Ex-Warrior Stanley sparks Team USA
Advertiser Staff
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Former University of Hawai'i standout Clay Stanley scored a team-high 14 points as the United States' men's volleyball team defeated Cuba, 25-22, 25-27, 25-23, 25-22, Thursday night to win its second consecutive NORCECA Continental Championship at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Stanley had 13 kills and one service ace while hitting .524 for Team USA, which finished the tournament 5-0 while losing just one game.
UH coach Mike Wilton and consultant Carl McGown were part of the Team USA staff.
"It was a great experience," Wilton said. "Clay gave a solid effort tonight, and now it's back home and begin preparations for our upcoming 2006 season."
Cuba, the world's 12th-ranked team, and the fifth-ranked United States are the traditional powers in the NORCECA zone, which encompasses North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Since the first men's NORCECA Championship in 1969 (the tournament is held every other year in odd-numbered years), Cuba has won 13 of 19 times. The U.S. won in 1973, 1983, 1985, 1999, 2003 and 2005, and finished second eight times.
Team USA qualified for the Grand Champions Cup in Japan in November.
TENNIS
TWO TOURNEYS ON TAP
Two tournaments will be played this weekend, with the Jane Forester-Leong Hawai'i Jr. Vet/Sr. Sectional Championships at Central O'ahu Regional Park and the Mixed Doubles Sectional Championships at Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort Holua Tennis Center on the Big Island.
The mixed doubles has drawn 29 teams from throughout Hawai'i. The teams represent clubs, parks and other organizations. Winners advance to the 2005 National Western Regional Mixed Doubles Championship held in November at Hilton Waikoloa.
VOLLEYBALL
CHAMINADE SWEEPS
Trina Kauliakamoa had 13 kills, six aces and six digs as No. 23 Chaminade beat Notre Dame de Namur, 30-17, 30-14, 30-21, last night at McCabe Gym.
Marijana Stanic added 12 kills and Brittnee Fonnesbeck 10 for the Silverswords (8-3), who hit .350 for the match.
Laura Trudelle had seven kills for Notre Dame de Namur (4-11), which was held to a .077 hitting percentage.
