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CORDOBA, Mexico, October 10, 2015 - Trinidad and Tobago closed
with a victory at the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship and
won the sixth place after defeating Costa Rica 3-0 (27-25,
25-13, 25-23).
Ryan Stewart recorded 14 points while Marc Honore closed with 12
and Simon Blake with 10 for the Trinidadian team that worked
hard on the blocking game against Costa Rica, whose best player
was Julio Álvarez with 11 points, while Richard Smith Hall
closed with 9, including 3 aces.
Trinidad and Tobago surpassed Costa Rica in blocks 12-2, while
Costa Rica tried to work more with their services to finish 5-4.
“This is a very important victory to us. We closed off the
tournament on a winning note. We are pretty happy about the
victory. We did a great job today in all the aspects, reception,
attacking, blocking and we were everybody focused and are happy
for this victory,” said Ryan Stewart, captain of Trinidad and
Tobago.
Trinidadian coach Gideon Dickson dedicated this victory to the
fans in Cordoba.
“Congratulations to Costa Rica. Today my guys were hungrier to
win and we took the time off the court to prepare for this game.
and this tournament helped us to prepare of the world
championship qualifiers of 2018, starting next year,” Dickson
expressed.
“It took us a lot to get a win but we were well supported by the
people of Cordoba, I wanna thank them for all their support.
This victory means a lot to us. Thanks very much,”
César Salas, coach of Costa Rica stated: “I think that today my
team did not recovered from yesterday’s match more in the mood
and also the physical aspect. We did adjustements but it didn’t
work. Trinidad and Tobago played agressively we have take note
of the mistakes and things we have to correct after
participating at this tournament, I appreciate the efforts and
the job done by the organization.”
“You cannot give advantage to your rivals in short tournaments.
We have played consecutive matches and they had one day of rest,
so the mental and the physical aspects took its toll on us and
it damaged us,” Javier Alvarez, captain of Costa Rica remarked. |
