Coaches Speak Ahead of the NORCECA

Women’s Finals Six

GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, September 14, 2025.- Head Coaches from Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States spoke ahead of the 2025 NORCECA Women’s Final Six event running from September 15 to 21 in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Tournament ranking points for the 2026 NORCECA Continental Championship, which is the Olympic Qualifier, in addition to world ranking points for the teams that do not compete in the Volleyball Nations League VNL.

Matthew Krueger, Canada’s Head Coach: “We’re excited to be back in Mexico, the tournaments have been great for us as a team and as a program. We’ve been very intentional with the things we’ve been working on from the last two competitions, we want to improve and see how we can get better. I’m looking forward to seeing how the last three weeks of practice will  progress our team into this competition. We have players who are coming back from the U23 Pan Am Cup and the Senior Pan Am Cup, but some new athletes are here as well, which shows the depth of our program and excited to give them an opportunity”.

Luizomar De Moura, Cuba’s Head Coach: “It is a great pleasure to be here, in a high-level tournament. I hope that in this new process I am starting as head coach of the Cuban team, we can have a great competition. I wish good luck to all participants and hope that Cuba achieves success as well.”

Marcos Kwiek, Dominican Republic’s Head Coach: “We are coming with a very young group, a group with great potential, and we have high hopes that they will play at a good level because they have been working hard. I believe we can perform well.”

Nicola Negro, Mexico’s Head Coach: “This is the last competition of a rather long season, as always. We are coming from a very positive World Championship, and we want to continue building on our work — it’s one more step in our growth. This year marked the beginning of a new cycle, and we are progressing, so we hope to finish well.”

Juan Carlos Núñez, Puerto Rico’s Head Coach: “This is the last tournament of the year; it’s been a long summer with the same players, and we want to finish strong. It’s in our best interest to put on a good performance against the teams from which we can earn world ranking points. We want to finish in the best way possible and stay healthy. We are going to do our very best.”

Erik Sullivan, USA’s Head Coach: “Our team has more young players than players with a lot of experience with us. It’s an opportunity to give some people some experience and the opportunity to wear our jersey and compete for our country. In anything we compete we expect to win, that is our goal, but in the end, we’re excited to play a lot of matches in a short period of time which will help us to compete”.