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PHILLIPSBURG, St. Maarten October 13, 2022.- At
the end of the game the scoreboard read 3-0
(25-18, 25-20, 25-19) in favour of St. Lucia
over St. Eustatius at the senior female ECVA
championship.
However, the game was not as easy as it seems,
the pundits were expecting a walk over with the
defending champs going up against the underdogs
St. Eustatius. Instead the defending champs got
a run for their money.
St. Eustatius Captain Sjahnsia Hook from the
outside hitting position led her team with 10
points gathered from 5 kills and 5 Aces.
Unfortunately she got little help from the
others.
St. Lucia leading scorers were Middle Blocker
Tyna William with 18 points having recorded 10
Kills, 3 Blocks and 5 Aces and Kerin Neptune
with 14 (10 Kills, 3 Blocks and 1 Ace).
St. Lucia led in all areas of the team score
sheet, 31 to 13 Kills, 10 to 2 in Blocks and 15
to 7 Service Aces.
Coach Gordon Spanner of St. Eustatius was all
smiles despite the loss, “we lost in straight
sets but tonight we played a lot better than in
our previous game. We had some adjustments to
make that we could not make on the fly but
besides that it was a good game”.
Captain Hooks chipped in as well. “I really
enjoyed the game I realize that when I am fired
up my team gets fired up as well so I gave it my
all so that we could redeem ourselves tonight as
our opening game was not the best”
Kendall Challery coach of St. Lucia had a
forlorn look on his face after the victory. It
was rather surprising to me that our level
dropped. We may have underestimated our opponent
but dropping our level is inexcusable. It as an
all-round poor game as we did not execute in
service, reception, and defense”, he lamented.
Captain Cindy Wilson added some more to the
account. “The vibe that we had last night just
was not there. I agree with the coach that we
have to play much better, the other girls are
disappointed as we all know that this is not St.
Lucia’s game”, she said
Years of rivalry is expected to continue when
St. Lucia meets Antigua & Barbuda in the final
game of pool play. |
