French St. Martin brushes aside St. Vincent and the Grenadines

ST JOHNS, Antigua, December 5, 2014- French St. Martin showed little regard for the young St. Vincent and the Grenadines squad defeating them in straight sets (25-18, 25-23 and 26-24) in match #4 of the East Caribbean Volleyball Association Senior Men Championship.

St. Martin had promised to have a much better showing in second game and they delivered. 

For the winners Rotilio Richardson led with 14 points and he was assisted by Paul Quellery with 12. Cassius Franklyn of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was the highest scorer during the game with 15 points all of which came from successful kills.

They poured in 38 spikes from 91 attempts led by the back in form Rotilio Richardson with 13 kills. At the net they got 5 effective blocks and 4 points from their serve and to top it off accepted 29 points from the opponents’ errors.

Coach Theirry Stephen of French St. Martin was not overconfident after the victory. “First let me commend the guys for delivering on what we promised and this had a lot to do with executing what we practiced. However I noted a few loose ends in our play and we have to improve there”, he warned.

His Captain - Paul Quellery chalked it up to the fact they were now well rested and ready to play after shaking off the first day jitters.

Head coach of St. Vincent and the Grenadines team – Brian Burke resigned to the fact that his team is still on the learning curve. We made far too many errors and this is largely due to the inexperience of the guys at this level. Our aim therefore is to learn and improve in every successive game”, he said.

French St. Martin ended group play with one win and one loss and will now depend on the result of the other group match to position themselves for the semi finals.