Grenada take bronze medal in straight sets

LABORIE, Grenada, August 21, 2016:  Grenada took the bronze in the penultimate match in the men’s Group B of the NORCECA Zone FIVB World Championships Qualifiers,  numbing Bermuda  3-0  ( 25-23, 25-19, 28-26)  here at the Laborie Indoor Facility.

It was the consolation for the home team which had hoped for better fortunes, especially in front local supports and familiar territory.

Engineering Grenada’s third place win on the points tally chart, were Outside Hitter- Jonell Phillip, who scored 12 points, while Middle Blockers -Christopher Oxford and Nikel John contributed 11 and 10, respectively.

For Bermuda, Middle Blocker - Eron Woods and Outside Hitter- Daniel Fiddick were joint lead scorers with 9 points each to their names.

Grenada was ahead in Spiking 33-30; Blocks, 8-7 and prevailed in serving with 9 aces to 1.

Individually, Phillip accounted for 10 of his team’s total spikes, while John and Oxford each had 3 blocks, and Outside Hitter – Kevon Noel aced 4 serves.