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PLEASANTVILLE, San Fernando, Trinidad, July 10,
2022 - Haiti moved within sight of claiming a
maiden title in the 2021 Caribbean Zonal
Volleyball Association Junior Men (Under-21)
Championship after easing past US Virgin Islands
3-0 (25-14, 25-7, 25-17) at the Southern
Regional Indoor Sports Arena.
The win lifted Haiti to a perfect 3-0 record and
13 points in the five-team round-robin series,
two points ahead of Jamaica (2-1) while Suriname
(1-1) is third with six points, followed by
followed by T&T (1-1) with three points and the
winless US Virgin Islands, fifth with two points
and a 0-4 record.
Speaking after yet another impressive win by his
team whose previous best finish at this age
level was second in 2017/2018 behind Barbados,
who opted not to defend their title after four
straight triumphs, Dieulengy Relis, captain of
the victorious Haitian said he was pleased with
the performance of the team, but warned that
they could still play a lot better.
"I am happy with the win today, but I know we
can play a lot better than we have so tomorrow
we will hope to continue to improve and get
another win to complete our objective, which is
to win the title.
Coach Junior Siecle added, "We are happy for the
win as we have the same objective for each match
which is to win as we want to take the title
back home.
"We have one more match left to play and we
intend to play with the same focus and energy
and hopefully we can get a win."
On, Monday, July 11, in the final round of
matches, Jamaica meets Suriname from 10 am, and
Haiti meets Trinidad and Tobago from 4 pm, at
the end of which, the top team will be declared
champions. |
