Colombia get first win at CACG

CORDOBA, Mexico, November 26, 2014 - Colombia defeated Trinidad and Tobago in straight sets 25-10, 25-23 and 25-13 to get their first victory at Central American and Caribbean Games.

Carlos Alomia tallied 10 points for the Colombian team while Carlos Mosquera and Kevin Caraball finished with 9 apiece. For the Trinidadians, Simon Blake topped with 9. Colombia dominated in the blocking game 10-6 and 7-0 in aces, including two by Carabali and two by Juan Camilo Ambuila.

“Congratulations to Colombia. They played more progressively and went with more intensity. Their captain contributed a lot despite experiencing some injury issues. Today my team did not play like they shoud, except in the second set. If we had win it, probably the match could have been for anyone,” Nolan Tash, captain of Trinidad and Tobago said.

“I think we had a lot of patience, when we could get our of the defeat suffered against Venezuela. Thanks for your congratulations. We felt hurried in some moments of the match, but there is confidence, because we must be ready for our next match against Mexico,” Alexander Moreno, captain of Colombia stated.

“This was our first match against Colombia. I’m dissapointed for the results of today. From my team’s perspective we didn’t do things consistently, so we need to play more at this level and we can grow up from this experience,” Gideon Dickson, coach of Trinidad and Tobago remarked.

“It was a very tough match, considering that  we came from a defeat against Cuba. We worked hard all the time to win this mach and at the same time missed some players, but we could deal with that and earned this win,” stated Daniel Moine, coach of Colombia.