Curaçao men sweeps Martinique and finished sixth

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, July 29.- Curaçao defeated Martinique 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-17) and finished at the sixth place of the 18^th Caribbean Championship in Paramaribo, Suriname.

Loser Martinique finished on the last spot. Curaçao outperformed Martinique in every skill, 30 to 10 in points from attacks, 6-2 in blocks and 5 to none in serves. Despite the dominant performance by Curaçao, Martinique did not commit more errors than the winner.

Opposite Anthony led Curaçao with 22 points. Outside hitter Berth contributed with 8 points to sink Martinique. For Martinique outside hitter Marie-Antoinette and outside hitter Lefaivre scored 9 and 8 points respectively.

Rigoletto Thode, Coach of Curaçao: “One thing I always say to all my players is that we have not lost at this tournament. We are here to learn. Especially for the young players in the group. Today we played freely. I used all reserve players and I can say that they did not do a bad job.”

Eddy Erialc, coach of Martinique: “We are going to look back what we can adjust to our game. Too much errors we made today. We didn’t show up today. It is like we couldn’t make any good points in the attack. We will evaluate and do things for developing the game in our country.”