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PLEASANTVILLE, San Fernando,
Trinidad, July 11, 2022 - Suriname secured a
surprisingly comfortable 3-0 (25-18, 25-20,
25-18) triumph over Jamaica in a battle of teams
with 2-1 win-loss records for the second spot in
the 2021 Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association
Junior Men (Under-21) Championship at the
Southern Regional Indoor Sports Arena.
With the win, the Antoine Vliet-coached Suriname,
ended their four-match round-robin schedule in
the five-team winner-take-all competition with a
3-1 record and 16 points to earn their best ever
finish in the tournament history.
Haiti has a perfect record of 3-0 and 13 points
ahead of their final match while Jamaica
finished with a 2-2 record and 11 points in
third spot followed Trinidad and Tobago (1-2)
with three points, and winless US Virgin Islands,
who completed their four-match campaign with two
points.
In the final match in the pool, Haiti faces
Trinidad and Tobago and barring a shocking
defeat will take home the gold medals.
Despite the loss, Steve Davis, coach of Jamaica
said he was very proud of his players because he
knew that they worked very hard in the limited
time they had to prepare.
"Today, I have no blame for the boys even though
I think that we contributed to our defeat by not
having a good serving, passing or attacking game."
"Those errors happens when their is a lack of
preparation and that is what happened with us,
so to come away with a medal, our first since
1999 is still a positive and something for us to
work with."
Furgil Ong A Fat, Suriname's assistant coach was
pleased with the outcome, saying the boys'
executed the game plan very well."
"Our aim was to win the gold medal, but for us
to have our best finish in the competition,
since a fourth placed finish in 2017/2018 gives
us encouragement for the future." |
