to the 2015 FIVB World Championship age group with
a 25-19, 25-18, 25-19 win over Puerto Rico at Palacio de los
Deportes on Saturday. Cuba will play in Sunday’s gold medal
match at 7 p.m. against Canada. Puerto Rico will face United
States for bronze medal at 3 p.m. El Salvador will play for
fifth place against Barbados. Mexico won 3-0 over Honduras
for the seventh place. Cuba’s block was superior 9-2, led in
kills 35-26 and both teams had same number of aces (4-4).
Cuba scored 27 points on Puerto Rico errors while committing
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August
2,
2014
Mexico finishes in seventh place
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 2, 2014 – Mexico defeated
Honduras in straight sets 25-17, 25-15, 25-20 in the match for
seventh place of the NORCECA Men’s U21 Continental Championship
being played at Palacio de los Deportes of San Salvador.
It was an overwhelming victory for the Mexicans who outscored
their opponents in all the skills. They held a big margin in
attacks 44-23 and also led in blocks 7-4 and service winners
3-0. They gave away 25 points with unforced errors while
Honduras totaled 21.
Alan Martinez and Enrique Ugalde were the leaders of the winning
attack with 11 points apiece. Ivan Molano also finished with
double figures with 10 and Luis Bojorquez chipped in with 8
points. More
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August
2,
2014
Canada advance to gold medal match, qualify to WCH
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 2, 2014 – Canada advanced
to the gold medal match of the NORCECA U21 Continental
Championship following a well fought five-set victory
(23-25, 25-14, 20-25, 25-22, 15-9) over United States on
Saturday. The victory earned Canada a spot in next year’s
FIVB U21 World Championship to take place in
Mexico. Canada’s Brandon Koopers led the scorers of his side
with 20 points while Lucas Coleman added 14 points. Sander
Brenden scored a match-high 21 points for United States and
Storm Faagata-Tufuga had 13. The Americans led in kills
56-47 but gave away 41 points via unforced errors to 31 by
the Canadians. The winners held a wide advantage in blocks
15-6 and had a slight 5-2 margin in aces. More
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August
1,
2014
Puerto Rico to play Cuba in U21 semifinals
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 1, 2014 – Puerto Rico advanced
to the semifinals of the NORCECA Men’s U21 Continental
Championship with a lopsided victory over Barbados 25-13, 25-18,
25-12 on Friday at Palacio de los Deportes in El Salvador.
In the Final Four round, the Puerto Ricans will face Cuba in a
battle between Caribbean teams while United States will play
Canada in a classic match featuring teams from North America.
The Puerto Ricans dominated from start to finish and held a wide
margin in kills (35-20), blocks (11-5) and service winners
(6-0). They also made fewer unforced errors (18-23) than their
opponents.
Roberto Perez topped Puerto Rico with 15 points, including 4
blocks and two aces, while Jon Rivera added 11.
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August
1,
2014
United States go to semifinals with win over El Salvador
San Salvador, El Salvador, August 1, 2014 – United States
qualified for semifinals of the NORCECA Boys’ U-21 Continental
Championship on Thursday with a win 3-0 over El Salvador (25-15,
25-21, 25-18). United States will play in Saturday’s semifinal against Canada.
El Salvador will play in Sunday´s match for fifth place against
the loser between Puerto Rico and Barbados. United State led El Salvador in kills (39-17), block 10-3 and
aces (6-1). United States´s Opposite player Benjamin Plaisted
led scorers with 15 points and Storm Faagata-Tufuga scored 11.
El Salvador´s captain Samuel Valdez scored 9 and Mauricio Rivas
six. QUOTES: Sorem Kindem, United States´s Captain: "I'm used to playing with
all teammates, and I know them and so we have no problems.
Tomorrow we will play very strong, we know that the opponent is
complicated. " Daniel Friend, United States´s Head Coach: "When we formed the
team, we look for players that we could use at all times. So
much to rotate players. More
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August
1,
2014
Honduras won Saint Lucia and will play for seven place
San Salvador, El Salvador. August 1, 2014- Honduras beat St.
Lucia 3-0 (25-10, 25-10, 25-19) for their first win at the Men’s
U-21 NORCECA Continental Championship at “Palacios de los
Deportes”.
The victory earned Honduras the right to play México on Saturday
for seventh place. St. Lucia finished the continental
championship in ninth place with 0-3 win-loss record. The Central Americans led 23-16 in kills, 8-4 in blocks and in
service points 4-2. Honduras scored 40 points on Saint Lucia’s
errors while committing 17. William Thompson with 12 point was the best scorer of Honduras.
Tevin St. Jean led St. Lucia with six points.
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July
31,
2014
El Salvador to Quarterfinals after win over Honduras
San Salvador, El Salvador, July 31, 2014 – El Salvador won 3-1 a
hard-fought battle against Honduras, 22-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19
on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the NORCECA Boys’
U 21 Continental Championship at the “Palacio de los Deportes". El Salvador (1-1) was second in the Pool A and will play against
United States, who finished second Pool C, while Puerto Rico
will face Barbados at quarterfinals. Barbados finished 2-0 at
Pool A and Puerto Rico (1-1) was second in Pool B. The blocking was the key for El Salvador, with Samuel Valdez as
their best scorer with 29 points on 22 kills, two aces and five
blocks. Mauricio Rivas added 20 points on 16 attacks and one
aces.
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July
31,
2014
United States move to quarterfinals at U21 event
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 31, 2014 – United States
defeated Mexico 3-1 (25-18, 25-21, 17-25, 25-11) to capture
second place in Pool C and a berth in the quarterfinals of the
NORCECA U21 Men’s Continental Championship at Palacio de los
Deportes on Thursday.
Storm Faagata-Tufuga and Brenden Sander registered 20 and 15
points, respectively, to lead the offensive charts of the
winners. George Pinnerar contributed 9 points in the victory.
Alan Martinez and Ivan Molano were the best Mexican scorers with
13 and 10 points, respectively.
The Americans dominated their opponents in all the offensive
categories and made 30 unforced errors to 33 by the losers. The
winners led in attacks (43-36), blocks (11-7) and serving aces
(5-2). More
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July
31,
2014
Canada to semifinals with five-set win over Puerto Rico
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 31, 2014 - Canada overcame
Puerto Rico in five-set battle 25-23, 25-27, 25-23, 23-25,
15-10 to claim first place in Group B at the NORCECA Boys’ U21
Continental Championship and the second ticket to the semifinals
phase. Despite the great effort of the opposite Roberto Perez, who had
34 points, Puerto Rico could not close the game in part due to
the actions of the "Canadian Towers" Brandon Koppers (2:00
meters), Captain Ryan Ninkifor (1.99 cm) and Blake Scheerhoom
(2.02 cm). Koppers led Canada with 18 points, Lucas Coleman was next with
14, Scheerhoorn added 13 and Ninkifor chipped in with 11 points.
Canada held the advantage in blocks 12-9 and serves 3-2 while
both teams had the same number of spikes with 61. More
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July
31,
2014
Cuba dominates Nicaragua
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 31, 2014 – Led by opposite
Osniel Rendon, Cuba beat 3-0 Nicaragua 25-6, 25-11, 25-10 to
secure first place in Pool C at NORCECA Men’s U21 Continental
Championship. Rendon scored 15 points leading Cuba’s offense that included 34
spikes, eight blocks and eight aces. Nicaragua couldn’t play
against the tall and talented Cuba. Roberto Espinoza got six
points for Nicaragua. Cuba (3-0) secured one of the two spots in the semifinals with a
better point-ratio (1.710) than Barbados (1.120), who is idle on
Thursday and finished with a 2-0 record in Pool A. Quotes: Ricardo Calvo, Cuba’s Captain: "We knew it wouldn’t be
complicated and we went with a lot of confidence. Some changes
were made. We played well and ended as expected.”
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July
30,
2014
Cuba subdues United States in NORCECA U21
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 30, 2014 – Cuba displayed
overall talent in a dominant performance against United States
in the second day of actions in Pool C at the NORCECA U21
Continental Championship taking place at Palacio de los Deportes
of San Salvador.
Cuba won by scores of 25-13, 25-16, 25-18 to improve their
win-loss record to 2-0 while the United States evened their mark
at 1-1.
The Cubans, who one night earlier had dispatched Mexico in four
sets, were even better on Wednesday against the Americans. They
held big advantages in all the scoring categories.
The Caribbean team had an overwhelming margin in kills (38-21)
and in blocks (9-1) while the difference in aces was 5-2.
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July
30,
2014
Barbados tops Pool A
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 30, 2014 – Barbados defeated 3-1
Honduras (22-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-19) for its second victory and
the top place in Pool C of the NORCECA U21 Men’s Continental
Championship at “Palacio de los Deportes”. Barbados completed the preliminary phase of the competitions
with a 2-0 win-loss record and now awaits the results of
Thursday to know who will be the next opponent in semifinals or
quarterfinals. Ammuniki Wood, captain of Barbados led his team with 18 point,
11 spikes and six blocks, while Jabarry Goodridge added 17
point, 15 with attacks. More
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July
30,
2014
Canada opens with demolition of St. Lucia
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 30, 2014 – Canada demolished St
Lucia 3-0 (25-10, 25-7, 25-8) in their first match in Pool B of
the NORCECA U21 Men’s Continental Championship in the second
competition day at “Palacio de los Deportes”. Outside-hitter Brandon Koppers led all scorers with 10 points
for Canada while Tevin St Jean and Augustin Faulkner with three
points were the best for Saint Lucia. Canada led in attacks
21-8, blocks 7-1 and aces 8-0. Canada scored 39 points on Saint
Lucia errors while committing 16. Canada (1-0) will face the Puerto Rico (1-0) on Thursday at 4:00
pm and Saint Lucia (0-2) finished stage group and they must wait
for play in the quarterfinals on Friday. Quotes: Kevin Norville,
Saint Lucia’s Captain: “It was a tough game. More
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July
30,
2014
Mexico got first win over Nicaragua
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 30, 2014 – México won 3-0 over
Nicaragua (25-11, 25-19, 25-11) for its first victory in Pool C
of NORCECA U21 Men’s Continental Championship during the second
day of competition at “Palacio de los Deportes”. Ivan Molano led all scorers with 11 points for Mexico while the
captain Alan Martínez and Francisco Olvera contributed nine
points apiece. Kevin Duarte of Nicaragua, scored five points.
Mexico led in attacks (43-19) and blocks (11-1) and each team
scored three aces. Both teams gave away 18 points via unforced
errors. Mexico will face the United States on Thursday at 6:00 pm and
Nicaragua will play Cuba at 2:00 pm. Quotes:
Bryan Orozco, Nicaragua’s captain: "We lacked the desire of
winning. We are not stable in the spirit. We must improve, but
everyone must do their part. It is difficult to deal with all
teammates and it takes a lot to play as a team". More
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July
29,
2014
Barbados upsets hosts El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 29, 2014 - Barbados scored a big
upset victory over hosts El Salvador 25-21, 15-25, 25-17, 25-20
in opening day of the 2014 NORCECA Men’s U21 Continental
Championship on Tuesday. Barbados scored 29 points on El Salvador errors while committing
35. Barbados led in kills (45-32) and aces (4-2) while El
Salvador had the advantage in blocks (14-12). Jabarry Goodridge led the winners with 19 points while Captain
Ammuniki Wood added 11 points. Andrly Stapleton chipped in with
10 points. El Salvador´s Captain Samuel Valdez had match-high 20
points followed by Mauricio Rivas with 14. More
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Cuba battles to beat Mexico
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, Juy 29, 2014 - Cuba beat 3-1
Mexico (25-17, 25-13, 23-25, 25-16) in a hard battle in the
Pool C NORCECA U21 Men’s Continental Championship during the
first day of competition at “Palacio de los Deportes”. Abraham
Alfonso and Osmany Uriarte led all scorers each with 18
points for Cuba while Mexico’s Enrique Ugalde charted ten
points. Cuba led in attacks 53-26, blocks 8-4 and aces 8-3.
Cuba gave away 38 points via unforced errors with Mexico
finishing with 29. Cuba will face the United States on
Wednesday at 8:00 pm and Mexico will play Nicaragua at 2:00
pm. Quotes:
Alan Martinez, Mexico’s Captain: "We had many ups and downs.
After winning the third set we saw that we could do well,
but we couldn’t keep it going. The best we had was the
reception. We handle that aspect and it helped us to have
more options. Tomorrow we will have a match against United
States a team that we believe is at the same level.” More
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July
29,
2014
Puerto Rico stomps Saint Lucia
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 29, 2014 - Puerto Rico crushed
Saint Lucia, 25-10, 25-15, 25-10 on Tuesday to open Pool B
action in the 2014 NORCECA Men’s U21 Continental Championship. Four Puerto Rican players -Roberto Pérez, Jon Rivera, Reyli
Calderón and Jassiel Cruz- all finished with 6 points. Anfernee
Ferdinand and Keiran President also had six points for Saint
Lucia. Puerto Rico also led in kills (36-18) and aces (8-1) and scored
27 points on Saint Lucia’s errors while committing 18. Saint
Lucia (0-1) will play Canada at 4 p.m. CT in Pool B on Wednesday
while Puerto Rico will rest and will play Canada at 4:00 p.m. on
Thursday. Quotes: Kevin Norville, Saint Lucia’s Captain: “We
were not ready for the first game, however we fought so much, we
were fine in our debut. We expect to be better and to continue
growing as players in the tournament. We didn't have experience,
but that’s why we are here. More
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July
29,
2014
United States cruise past Nicaragua
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 29, 2014 - The United States
defeated Nicaragua 25-12, 25-13, 25-20 on Tuesday in a Pool C
match to start the NORCECA Men’s U21 Continental Championship at
the “Palacio de los Deportes”. Team USA (1-0) will face Cuba on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. while
Nicaragua (0-1) will play Mexico at 2 p.m.
United States also led kills 38-19 and blocks (5-1). Nicaragua
scored on 24 errors while committing 27.
U.S. outside hitter Brenden Sander led all scorers with nine
points, six with spikes and two aces while middle blocker
Jeffrey Jendryk II added eight points with both them playing
only in two sets. Outside hitter Josue Castillo paced Nicaragua
with six points on five attacks and one ace. More
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July
28,
2014
Teams
aiming to U21 World Championship
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 28, 2014 – The
NORCECA U21 Men’s Continental Championship features the best
teams of the region full of players battling in a great show in
their quest for two places available to the 2015 FIVB World
Championship. The coaches of the ten teams taking part in the
tournament agree that the competition will be a tough one, with
good players who have the experience of World Championship and
Pan American tournaments. Teams are divided into three pools. El Salvador,
Honduras and Barbados are in Pool A, Puerto Rico, Canada and
Santa Lucia are in Pool B and the Pool C consists of United
State, Mexico, Cuba and Nicaragua. John Barrett, Coach of Canada:
“We hope to fight hard to be in the final match. We want to be
in the World Championship next. More
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July
27,
2014
U21 NORCECA Men’s Championship in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador,
July 27, 2014
- The Committee
Control for the NORCECA Men’s U21
Continental Championship Volleyball
approved the official venue of the tournament
with 10 teams.
The competition venue
is the Palacio
de los Deportes, with
a seating capacity of 8,000 spectators,
where the actions start on Tuesday. In
addition, two training courts
were prepared at the
headquarters of the
Volleyball Federation of El Salvador (Fesavol).
Ariel
Saenz, president of
the Cuban Volleyball Federation and
the Competition
Manager for the U21 Continental,
said: "We know the limitations,
and organizing events
of high level is
difficult. The
collaboration of everyone is necessary to have
a successful tournament." More
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