Phillipsburg, St. Maarten October 16, 2022. The St. Lucia team left the best game until last winning in straight sets over contenders BVI (25-17, 25 – 10 and 25-13). In doing so they retained the female championship title and remained undefeated throughout the tournament.

At the onset of the second set the St. Lucia team seemed to have switched gears to a different level and BVI had no answer. They literally had their way in all facets of the game. In attack, Louis 9, Neptune 9 and Chenoa 5 contributed the most to the overall tally of 29 points from kills. On the other hand,  BVI could only manage 7 kills. St. Lucia also led at the net leading 7 to 4 in this category.

Service points were also in St. Lucia’s favour 14 to 4. Altogether this was the “Lusha” pressure that BVI succumbed to. Eventually Neptune ended with the most individual points (17) on the night whereas BVI did not get their attack going and no one had double figures in points.

Coach of the BVI team Stephen Payne was gracious in defeat.” The championship was all St. Lucia, they had their way and we could not find answers at the moment. However, the intension for us coming here was to medal and we have achieved that objective. I would like to say congratulations to the winners, they deserve it. We will now debrief   and concentrate on future efforts.” He said.

Kendall Challery coach of St. Lucia was overjoyed. “I am very happy that we got the job done the girls stuck to our game plan by thwarting their main attack once we did that we gained momentum on that and never looked back. Finally the girls start was playing the way we ought to. We have a tendency to drop our level but that did not happen tonight. So I feel very proud and I know the fans back home will be happy for us.” He surmised.

The final positions at the end of the ECVA senior female competition are as follows:- 1 St. Lucia 2. BVI 3. Antigua Barbuda 4. St. Maarten 5. Grenada. 6. Anguilla 7. St. Eustatius-