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PLEASANTVILLE, San Fernando, Trinidad, July 9,
2022: Haiti maintained their winning record in
the five-team round-robin series of the 2021
Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association Junior
Men (Under-21) Championship with a combative 3-1
(25-18, 20-25, 25-19, 25-17) win over Suriname
at the Southern Regional Indoor Sports Arena.
With their second four-sets victory on the trot,
Haiti improved to a 2-0 record, and eight points,
three points behind Jamaica (2-1) who has played
a match more while Suriname (1-1) is third with
six points, followed by T&T (1-1) with three
points and the winless US Virgin Islands, fifth
with two points and a 0-3 record.
An elated Dieulengy Relis, captain of the
victorious Haitian team said his team came to
the tournament with one objective.
"We know that all teams will be a challenge, but
we came with the objective to win each match we
play and take the trophy back to Haiti.
Coach Junior Siecle added, "We are going to take
each match as they come and like my captain said
our one aim and focus in this competition is to
take the winning trophy back home."
Antoine Vliet, coach of the Suriname team said
his team lacked the focus to challenge Haiti for
the win.
"We were not as focused as we should have been
and I must also credit the two Haitian outside
attackers because I believe they made a big
difference in the outcome while we did not play
our best match as well."
Duncan Hiwat, Suriname's captain said his team
were beaten by a better team on the day while
admitting that they also made too many errors.
"Haiti had a really good game and their defence
was superb against us as well as their attacks,
but we will regroup and hope to come back better
in our next match." |
