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ST JOHN’S, Antigua/Barbuda, May 14, 2016 – Grenada got the
better of St. Lucia when both teams met in the second round of
matches in the ECVA Youth Boys Competition. After losing the
first set Grenada came back to win in four sets, 21-25, 25-17,
30-28 and 25 -16.
The score belies the closeness of the games as there was little
difference between the two in the run of play. Grenada however,
took advantage of some St. Lucia lapses at most critical times
in the game.
The victory brought a lukewarm reception from the coach Raphel
Braithwaite. “I am satisfied with the victory but still not yet
happy with the performance overall. For example one of my main
hitters has still not yet clicked. I have tried everything but
it is still not yet working out for him. Added to that we still
did not execute the way they were supposed to. St. Lucia gave us
a lot of free balls and due to a more rounded attack we were
able to capitalize and that made the difference in the game” he
reported.
Coach of the losing team Bernard President was shell shocked. “I
don’t know what happened to my guys as this game was there for
the taking. I still think that we are the better team but we did
not show the fight that we exhibited in the first game. Somehow
they played like the game was to be given to them. I am still at
a loss for words in terms of what really happened here,” he
complained.
Twin brothers setter Jamie Noel (13) and middle blocker Javin
Noel (7) combined to give 20 points while Marvin John dished up
11 points to lead the Grenadian attack.
On the other hand the St. Lucian attack which was centered
around Levi Leonce showed that his 14 points was the most among
the losing team.
On the team score board Grenada trailed in blocks as they were
edged 4-3 by St. Lucia but Grenada had 30 kills to St. Lucia 25
and collected 13 points from the service aces to St. Lucia’s 6.
The result meant that Grenada will play in the finals having won
both of their games so far. St. Lucia meanwhile may have to come
to grips with playing for bronze based on the results of the
curtain game Antigua/Barbuda versus St. Vincent and the
Grenadines. |
