Dominica continued their reign in the semi finals

25 September 2010,Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.- After a dominating win over Grenada, Dominica continued their reign in the semi finals against Antigua.  The attacking skill of Dominica's big man, #10 David Toussaint proved too much for the Antiguans although they put up a valiant battle.  Dominica took the first two sets 25 – 22 and 25 – 22. 

The Antiguans came back in the third set determined to stop the Dominican powerhouse and won that set 23 – 25.  The Dominican fans were armed with horns and noise makers and helped carry them home in the fourth set with a score of 25 – 23.

Manager of Team Dominica, Robert Guiste was satisfied with his team's performance. "We are looking forward to playing whomever we meet in the finals and will use tonight's game to observe any errors and work towards improving for the big finals" he said.

Antiguan coach Orson James graciously expressed his congratulations to the Dominican team for making it to the finals.  He commented that his team played a very timid game.  There were lapses in their concentration and the players did not stick to the game plan.  According to James, "We were weak in blocking and floor defence which contributed to our downfall.  We are now playing for third place and hope that tomorrow we can capture that position".

Dominica will face the winner of the second semi-final match between St Kitts and St Lucia.

The second semi final match between St Lucia and St Kitts, had everyone on the edge of their seats.  St Lucia had a good first set with some fantastic plays by their big hitters, Jason Octave and Joseph Clercent.  The second set was just as thrilling with both teams battling hard to maintain a lead.  The St Kitts team was all fired up after a player and coach were issued yellow cards by the referee, but the fire could not last against the St Lucian team who remained calm and focused.  St Lucia  won in three sets 25 – 20, 25 – 22 and 25 – 19.

Charlery, head coach of the St Lucia team thought that it was so far the best match of the tournament.  "Congratulations to St Kitts for a keenly fought battle.  They put up a good fight and wanted this win badly but we wanted it more.  We will now prepare for Dominica and come out and fight like we St Lucians can."

Glenn Quinlan, head coach of the St Kitts team had this to say - "I thought we played well in the first and second sets and the first half of the third set. Lack of a substantive bench hurt us in the end especially with one of our premier blockers out of commission due to a concussion suffered in an earlier match.  In the end I thought our reception was a significant key in out downfall as we felt the pressure from the St Lucian servers.  Not to take anything away from them as they demonstrated excellent ball handling skills and power and were the better team tonight."

In Sunday night's final round Antigua will meet St. Kitts for the bronze medal and St Lucia and Dominica will got to battle for the gold.