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BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, October 16, 2009 – Mexico
defeated Barbados in straight sets 21-25, 25-18,
25-19, 29-27 advancing to the match for fifth
place at the NORCECA Men’s Continental
Championship.
Leonardo Manzo paced Mexico’s offense with 28
points and Edgar Herrera and Samuel Córdova
added 14 and 13 respectively. Elwin Oxley topped
Barbados with 20 points while Fabian Cox added
18 and Shawn Simpson tallied 12 points.
“The team of Barbados is improving a lot and is
better structured and organized with many potent
players,” said Jorge Azair, the Mexican coach.
“We still have problems to find the rhythm with
our young setters but as I have been saying this
is the time to watch the young players and their
possibilities for the 2010 World Championship. I
am satisfied with their reaction capacity
because this is the first time they have the
responsibility to represent Mexico without the
protection of the veteran players.”
“This is the best match we have played in the
tournament and our team is progressing with the
competition,” said Ludger Niles, the coach of
Barbados. “We always have had good games against
Mexico. We won the first set and were in front
22-18 in the fourth but Mexico has a great
fighting spirit and came back to win.”
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