St. Eustatius ends round robin matches with victory over Montserrat.

St. JOHNS, Antigua, September, 10, 2016 – St. Eustatius poured out its best performance of the tournament to defeat Montserrat 3-1 (27- 25, 23- 25. 25-18 and 25 -21)  in what was its final match of round robin games  of the  ECVA World Cup Qualifying tournament Group A men.

After losing easily to Anguilla and Antigua, St. Eustatius was eager to prove a point and they did just that. Brothers Enicio (14) and Shastri (9) Rivers combined for 23 points while Courtar Kenyon contributed 11. Enicio Rivers was the one who led all scorers with 11 kills and 2 service aces and 1 block.

On the other side of the scoring board Montserrat got a team high of 10 points from Kendell Hercules while Captain Dennison Daley chipped in with 9.

Daley who also doubles as assistant coach lay some of the blame for the loss on himself. “I think that I did not do a very good job in leading from the front. The first set could have gone our way had it not been for a crucial error from me that allowed Statia in. In the second set the guys stepped up a bit but very soon they began to suffer from fear of failure and so we began making errors in handling the ball. We have to learn how to get this right and not force the ball as much. It is imperative for us to get the ball to the setter and from there we can concentrate on attack. Overall I must congratulate the guys who pushed themselves to improve but it was clear that we were not firing on all cylinders at this time”, he reported.

Edmond Hook was full of glee and brought a big smile to the post-match interview.

“The guys started to play their game and this time around they did not allow outside elements to affect them. Most importantly they started to believe in themselves and believe that they could win and that was what accounted for the victory. I am satisfied the way they played overall but Patrick Jantzen had a very good game for the first time and also 15 year old Emilio Spanner who had 7 points, showed up and his efforts were counted”, he said.

St. Eustatius games are over with only  1 win they only have  a slim mathematical chance of going to the finals.  Montserrat on the other hand has one more game against Anguilla on Sunday 11^th.