St Vincent outlasts BVI to record first win in Group K

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, July 27, 2013 – The duo of Cassius Franklyn and Kemaul Lee combined to post 31 points to orchestra St Vincent and the Grenadines’ downing of the British Virgin Islands 3-1 (25-18, 22-25, 25- 12, 25-22) to get their wins column activated in Group K of the 2014 FIVB NORCECA Men’s Qualifiers here at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex Saturday night.

Franklyn accounted for a game high 18 points and Lee recorded 13, to lead their team to their maiden victory in this the second round of the qualifiers.

The win also condemned the hosts to their second defeat in as many matches, but they were able to salvage one point, having taken a set from the Vincentians.

Buoyed by the triumph, St Vincent and the Grenadines’ coach- Dominic White thinks it was the right fillip for the team going into their last preliminary match versus Panama Sunday morning.

“This win serves to inspire us …. We plan to take our game to a higher level when we face Panama and come with a higher intensity”, White stated with a measure of satisfaction.

He said that in their team discussions prior to the match, they had worked out if we played hard and be consistent and  serve  well and receive well , their attack would have been en sync.

But for the British Virgin Islands coach- Stephen Payne, it was a case of his team handing the match to St Vincent and the Grenadines.

“We were not outplayed by the Vincentians, but all credit must go to them who played their game consistently … We had a large number of unforced errors and again had a lot of bad passes which led to our down fall”, Payne lamented.

Payne said that his charges get their passing aspect of their game going, they will perform better.

St Vincent and the Grenadines faces Panama in Sunday’s morning‘s first match, then the winless British Virgin Islands take on the unbeaten Dominican Republic as the preliminary phase of the group comes to an end.