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PHILLIPSBURG, St. Maarten, July 26, 2015- Spurred on by about
100 partisan spectators St. Martin completely dominated play
against Antigua and Barbuda in the finals of the ECVA Junior
Female Volleyball championship. The match lasted 1 hour 18
minutes and St. Martin won in straight sets (25-22, 25-17 and 25
13.
The domination by St. Martin came as a result of superiority on
the team scoresheet. In spikes St. Martin poured in 20 to
Antigua and Barbuda’s 12. St. Martin got two blocks while
Antigua/Barbuda nil and St. Martin held the advantage in points
from the service line -13 to 9.
Joy Birarda playing as an outside hitter had the most points
among all scorers with 10 while Lauriane Ternon gave support by
contributing 8 points to the winning cause.
For the losers the highest scorer was Alexis- Ann Tomilson with
6. No other player had contributions worthy of note.
Coach Jean-Luc Lezin was still in celebratory mode. I am very
happy and very please. The girls really deserve their 1st
ever victory at this level it could have been even better had it
not been for the nervousness they were going through. However
they really worked hard for about 1 year until this time and now
the plans have come true. I am just so happy for them”, he said.
Coach Vanessa Burke of Antigua was gracious in defeat.
“Congratulations are in order for the winning team but I am
proud of how my girls played tonight. They went through some
tension and nervousness but we kept reminding them to relax and
have fun. We quite enjoyed the competition and we certainly
wanted to give more of a fight but that was not to be”, she
concluded.
The final positions therefore in the Junior Female Competition
are as follows: 1. St. Martin, 2. Antigua Barbuda, 3. St. Lucia,
4, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 5.
St. Maarten, 6. British Virgin Islands. |
