Cuba outclass Bahamas in straight sets

CORDOBA, Mexico, November 25 2014 - Osmany Uriarte and Javier Jimenez scored 14 and 13 points respectively in the victory of Cuba over Bahamas 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-15) in the second match of the first day of Men’s competition at XXII Central American and Caribbean Games.

Byron Ferguson y Shedrick Forbes scored 5 points apiece for the Bahamas that surrendered 29 units to the Cuban squad by mistakes, while Cuba gave up 21.

However Cuba aced  six times against one by Bahamas, with three by Javier Jiménez. But in the blocking department Bahamas concreted 4 points against 2 by Cuba.

“My team tried to play. We had some lack of passing, but tried to do it with confidence, with some execution. We saw this as challenge It  was a big challenge for us, congratulations to Cuba”, said Prince Tanique Wilson, captain of Bahamas.

“Bahamas were not an easy opponent. They made us play . Always the first match is the most difficult. We have the responsibility of going out to play well against every rival. There is not any one in particular to be the one to beat,” Cuban captain, Rolando Cepeda stated.

“It was tough but I feel proud of my team. They played well. It was about excecution. We faced a team with a high level and experience. The difference in the score was short (in the first set) and to face their height we tried to be quick, of course they are a great team,” Devince Smith, coach of Bahamas mentioned.

“It was our first match. Congratulations to Bahamas in the way they played. We missed some things and have to work a lot in order to improve them. I don’t see ourselves as favorites, as there are several teams competing here. We are in a tough pool. Probably the most difficult I’ve ever seen with three teams that were at the world championship like Venezuela and Puerto Rico, along with us”, Rodolfo Sánchez, coach of Cuba said.