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GATINEAU, Canada, June 28, 2015 – Barbados beat El Salvador 3-1
(25-11, 25-15, 21-25 and 25-18) on Sunday to finish sixth at the
U21 Men’s Pan American Cup at the Centre Sportif de Gatineau.
In the rematch of their duel in the preliminary round, the
Caribbean squad dominated their Central American rivals in
attacks (46-24) and serving aces (12-1).
Andriy Stapleton and Jabarry Goodridge contributed to the
victory with 20 points each. Goodridge finished the tournament
with 85 points. Captain Ammuniki Wood and Ahkeem Mayers added 11
and 10, respectively. Captain Samuel Valdez was the top scorer
for El Salvador with 9 points. He was supported by Manuel
Platero (8) and Carlos Rodríguez (7)
Ammuniki Wood, captain of Barbados: “I think we showed a bit of
what we really can do. I feel a little bit sorry that we didn’t
show it throughout the whole tournament but overall it was a
very good game. I’m proud of the guys that we showed what we can
do a bit. I’ve had a great time here this week. People are
really nice in Canada. Wherever we went people were talking to
us and were being very friendly and that’s what we love about
here.”
John Stuart, head coach of Barbados: “We played a lot better
there and were a bit more consistent. Our passing was better,
our blocking was better and our serving was also better. I still
feel that we made a couple of errors we shouldn’t have made. I’m
glad the guys got the experience for upcoming tournaments. It
was a great experience coming to this tournament and
participating. You can’t want anything better than that.”
Samuel Valdez, captain of El Salvador: “We started really slow.
Our passing and setting were not good. When they worked, we were
not as effective in the attack as we would have wished. We got
into our rhythm in the third set, but again made many mistakes
in the fourth and that cost us the match.”
Ricardo Rivera, head coach of El Salvador: “First of all,
congratulations to Barbados. They hit us hard on our weaknesses.
We could not keep a consistent level of play and it impacted the
final result. We are sad, but that’s how it is in sports.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.” |
