Dominican Republic beat Trinidad & Tobago 

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 3, 2007.- The Dominican Republic recovered from a shaky start and beat Trinidad & Tobago 27-25, 25-13, 25- 23 in the last match of Sunday at the Men’s Pan American Cup.

The athletic Trinidadians made a strong effort in the first set and fought evenly against the host Dominicans who finally prevailed with the serves and spikes of their star Elvis Contreras.

Jose Caceres and Contreras had 12 and 10 points for Dominican Republic and Eury Almonte added 9. Nolan Tash led all the scorers with 15 points for Trinidad & Tobago.

“We are making adjustments with a new setter and some of us have recently joined the team after playing abroad,” said Almonte. “But we are confident to finish among the top three.”

On Monday, the Dominican Republic plays against Panama while Trinidad & Tobago meets Cuba in Pool B. In Pool A, Mexico debuts against Canada and Puerto Rico has a rest day.