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Dutch St. Maarten tastes first victory in win over Bermuda
Marigot, French St. Martin, September 1st, 2012 - Dutch St.
Maarten recorded their first victory when they won in four sets
(25-18, 28-26, 21–25 and 25-21) against a determined Bermuda
team in match number six of FIVB Men’s World Championship
Qualification Tournament NORCECA Group D.
Ian Bucci of team Bermuda had the most kills (16) in the match
while Captain Leonardo Jeffers of Dutch St. Maarten led his team
from in front with 15 Spikes.
Coach Raymond Jacobs was happy with the victory but clearly not
satisfied with the manner of achieving it. “I thought that we
should have been able to put them away in three sets, we should
not have been trading points with Bermuda. However I am glad
that we won so that we could achieve our secondary objective
which is to qualify,” he said.
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Coach Bill Bucci of Bermuda was graceful in defeat. “I am just
very pleased with these guys particularly the young ones. We
played much better than we played in our first game with many
players giving their best effort and that all I can ask of them,”
he said. We seem to be improving incrementally and now we won
our first set and lost a very close one. This augers well for
the future since we have teenagers (one 15 and the other 16)
coming in and contributing effectively,” he concluded.
Bermuda now has one point but have a tough task ahead of them
when they meet Antigua at 6 pm on Saturday 1st.
Dutch St. Maarten (5 points) awaits the clash with their border
rivals in the curtains game on Saturday 1st at 8 pm. |
