Puerto Rico to play Mexico for ticket to Poland

PONCE, Puerto Rico, May 24, 2014 – Hosts Puerto Rico defeated Bahamas 25-19, 25-19, 25-13 to conclude the preliminary phase of the NORCECA Men’s World Championship Qualification Tournament Pool R with a spotless record on Saturday.

Puerto Rico now meets Mexico on Sunday in a match to determine the winners of the ticket to the final stage of the world championship in Poland.

Bahamas battled point by point for the most part of the first two sets before going down against the more experienced Puerto Rico.

“When we established consistency with our serves, we took advantage of our game,” Puerto Rico’s coach David Aleman said. “Bahamas is a team that has improved its game.”

“We need to continue playing hard and consistently to reach our goal of qualifying to the world championship,” Puerto Rican Angel Perez stated.

Raymond Wilson, coach of Bahamas: “I can say the boys went out to play and had good moments. We played two good matches against high level teams and that encourage us to continue working in our development as a team.”