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ST JOHN ‘S,
Antigua, July 6, 2022 - St Lucia and arch rivals
St Vincent traded points and sets, but St Lucia
finally trumped 25-22, 18-25, 25-23, 15-13, in
an epic battle of the Saints, as Pool B of the
Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association( ECVA)
Senior Men’s Championships heated up at the YMCA
Indoor Facility.
With no
quarter given and none asked, Asmond Franklyn
made good of 28 points for the Vincentians,
while his team mates Jahmal Small and Jamaar
Cropper each registered 14 points.
Tevin St Jean
had 11 points for St Lucia, to be his team’s top
scorer.
St Vincent and
the Grenadines outdid St Lucia in Blocks 11-8
and Serves 5-2. But it was St Lucia who conceded
fewer errors- 38 to St Vincent and the
Grenadines’ 47.
A beaming St
Lucia Head Coach Terry Verdant was bubbling for
the win.
“ I am feeling
great, because in our last two outings, St
Vincent and the Grenadines had beaten St Lucia
and for me that was not normal so I had to take
revenge tonight”, Verdant said.
Stating that
his team made some adjustments during the match,
Verdant commented: “We tried to play an easier
game, because at the beginning we were trying to
rush the game… In addition, we noticed that
they wanted the ball cross court, so began to
block them inside”.
Verdant’s
opposite number – Eardley Martin was gracious in
defeat.
According to
Martin, “The guys played their hearts out …
Playing St Lucia is never always easy… We know
each other and there will always be that type of
intensity between the two”.
Martin
believed that despite the loss , he is confident
of his players resetting and coming back
stronger in their remaining matches.
“We started
the competition and we are going to end it”,
Martin projected of a St Vincent and the
Grenadines versus St Lucia final.
Match four in
the tournament features Anguilla and Bermuda in
Pool A. |
