The pressure will end in Monterrey –said Nancy Carrillo

 

MONTERREY, México, December 18, 2007.- Nancy Carrillo, the most heralded Cuban player during the past year, is confident her side will be crowned here at the Norceca Women’s Olympic Qualifier where one spot for Beijing is being disputed by six teams.

 

“We have prepared very well in order to secure the ticket to Beijing, the pressure must end here in Monterrey,” said Cuban Nancy Carrillo, the most valuable player in almost every tournament in which she has taken part this year.

 

The Cubans are the top favourites to take home the only berth to the Summer Games being disputed in the Olympic Qualifier played in the Nuevo Leon Gymnasium, in the light of the last encounters between the teams of the area where only United States is ahead of the islanders with three wins and two losses in 2007.

 

“Our spirit is very high, we knew that we had to prepare and we did it because we have to play well and we want to confirm our presence in China, the tournament is going to be tough because with the exception of the Trinidadians the rest aspire to come out on top, but we trust in ourselves that we are going to be the champions,” said the star middle-blocker.

 

Nancy, one of the tallest players in the island’s side, was named the Most Valuable Player in the Montreux tournament, The Sixth Pan American Cup in Colima, the Rio de Janeiro Games and the Norceca Continental of Canada, where they won the ticket to the World Cup, where she was the best in attack and third in serve.

 

“I train and play well to help my team, if I stand out, much better, because then my contribution is bigger. Now I am thinking the same, to battle for doing the best I can, because at the end of the day, the biggest winner is my own national team,” she said.