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PLEASANTVILLE, San Fernando, Trinidad, July 8 ,
2022: Suriname registered an impressive 3-0
(25-13, 25-18, 25-17) win over a jaded US Virgin
Islands in their 2021 Caribbean Zonal Volleyball
Association Junior Men (Under-21) Championship
round-robin opener at the Southern Regional
Indoor Sports Arena.
The win was the the first for Suriname to move
to the top of the five-team round-robin winner-take-all
table with a five points, followed by Haiti with
four points and host Trinidad and Tobago with
three after their wins over Jamaica (3-1) and US
Virgin Islands (3-2) respectively on Thursday's
first day of competition.
Leading the way for Suriname as they hunt a
first-ever crown was Shemar Jameson with 16
points and Jonovan Wijngaarde who added 12
points while for US Virgin Islands, Ajani Henley
had a team best 12, and Jomari Jacobs, who
chipped in with ten while Jared Brown got six in
the loss.
Speaking after the loss US Virgin Islands coach
Isaac Raphael said he did not want to make the
quick turn-around in his team matches from
playing the last night on the opening day to
first match on the second day a major talking
point, but instead pointed towards the
inexperience of his team.
"We have a very young group of players and and
when our starters did not not get off to a good
start we had to go to the younger guys, but
credit to Suriname as well as they have a very
good team and played a well."
US Virgin Islands captain, Gabriel Rosa said it
was tough for his team to play back-to-back
matches in less than 24 hours against quality
teams like Trinidad and Tobago, and then
Suriname.
"We put out a big effort last night and we just
could not find that same energy again today, but
our mentality is to come out to each match and
push as hard as we can and play to the best we
can, no matter the circumstances."
Suriname coach Antoine Vliet was delighted with
his team's display saying, "It was a very good
game for us."
"The guys were well prepared for this match even
though we had a delayed start and it showed in
our performance."
Team captain, Duncan Hiwat echoed the views of
his coach and said he was very happy with how
his team played.
"We played really well at the beginning of the
match, but then we had a dip in the second and
third sets, but I was very happy to see how we
rebounded in those sets to take the victory in
straight sets.'' |
