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SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica, August 30, 2015 – Adolphe Rudolph
spent much of this tournament motivating his team seemingly with
very little success. On Sunday, the final day of the CAZOVA
Under 19 Championships, they ensured that he could return to
Haiti with his pride intact as the team defeated Trinidad and
Tobago three sets to one to finish third at the four team
tournament held at the G.C Foster College in Spanish Town,
Jamaica.
In what was a scrappy affair, Haiti emerged victorious 25-13,
24-26, 25-21, 25-15.
An obviously elated coach said the victory was being worked on
throughout the tournament during which he was constantly
motivating the players. "This is why I am happy about our final
match," he said.
Rudolph said he saw marginal improvements in his team's final
game so they will now take it step by step in an effort to get
better.
Denilson Francois had another solid game with 10 spikes, six
kill blocks and 12 rebounds.
Adonis Daniel also turned in a decent performance registering
seven spikes, five kill blocks and 10 rebounds to cap off an all
round creditable performance for the tournament's newcomers.
Trinidad and Tobago won their opening match against Haiti to get
start the tournament on a high but it was all downhill after
that as they lost their last four games including the playoff
for third to finish fourth.
Tyrique Nicolas produced 21 spikes for Trinidad and Pounder
Evlon contributed two blocks and nine rebounds but unlike the
opening day they were no match for Haiti.
Head Coach Gideon Dickson lamented his team's poor run of form
following its opening day win.
"With youth athletes it is always about being consistent and
being focused. Our guys were not consistent or focused enough."
Dickson said that there were several key areas in which the team
did not play well enough. "We came up short in attacking the
ball and there was some inconsistency in terms of setting the
ball. That played a major role in plenty of the results in the
game." |
