USA Women Reaches NORCECA Finals with Sweep of Canada 

 

WINNIPEG, Canada, September 21, 2007.- The USA Women’s National Volleyball secured a spot in the NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship gold medal match by defeating tournament host Canada 25-18, 25-11, 25-23 in the semi final round on Friday evening at Winnipeg, Canada.

 

Ogonna Nnamani tallied a match-high 18 points, Danielle Scott-Arruda chipped in 13 points and Cassie Busse totaled 10 points. Stacey Gordon led Canada with 11 points and Tasha Holness added eight points in the loss.

 

Team USA, the three-time defending NORCECA champion, will face Cuba in the gold medal match on Saturday. At the last NORCECA Championship tournament held in 2005 at Trinidad & Tobago, Team USA defeated Cuba with a five-set victory. Cuba has won the tournament a record 12 times in the 19 previous editions.

 

The NORCECA Continental Championship will not only crown the top team among North American, Central American and Caribbean nations, it will qualify two teams into the FIVB World Cup held Nov. 2-16 in Japan.