VOLLEYBALL FLASH: Dominican Republic Takes Out Trinidad & Tobago

Dominican Republic Takes Out Trinidad & Tobago

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Dominican Republic overcame Trinidad & Tobago, 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-16) on the final day of pool play on Tuesday at the NORCECA Men's Continental Championship at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena.

Trinidad & Tobago finishes four in Pool B at 0-3 and will take Wednesday off to find out who it will play Thursday at 12:30 p.m. PDT in the classification round 5. The Dominican Republic finishes third in Pool B at 1-2 and will play the second-place team from Pool A (either the United States or Puerto Rico) at 5:30 p.m. PDT on Wednesday in the quarterfinals.

Trinidad & Tobago's offense struggled and the Dominican scored 27 points on errors while only giving up 15.

The Dominican Republic's Elvis Daverson Contreras led his team with 13 points on 11 kills, one block and one ace. Jose Miguel Caceras added 11 points on eight kills, two aces and one block.

Nolan Tash led Trinidad & Tobago with 16 points on 14 kills, one block and one ace. Sean Morrison added seven points on six kills and one ace.

The top two finishers at the NORCECA Continental Championship will qualify for the 2007 FIVB World Cup (Nov. 18-Dec. 2) in Japan. The top three finishers at the World Cup qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

The statistics for this match and all NORCECA Men's Championship matches are available for download at www.usavolleyball.org/National/NORCECA07_stats.asp. 

Tickets for the 2007 NORCECA Men's Continental Championship are available via Ticketmaster ( www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_header_search&keyword=NORCECA) or call 714-740-2000. For group sales, go to www.aegtickets.com or call 877-AEG-TICKETS. Tickets are also available at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena box office.
 
USA Volleyball web site for the NORCECA Men's Continental Championship can be found at www.usavolleyball.org/National/NORCECA07.asp. The tournament central page contains all the latest news, results and photos for the tournament.
 
2007 NORCECA Men's Continental Championship Schedule (All times PDT)
 
Pool A Standings
United States 2-0
Puerto Rico 2-0
Mexico 0-2
Barbados 0-2

Group A: Barbados, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States
Sept. 16: Puerto Rico def. Barbados 25-16, 15-17, 25-16
Sept. 16: United States def. Mexico 25-11, 25-15, 25-20
Sept. 17: Puerto Rico def. Mexico 25-15, 25-17, 25-20
Sept. 17: United States def. Barbados 25-13, 25-13, 25-4
Sept. 18: Mexico vs. Barbados, 5:30 p.m.
Sept. 18: Puerto Rico vs. United States, 8 p.m.
 
Pool B Standings
Canada 2-0
Cuba 2-0
Dominican Republic 1-2
Trinidad & Tobago 0-3
 
Group B: Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago
Sept. 16: Cuba def. Trinidad & Tobago 25-13, 25-16, 25-19
Sept. 16: Canada def. Dominican Republic 25-21, 25-23, 25-20
Sept. 17: Canada def. Trinidad & Tobago 25-14, 25-14, 25-10
Sept. 17: Cuba def. Dominican Republic 25-13, 25-17, 25-17
Sept. 18: Dominican Republic def. Trinidad & Tobago 25-15, 25-20, 25-16
Sept. 18: Canada vs. Cuba, 2:30 p.m.
 
Quarterfinals
Sept. 19 (Match 13): 2A vs. 3B, 5:30 p.m.
Sept. 19 (Match 14): 3A vs. 2B, 8 p.m.
 
Classification Round 5
Sept. 20 (Match 15): 4B vs. Loser of Match 13, 12:30 p.m.
Sept. 20 (Match 16): 4A vs. Loser of Match 14, 2:30 p.m.
 
Semifinals
Sept. 20 (Match 17): 1A vs. Winner of Match 14, 5:30 p.m.
Sept. 20 (Match 18): 1B vs. Winner of Match 13, 8 p.m.
 
Classification 7/8
Sept. 21 (Match 19): Loser of Match 15 vs. Loser of Match 16, 12:30 p.m.
 
Classification 5/6
Sept. 21 (Match 20): Winner of Match 15 vs. Winner of Match 16, 2:30 p.m.
 
Finals
Sept. 21 (Match 21): Loser of Match 17 vs. Loser of Match 18, 5:30 p.m.
Sept. 21 (Match 22): Winner of Match 17 vs. Winner of Match 18, 8 p.m.

 

2007 NORCECA Men's Continental Championship
September 16-21 - Anaheim, Calif.
Visit http://usavolleyball.org/National/NORCECA07.asp