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St. Lucia Junior Females sweeps away BVI

 

   

PHILLIPSBURG, St. Maarten , July 23, 2015 - St. Lucia made light work of British Virgin Islands (BVI) brushing them off in straight sets (25 -8, 25- 10, and 25 -8) in the first game of the ECVA Junior Female Championship.

 

The coach for the BVI, Willis Potter conceded that St. Lucia was a notch above his team.

 

“I tip my hat to St. Lucia as they played a good game. But I was encouraged by my team in defeat as they showed signs that they can do even better. Obviously the girls were a bit nervous and it was demonstrated in their play. The opponents came to the tournament much more prepared than us and that is something that we have noted”, he surmised.

 

St. Lucia’s Captain - Skye Faucher Mondesir  was somewhat disappointed despite the victory. “We have never underestimated any team and so we were expecting a bit more competition. The game was slow and hence we were a bit laid back. What I am concerned about is that I think that we really needed to push ourselves some more”, she admitted.

 

St. Lucia’s coach Florian Combie gave his own analysis of his team’s victory. “We are working from the premise that youth teams normally have many changes and hence one cannot be complacent based on what happened in the last tournament. Our service game was good, our reception was not what I would like it to be and based on the opponents the blocking was not really challenged. However a victory is a victory and we did it in such a way and we took the opportunity to give the rookies a chance to play” he noted.

 

The victors were led by joint leaders Nikita Greenidge (Middle Blocker) and Kishel Noel (Outside Hitter) with 10 points each.  For the losing team Shanique Robinson mustered 4 points to lead all scorers on her side.  Team scores were mostly lopsided as St. Lucia Lead in all categories; - 23 to 3 in Spikes; 30 to 6 Serves and 2-0 in Blocks. St. Lucia also accepted 34 points from the opponent’s errors.

 

St. Lucia next game is against French St. Maarten in the three team group.