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Dominica pours in impressive show in ECVA Opener

 

   

PHILLIPSBURG, St. Maarten,  July 23, 2015 - Dominica came out piping hot in the East Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Junior Male Championship when they defeated Anguilla in straight set (25 -15, 25-16, and 25 - 23) in the opening game of the tournament.

 

The Dominicans made light work of their opponents in the first two sets but had to starve off a resurgent Anguilla in the third set.

 

Coach Ray Robinson of Dominica made his intentions clear at the end of the game. “We came here to win the tournament and I am just glad that were able to win our first game in such a fashion,” he admitted.

 

His opposite number Justus Connor had commendations for the victors.

 

“I must congratulate Dominica for controlling game and eventually winning but I thought that we made too many mental errors and this was shown in our play. However I cannot be too hard on my charges since most of them are rookies but I trust that they would learn from the experience and put up a better performance in our next game,” he said.

 

The scoresheet revealed that Dominica totally outscored Anguilla in spikes 32 to 14 whereas the blocks (6-5) and service points (2-2) were about even.

 

Dominica’s team captain Tamir Lawrence playing in the middle blocker position led all scorers with 11 points 10 of which came from spiking. He got good support from Faywani Foye also a middle blocker and Outside Hitter Camron Lawrence who both contributed 7 points.

 

For the losing team Aldus Frank was the top scorer with 8 points derived from 6 spikes and 2 blocks.

 

Dominica will face Grenada next while the Anguillans will face St. Lucia.