Trinidad and Tobago defeat Honduras for seventh place

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, June 28, 2014 - Trinidad and Tobago defeated Honduras 25-23, 26-24, 25-15 to finish in seventh place at the Girls’ U-18 NORCECA Continental Championship at Gimnasio Nacional of San Jose, Costa Rica.

The Caribbean team, who concluded pool play as the highest ranked third place, earned their first victory to finish with a 1-2 win-loss record while the Central American had a 1-3 mark.

Trinidad and Tobago were the superior team despite their disadvantage in errors of 36-27.  They were better in spikes by 32-17, in the blocking category by 10-4 and in services points by 7-5.

For Trinidad and Tobago, Captain Reann Young scored a tournament-high 19 points, with 16 kills and 2 service points; also with double digits, Kaylon Cruickshank with 16 points and Destiny Leon with 10 points. 

Coach Macsood Ali of Trinidad and Tobago said “we knew Honduras plays similar as Guatemala and Costa Rica who we faced in the pool play round so we worked in making adjustments in our first passing and defense. It was a good match for the girls and Honduras performed well”.

Coach Catarina Lizeth of Honduras said they paid the consequences of their own mistakes “my girls lacked concentration, their defense was poor, the second set slipped out of our hands and it’s not the result I expected.”