Dominica secures top spot in Pool A with straight sets win over St. Kitts/Nevis

Oranjestad, St. Eustatius,  July 12, 2014 - Dominica earned top spot in Pool A when they overpowered St. Kitts/ Nevis in straight sets (25-13; 25-17; and 25-20)  in the second match of Day 3 of the  ECVA Senior Female competition.

St. Kitts/Nevis best effort came in game three but by then Dominica had already picked up an unstoppable momentum. It was too little too late for the Kittitians.

We started out too slowly but having said that I thought our defense played a tremendous game but out attack was nonexistent for the most part. Then by the time we started to apply the pressure they Dominica was already in a groove" reported Steadroy Collins coach of the St. Kitts/Nevis team.

Captain Antionette Henry agreed with her coach. "It seems as if everything went wrong. They are a much taller team and so we started tipping and controlling but that did not work. I think we lost focus and concentration at crucial points as well" she admitted.

The St. Kitts/Nevis girls found points difficult to garner as Brenda Allen led the team with 8 while  Shanicia Dyer and Antoinette Henry contributed 5 each.

Dominica held the advantage in every scoring department - 29 to 20 in spikes, 7 to 2 in blocks and 6 to 2 in service aces.

Coach Albert Loblack was pleased with his team's efforts. "Kudos to the St. Kitts/Nevis team who defended much better than we anticipated. However credit must  also go to our girls who stuck to the game plan and executed very well to win in straight sets. It appeared to me that we were a little fitter than they were and this worked to our advantage" he recounted.

Dominica team Captain Anna Maria Xavier seemed to have enjoyed the victory very much. "It is always exciting to be in a good attacking mode it sets us up to meet the challenge of the next game which may be even tougher" she said.

Xavier led from in front with 12 points compiled via 12 spikes, 2 blocks and 2 aces but she also made reference to the other hitters like Marcia Gustave- Renault with 10 and Zahidu Henry with 8.

St. Kitts /Nevis as Pool A runner up will now have to play against St. Lucia - Pool B winner while Dominica pool A winner is expected to clash with Antigua (Pool A runner up) in the other semi finals.