St Vincent and the Grenadines subdues British Virgin Islands to open ECVA U-23 account

LA CLERY, St Lucia, August 13, 2016:  St Vincent and the Grenadines opened their account against the British Virgin Island in the inaugural Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Under-23 women’s Tournament, at the Vide Boutielle Secondary School’s court.

After battling on the court for an hour and forty minutes in a slow paced duel, St Vincent and the Grenadines triumphed 3-1(25-22, 25-23, 25- 23, 25-16).

St Vincent and the Grenadines owe their win to the scoring of Outside Hitter Shernell Browne who had a game high 17 points.

For the British Virgin Islands, Daijha Matthews had 9 points, to be her team’s lead scorer.

On the team analysis, St Vincent and the Grenadines outstripped their opponents 25-17 in spikes.

Cautious in her evaluation of her team’s efforts, St Vincent and the Grenadines’ coach- Nikita Campbell was satisfied that her charges “played well”.

However, she claimed, “There were some minor issues with the defence ... It is an area which has been affecting the team prior to coming to this tournament, but which we are going to try and sort out”.

Campbell ‘s opposite number Stephen Payne and team captain – Daija Matthews apportioned fatigue and unforced errors for their loss.

Matthews though was satisfied with the serves, stating, “We were very good on our serve”. 

She and Payne concurred that they were generally satisfied with the output of the team and vouched improvement when they meet St Lucia in their other fixture.

Next up for St Vincent and the Grenadines is a meeting with Antigua and Barbuda.