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PHILLIPSBURG, St. Maarten, July 26, 2015 – Defending champs St.
Lucia managed to find enough reserves in the tank to push aside
St. Vincent and the Grenadines and defeated them 3-1 (
25-17,25-23, 20-25 and 26-24). In doing so they claimed a
consolation 3rd place in the ECVA Junior Female
Championship.
St. Vincent and Grenadines pushed the St. Lucians to their limit
almost causing a 5th set as St. Lucia had to make up a sizeable
deficit before edging them at the end to secure victory.
St. Lucia offence was distributed right across the team sheet as
8 of the nine players contributed at least a point. Outside
Hitters Kishel Noel and Tessianna Norlay both recorded 9 to be
the joint scoring leaders.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Captain Jolecia Olivere had 10
points to lead from in front and got support from Nhaga Barker
with 8 points.
On team level St. Lucia enjoy a 25-19 advantage in Spikes and
grabbed 14 points to St. Vincent 10 from the service line. St.
Lucia also led in Blocks 4-2.
Winning Coach Florian Combie was distraught and at a loss for
words. “This can easily be classed as one of the worse
performances that I‘ve seen from a St. Lucian team under my
tutelage. There is absolutely no reason for them to be playing
so badly. I was really not impressed”, he averred.
On the other hand losing coach Cassius Franklyn was generally
pleased. “It was heartening to see how my girls stepped up and
pushed St. Lucia to the very brink. Unfortunately, we lost some
focus particularly in finishing the sets and they were able to
get the victory”, he explained. |
