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PHILLIPSBURG, St. Maarten October 14, 2022.-
This one almost turned out to be a five setter
as the 4th and final set saw two
teams with a never say die attitude. Eventually
St. Maarten got the edge and grasped it with
both hands, with the 3-1 victory (25-19, 25 -22,
25-27, 30-28.
St, Maarten took first place in pool A and got
an automatic berth to the semifinals.
Captain Akilah Muelens led all scorers with 15
points made up of 12 spikes and 3 aces. Support
came from Angela with 12 points which included 8
spikes and 3 blocks.
For Grenada Mitchell had 11 points while
Shakknia Orr and Thornia Williams each added 10
points
The scoresheet was close with St. Maarten
enjoying marginal leads in all categories. In
kills it was 29 to 28, blocks were 9 to 8 and
serve was 11 to 9. St. Martin also enjoyed 56
errors from Grenada while giving up 51 errors
themselves.
Coach Dimitri Beauperthuy was relieved.
“Tonight, our service worked for us, I think we
did well there. I really can’t put my finger
what happened in the third set and it trickled
over into the 4th set. Thankfully we
persevered and got the victory”, he said.
Staciann Lake of Grenada was still not
perturbed. “Tonight I saw a team that showed
vast improvements from game to game. We now move
on to the quarterfinals and once those
improvements continue look out for us”, she
reported.
Grenada meets BVI in the quarterfinals while St.
Maarten await winners in the semifinals. |
