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Antigua & Barbuda dismisses Dutch St. Maarten
Marigot, French St. Martin, August 31st, 2012 –
Antigua/ Barbuda confidently put away Dutch St. Maarten 3-0
(25-21,28- 26 and 25 -15) in match number two of FIVB Men’s
World Championship Qualification Tournament NORCECA Group D.
It was only in the second set where they found themselves in
trouble trailing by as many as 8 points. At one point Dutch St.
Maarten got to 23 with Antigua Barbuda on 17. They then rallied
with an all round game to take the set 28-26.
Collin Thomas led all scorers with 15 points made up of 13
spikes and 2 service winners while Leonardo Jeffers poured in 13
points in a losing cause.
“It was a good win but not necessarily a good performance,” said
Coach Fitzroy Benjamin of Antigua/ Barbuda. “We only executed
about 10 % of what we are capable of. We found ourselves
struggling to execute what was planned and so the game did not
flow in a manner that we wanted it to. This was probably due to
a bit of nerves and some sluggish movement but we will get that
sorted out before the next game,” he reported.
For Dutch St. Maarten it was heartbreaking loss especially when
they gave a good account of themselves in set #1 and was very
close to winning in set # 2.
Coach Raymond Jacobs of Dutch St. Maarten gave his account. “We
got them where we wanted them and at that point did not
capitalize and did not finish plain and simple as that. Apart
from that I am somewhat pleased with the effort with the
exception of the third set where it seems the guys simply laid
back. However I have taken away a lot of positives from this
loss,” he said.
Antigua/Barbuda next plays French St. Martin while Dutch St.
Maarten tangles with Anguilla. |
