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PHILLIPSBURG, St. Maarten – July 24, 2015 - St. Martin wasted
little time in disposing of the British Virgin Islanders (BVI)
in straight sets (25-5, 25 -6 and 25-9) in game 4 of the ECVA
Junior Female Championship. The entire game lasted a total of 44
minutes and the French girls hardly had a reason to exert real
effort.
It was painful to see the BVI struggle with reception as St.
Martin got 29 points from services that were literally not
returned. The teams’ Spikes total was 6-3 while the only 4
blocks of the night were done by St. Martin.
Coach of the BVI team - Willis Potter was rather plain to point
to the fact that his team simple did not compete. “They just
seemed a bundle of nerves out there and as a result did not play
as expected. They put in some effort at the end of games but
that was too little too late. Frankly, I think that they were
intimidated by the occasion and thus failed to execute and
failed to compete.
St. Martin’s coach Jean- Luc Lezin was not quite ready to
celebrate. “We came here knowing that we were defeated last time
around by St. Lucia in the finals. So this game was just a step
towards our ultimate goal and that is to do one better that last
time. It was not a difficult game but we had to stay focused as
there is a tendency to relax in these situations.
Outside Hitter for St. Martin stood above all else in points as
she alone had double figures (14) during the game. Most of her
points came from service aces while Lauriane Ternon collected
Kills 2 blocks and 3 aces to contribute 8 points to the victory.
For the losers opponents errors accounted for 17 of the 20
points they eked out. |
