Dutch St. Maarten relegates St. Vincent to the cellar of ECVA

ST JOHNS, Antigua, December 7, 2014 - The battle at the bottom was won by Dutch St. Maarten 3-1 (25-16, 27-25, 23-25 and 25 -19 ) over St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the opening match of the final day of competition in the  ECVA Senior Men Championship.

Middle Blockers in Stephan Ellis   (12 points) and Derrick Tidort (10 points) led the scorers for Dutch St Marteen. The brunt of the St. Vincent attack was borne by Captain Cassius Franklyn and Brendon Smart both with 15 points.

“We are not satisfied with the position where we ended but certainly satisfied with tonight’s performance. I thought that the guys stuck to the game plan by shutting down their main attack and thus forced them into uncharacteristic play that caused some errors and allowed us to execute” said Raymond Jacobs of St. Maarten.

Coach Brian Burke of St. Vincent though not happy was hopeful. “This tournament has shown us that we need to do a lot more work on the fundamentals of the game and get a lot more exposure to competition. We have noted some positives - we can play well at times but this is not consistent or sustained for any length of time. So we have seen the areas where we have work to do”, he reported.