GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, June 9, 2013 - Guadeloupe cruised
past St. Kitts & Nevis 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-15) to conclude the
preliminary round of the NORCECA Second-Round Group L qualifying
event to the 2014 FIVB Women’s World Championship in Italy.
The NORCECA 33rd ranked Guadeloupe finished with a 2-1 win-loss
record and booked their ticket to next year’s third-round of
tournaments. They will face host Guatemala, currently ranked 14,
in the final match on Sunday night.
Guadeloupe’s offensive line was led by Meliza Bernard Fayolle
with 13 points, including 6 blocks. Isabelle Acina and Beatrice
Cyrilla chipped in with 13 and 11 points respectively.
Isabelle Acina, captain for the winners indicted: “St. Kitts
played hard in the beginning but we focused on our game. It’s
wonderful for Guadeloupe to qualify to the next round.”
For Antoinette Henry the result wasn’t as expected: “We could
have done better, we slowed down because of our mistakes. We
still have to fight hard for the third position in this
tournament”.
“As the match developed the team gained confidence because after
last nights’ loss they were afraid of failing” said Jean-Louis
Delag, Coach of Guadeloupe. He expressed his satisfaction to
advance to the next round as this is their first time ever to
compete in a world championship qualification. “St. Kitts played
good and good things will come from the good job their doing” he
added.
Steadroy Collins admitted: “We’re not perfect and mistakes were
done, the team has been working hard and we’re building up to be
more successful”.
