Showdown looms in Pool A play of ECVA Men’s Championship

ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, October 24, 2024:  The race for the top spot in Pool A of the 2024 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Senior Men’s Championship here at the YMCA Sports Complex, remains a tight one.

This, as Antigua and Barbuda, as well as Grenada, remain the teams to stay perfect in that pool.

They have both stitched together performances that have led them to dispose of their opponents with some level of ease.

After defeating Bermuda 3-1 on day one of the championships, Grenada added the British Virgin Islands to its list, as they also won 3-1(14-25, 25-12, 25-9, 25-21), to win match six.

Likewise, Antigua and Barbuda, added another 3-0 win, as they too are 2:0 in win/loss ratio, when they saw off the British Virgin Islands, 25-11, 25-19, 25-19 in match nine.

As a consequence of the results, the race for the top position is now on.

Summing up the two wins and ahead to the upcoming matches, Antigua and Barbuda’s Head Coach – Karl Williams gave a philosophical outlook.

“We are nowhere. We have two wins, but we have to get at least four more. We have to play smarter; we have to play stronger, so our next game is our first game”, Williams reasoned.

Grenada’s Head Coach- Karreem Salhab believes his team has rid themselves of the “jitters” that affected them in the two previous matches.

Looking ahead, Salhab said: “We try to take it one step at a time. Next, we have St Eustacius. We have to do our homework and come prepared to play them”.

Other Pool A results saw Bermuda defeating St Eustacius 3-0(25-11, 25-18, 25-14) in match seven.