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ST JOHN’S, Antigua, July 7, 2022
- St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), ended the
preliminary round of Pool B with a 3-0 (25-21,
25-17, 25-20 ) triumph over Dominica of the
Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association( ECVA)
Senior Men’s Championships at the YMCA Indoor
Facility.
The best
scoreR for St Vincent and the Grenadines was
Ronaldo Franklyn who had 20 points and for
Dominica, Keaun Reefe had 6 points.
SVG thus ended
the Group stage with a 2-1 win-loss ratio.
Coach of the
St Vincent and the Grenadines team – Eardley
Martin said that it was good for the team to
deliver a win, amidst the travails.
“ We ended it
with a win in our preliminary round, and to do
so 3-0 against Dominica gives us an outside
chance still for a fight semi- final place”,
Martin reasoned.
He said that
they will await the outcome of the St Lucia
versus St Maarten match, as it can go down to
points and sets, depending on the margin among
the teams.
Martin noted
that should St Lucia beat St Maarten in straight
sets, will set up the application of the
permutations.
Losing
Dominica Head Coach, was evidently disappointed
that his charges did not execute his plans.
“We came in
with a game plan, which was to go through the
middle because, I have noticed that St Vincent
and the Grenadines does not defend well through
the middle, but unfortunately my team did not
carry out that plan and there is where we lost
the match
LeBlanc
further disclosed that he insisted that the St
Vincent and the Grenadines team was tired, hence
called on his players to capitalize on this.
“I told them
that the St Vincent and the Grenadines team was
tired as they had little sleep and had had
already played two matches, whilst we only
played one, but the guys got excited, did not
capitalize on this… They lost focus and lost the
match”, LeBlanc recalled with disappointment.
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