Dutch St. Maarten suffers a meltdown versus Dominica

Oranjestad, St. Eustatius,  July 11, 2014 -Dutch St. Maarten succumbed meekly in three sets (25 -  25-  25-  ) to Dominica in what was the most lopsided game of the tournament  so far. The match was the second of   Day 2 action  in the ECVA Senior Women Championship.

Even the crowd on hand became sympathetic and groaned  with on every successive  point lost by the Dutch.

Dutch St. Maarten Coach Cleophas  Arrindell was fuming as he left the court. "I simply cannot find words to described what happened. They gave St. Kitts much more of a fight  now it seems as if they did not come to play. No foot movement, no communication nothing  absolutely nothing worked he wailed.

His captain Latasha Mills was of a similar view. "It seems as if after Vickie (Victoria James) got injured and left the court that all spirits just died we played as if we did not want to be out there. I can't explain it either, I am just very disappointed" she explained.

On the contrary Albert Loblack was all smiles. "Well it appeared as if they wanted to give us a gift so we took it and said thank you very much. Actually their lack of effort worked well for us as we were able to play most of our bench and rest some key players ahead of a marquee game against St. Kitts/Nevis. We even experimented a bit so we were grateful for the no contest" he said.

From the score sheet it was noted that Dominica got more than 50% of their points from opponents errors as 38 errors were recorded. The other points were made up of 27 spikes, 3 blocks and 7 aces.

Anna Maria Xavier was the top scorer of the game with 10 points while Zahidu Henry chipped in with 9 for the victors. For the losers Latasha Mills and Keishan Huggins both manage 3 points each.

Dutch St. Maarten Next Meet St. Eustatius in the final match of pool play while Dominica tangles with St. Kitts in what is expected to be the battle to win the pool.