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Martinique finishes satisfying ninth at NORCECA Championships

 

GATINEAU, Canada, August 20, 2010 – Martinique defeated St. Lucia 25-17, 25-19, 25-17 on Friday to finish in ninth place at the NORCECA men’s junior volleyball championships.  St. Lucia now heads to the 10th place match against Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday.

 

Boris Zeline led the Martinique attack with 15 points while Yves Vadeleux added 10.  Julian Bissette was St. Lucia’s top scorer with 10 points. Martinique completes the tournament with an overall record of two wins and three losses.

 

‘’We reacted well today against a team that has a completely different style than ours,’’ said Martinique head coach Eddy Salomon.  ‘’This is a high level tournament and we learned some lessons.  We’ll be better prepared for the next one.’’

 

“We felt fatigue today,’’ added Zeline.  ‘’We played through it and our service game was the key.  We have never played at such a high level as this week’s tournament and it was a great experience.’’

 

St. Lucia remained winless but would love nothing more than to return home with a victory on Saturday.

 

“The performance was a lot better from the previous day,” said St. Lucia’s coach Elvin Germain.  “We improved our intensity and our enthusiasm to go after every ball.  I hope that tomorrow we can get a win, because I think the players deserve a win, they’ve fought very hard.”

 

 “Playing at this tournament means so much to us,” said St. Lucia captain Gillan Octave.  “To have this exposure is really good.  Our fight came back today and everything was there.”