St Lucia remains unbeaten 

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, April 27, 2012  Host St Lucia was clinical as they shut out St Vincent and the Grenadines 3-0 (25-9, 25-22, 25-12) to remain unbeaten in the 2014 World Championships Qualification Tournament of the NORCECA Men’s Group B on Friday night.

The home team did not disappoint the fair sized crowd which turned out but at times was muted by the Vincentians' resilience. St Lucia is on a perfect score of ten points from their victories while St Vincent and the Grenadines remains on four, also from two matches.

After St Lucia easily took the first set, the Vincentians clawed back to push their opponents in the second. The host though showed their superiority in third as they pulled away midway in the set.

Kendall Charlery, Coach of St Lucia, and team captain Dayne Williams, both concurred that their team did not keep its composure enough throughout the match, especially in the second set. Williams said his team was able to capitalize on the Vincentians' errors.

Earlier, Grenada overcame a more spirited St. Eustatius team, to win 3-0(25-21, 25-13, 25-15) and record their first win.

Grenada took their tally of points to six, with the five gained from this three sets to nil win, while St Eustatius is yet to win a set and is pointless.

But both coaches expressed that their teams had shown some improvements on their previous outings.

Grenada's coach, Raphael Brathwaite said: "There was some improvement and we are looking forward to meet St Lucia in our last match and the semi finals, and take it from there."

Esmond Hook, Coach of St Eustatius said: "It was definitely an improvement for us and we expect to get better as the tournament goes on." 

Following the match, there was the Opening Ceremony which was addressed by President of the St Lucia Volleyball Association Brian Louisy and St Lucia's Director of Youth Development and Sports, Victor Reid. 

St Lucia engages Grenada from 10:30, as the preliminary round of the competition concludes on Saturday morning. St Vincent and the Grenadines play St. Eustatius in Saturday's first match of the double header.