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PLEASANTVILLE, San Fernando, Trinidad, July 9,
2022 -
Jamaica eased past the challenge of US Virgin
Islands 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-17) to improve to
a 2-1 record in their five-team round-robin
series and stayed in the hunt for the 2021
Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association Junior
Men (Under-21) Championship crown at the
Southern Regional Indoor Sports Arena.
The win lifted Jamaica to 11 points and top spot
on the table followed by Suriname (1-0) with
five points, Haiti (1-0) with four points, T&T
(1-1) with three points and the winless US
Virgin Islands, fifth with two points and a 0-3
record.
Speaking after his team's impressive win,
Jamaican's coach Steve Davis said he was pleased
with his team's effort which resulted in the win.
He said, "I know the boys worked very hard in
the short space of time we had to prepare and in
each game we play we have seen a drastic
improvement as we have gotten better and better
as the matches comes along."
Team captain, Andrae Robb, "We stuck to our game
plane given by our coach and we executed very
well which helped us to get the win. Overall, we
are happy with the outcome and will now rest
ahead of our final match on Monday against
Suriname.
US Virgin Islands' coach Isaac Raphael was quick
to point out his youthful team lacked the
experienced to put up a better showing.
"We know we have a very young team and you can
see that the capabilities of the players are
right there. But our inexperience continues to
bite us as we have been guilty of making too
many careless errors when we seem to be closing
the gap, and its has been hurting us in each
game."
Team captain Gabriel Rosa added, "I believes my team
needs to put more energy into our game from the
start."
"We have been getting off to slow starts and for
us to be competitive we need to have more
concentration and focus for our passing and
serving game to be effective." |
