HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 27 (ACN) Cuba lost 2-3 to Costa Rica on Sunday and finished sixth at the 1st North, Central America and Caribbean Continental Championship (Norceca) U17 women’s volleyball tournament, held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
According to the website www.norceca.net, the Cubans won the first two sets, 25-15 and 25-21, but the Costa Ricans reacted in the following ones, 25-19, 25-20 and 15-11.
The official statistics reflect better results of Cubans in attack, 51 points to 46, and blocking (11-4), but their rivals surpassed them in service (8-7), which shows that their own errors were decisive in the final results.
The individual standout was once again Cuba’s Salet Yuniksian Castillo Valdes, top scorer of the match with 19 points, 16 in at