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. For Honduras, William Thompson was the best with 17 points, all in attacks.

Barbados led in kills 44-38, blocks 15-5 and they each team had three aces. Barbados scored 35 points on El Salvador errors while committing 38.

Honduras will play El Salvador at 8:00 pm on Thursday to define the second place on Pool A.

Quotes

José Arellano, Honduras’s Captain: “We can see our mistakes and not let the other team to take advantage, it affects us, give them a big advantage. We must improve the attitude because we have the technical part”.

Rony Martínez, Honduras Head Coach: “Today the wrong reception combined with a bad night from our setter who was not at his level.  It’s his first NORCECA and he made ​​many mistakes. The setter insisted lot with one single player, he did not combine with other players.”

Ammuniki Wood, Barbados’ Captain: “We had a good game, Honduras was a strong team. We started fighting more and it was important for us to react and win. The coach encouraged us a lot, but I supported everyone to achieve better results.”

John Stuart, Barbados’ Coach: “I am happy but I think that we can do better. The team fought all time, in the second set I told them they had to fight, they needed to react and they did it. Now for us is important to play better and battle.”