St Vincent and St Lucia open with victories

GROS ISLET , St Lucia, Friday April 27, 2012 - St Vincent and the Grenadines defeated Grenada 3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-12) to win the opening match of the 2014 World Championship Qualification Tournament of the NORCECA Men’s Group B here at the Beausejour Indoor Facility. By winning 3-1, St Vincent and the Grenadines earned four points and Grenada one.

In the second match of the day, hosts St Lucia recorded an uncomplicated 3-0 (25-9, 25-6, 25-9) win over St Eustatius and came away with maximum five points. The home team had little trouble in disposing of their inexperienced opponents.

Coach of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines team, Brian Burke, though grateful with the victory was not totally satisfied with his team's overall performance.

"We were not consistent enough as we made a lot of crucial errors especially in the first, but we need to always play to our true potential," Burke said.

Grenada’s Raphael Braithwaite laid blame on his team's reception of the serves. "Our reception was very poor, but as we go game by game, we should improve," Braithwaite stated.

The coach of St Lucia team Kendall Charlery was not totally happy that his charges' efficiency in every department. "We still have a couple areas to work on the free balls coming over, giving away easy points, but it is work in progress," Charlery reported.

Losing coach, Esmond Hook, thumbed the essentials for his team poor showing. "Our biggest problem was bringing back the service, which led us to make bad setting and it was difficult to get back in the game and the team became frustrated because you can't get going with a bad pass," Hook commented.