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Positive outlook from coaches before the
start of NORCECA Women’s Final Four
MANATÍ, Puerto Rico, July 17th, 2025.- Coaches of the
teams at the NORCECA Women’s Final Four taking place at Manatí,
Puerto Rico from July 18-20 commented about their expectations ahead
of the competition during the preliminary inquiry expecting a
high-level competition and to gain experience for their future
events.
Juan Carlos Núñez, Head coach of Puerto Rico:
Our first home tournament begins with high expectations, with our
goals this summer is to have a strong representation and earn points
in pursuit of qualification for the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Nations
League.
My team is a mix of veteran and young players. It's an interesting
mix, and it's important for these young players to gain experience.
We have several training sessions before tomorrow's match to get off
to a good start. It's a deeper team than last year's because we have
more experienced players to take on the challenge of the summer.
Nicola Negro, Head coach of Mexico:
This is our first event of the season where we have a young group,
and we've been making a lot of changes. It's the beginning of an
Olympic cycle, and the goal is to start building our game. Prior
this event, we had a training camp at the high-performance center in
Mexico, as well as several friendly matches with teams from the
United States, all with the goal of having a strong season.
We have a stable roster, the addition of about four athletes coming
from college, and the return of Samantha Bricio, a very important
player for our team, and we are very positive.
José Miguel Briceño Torres, Head coach Costa Rica:
We begin our national team participation phase with an eye toward
this year's regional tournaments, which include the Final Four and
the Central American Games.
We have an experienced team and young players, and we want to
prepare them to develop their game in this event. Since the
beginning of the year, we've been training twice a week and have
also used the national tournament to give the players a rhythm. Our
goal is for the players to experience what it's like to play against
teams that will demand technical and tactical demands from them,
expecting a progressive performance in this event.
Daymian Stewart, Head coach Trinidad and Tobago:
We are honor to be here and play at this level and for us is a big
initial of our international season. Our main goal is the Caribbean
championship in the Bahamas, so this is part of our preparation. We
will face very tough opponents, but we expect Costa Rica to be the
closes to our level and give them a challenge and to put our best
foot forward against Puerto Rico and Mexico.
It is a new team. We are transitioning from the team that qualified
from the world championship in 2018. We have some young players as
young as 15 years old so this is an opportunity to give them
exposure at this level, and this will really prepare us to continue
dominating in our zone.
Participating teams will be awarded FIVB World Ranking points valid
for the qualification process to the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Nations
League and the FIVB World Championship 2027. Additionally, the
champion team will earn the qualification to the Senior’s NORCECA
Women Olympic Continental Championship. | 
