By VINO
The BVI U18 Girls team lost 3-0 to host nation St Martin at the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Junior Female Championships on Friday July 24, 2015. Photo: Oris Photography
The BVI U18 Girls team suffered a successive defeat at the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Junior Female Championships, going down 3-0 to host nation St Martin on Friday July 24, 2015.
St Martin wasted little time in disposing of the BVI in straight sets (25-5, 25 -6 and 25-9) in game 4 of the Championship, with the entire game lasting a total of 44 minutes and the French girls hardly having 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 simply 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 than last time. It was not a difficult game but we had to stay focused as there is a tendency to relax in these situations.”
St Lucia had made light work of the BVI U18 Girls Volleyball team on Thursday July 23, 2015, brushing them off in straight sets (25 -8, 25- 10, and 25 -8) in the first game of the ECVA Junior Female Championship, in St Martin.
Meanwhile, Virgin Islander Tamisha Georges has been appointed a Referee at the ECVA Championships.
