Canada Silver
Maurice Torres scored a game high 14 points to lead the U.S. to a 25-14, 25-19, 25-16 victory over Canada in the gold medal final Saturday at the NORCECA junior men’s volleyball championships played before a full house at the Centre Sportif in Gatineau, Quebec.
It is the first time the U.S. has won the tournament for North and Central America and the Carribean (NORCECA) which started in 1998 and is held every two years.
Nicholas Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., the tournament MVP, led Canada with 12 points. The Canadians, also silver medallists in 2008, had their best set in the second but a six point U.S., run midway through was too hard to make-up.
The bronze medal and a berth into the world junior championships went to Puerto Rico who defeated Cuba 3-1, (25-16, 22-25, 25-18, 25-22).
