St. Kitts/Nevis turns back St. Eustatius best effort

Oranjestad, St. Eustatius,  July 11, 2014 - The scores will not reflect the  valiant effort poured in by home team St. Eustatius as they lost in three sets to neighbours St. Kitts Nevis (25-11; 25-18; and 25-22) in the closing game of Day 2 of the  ECVA Senior Female competition.

Everyone noticed that St. Eustatius played a far better game than on night one including their coach  who gave his views on the game.

"Tonight we lost to a team that we know the best in the Eastern Caribbean. I am just disappointed that he result could not have been better. They have not changed their style or pattern of play very much over the years and we should have been able to do a better job. Nevertheless we will remain motivated for the face saving game tomorrow against the Dutch"

Substitute  captain of the Dutch team Carla Duinkerk  agreed with his views. "We trained really hard and came out to put out our best effort, of course we are disappointed that that we lost but we are not disheartened" she said.

The St. Kitts/Nevis coach acknowledged the efforts of the opponents. "Tonight they showed that they are an improved team and fought for every point. For our part we played with confidence and we took the opportunity to try different rotations. In the last two games however we had to use experience to douse the spirited efforts of the hosts" he reported.

For St. Kitts/Nevis, Brenda Allen with 14 and captain Antionette Henry with 13 were the leading points scorers. For the host Sandra Voorneman 7 points was the highest among her teammates.

St. Kitts /Nevis outscored their opponents  34-14 in the spiking department, and had a small edge 5-4 in blocks. Service aces were in favour of St. Kitts Nevis 6- 2 while team errors were fairly even.