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Grenada outlasts St. Maarten in four sets

ST. JOHNS, Antigua, August 16, 2018 - Grenada made their coach very happy with a closely fought 3-1 victory over St. Maarten in the opening encounter of the ECVA Senior female competition.

The game lived up to the early predictions of tight competitions as the score (25 -22, 29-31, 25 -23 and 25-14) apart from the final game was very close. 

Reneisha Stafford of Grenada led all scorers with 17 points and proved to be the big difference between the two teams with 11 spikes 3 blocks and 3 aces from her position as middle blocker. She was supported by Shakira Collymore with 10 points from the opposite hitter position.

Opposite AKilah Muelens had 10 points in a losing cause while none of her teammates reach double figures.

Coach Braithwaite was humble in victory and had praises for the St. Maarten team the way they fought. “First let me congratulate the St. Maarten team as they played a very good defense compared to my girls. We had opportunities for much more kills but we did not execute. However at this level a win is a win hence I am satisfied putting the victory under our belts”, he said.

Assistant Coach of St. Maarten, Ivance Richards pointed to the fact that the loss forces them into a must win position going forward. “Our girls started out very nervous and by the time they settled we made this a tough battle but like I said earlier the one who makes the most errors losses and unfortunately we were the ones to make more errors” he admitted.

In fact the error column was also very close as Team Grenada earned 55 points from errors but gave up 54.

Grenada will meet St. Lucia on the 17th of August in their second encounter while St. Maarten clashes with Bermuda.