ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, October 19, 2024: Bermuda again showed why they are have emerged as one of the favourites to go all the way in the 2024 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Senior Women’s Tournament here at the YMCA Sports Complex.
A straightforward 3-0(25-17, 25-16, 25 -21) over Anguilla, left Bermuda perfect from three matches, and in pole position for one of the two top places at the end of the preliminaries.
On the other hand, Anguilla, after three matches has a solitary win, but has conceded twice.
Smarting after their hard- fought win over St Lucia in their previous match, the Bermudans were all round better than their opponents, showing prowess and poise especially whenever Anguilla sought to take the upper hand.
The overall effort of the Bermuda team, pleased their Head Coach- Shalae Rae.
“We keep positioning ourselves well… We came here wanting to win and that hasn’t change and having a three- nil record can only help us going into the final games”, Rae stated.
Despite the win, Bermuda’s Captain- Kaylee Trott said there were some anxious moments.
“We were not playing our true game at the beginning… It took a little while to find our footing and when we found it, we were in a grove and we are hoping to start next game right off the bat, playing our game”, Trott related.
Losing Coach of Anguilla- Jason Liburd, thumbed, “passing” and “setting”, for his team’s demise.
“We had issues passing… The setting was (also) really the problem why we couldn’t really get over the hump, but not being able to fix the passing in the situation, was our downfall”, Liburd bemoaned.
A dejected Anguilla’s Captain Rikiesha Leveret, acknowledged that losing the match, left her “down”.
This as she felt, “I feel we could have played a better game… We just needed the passes and that’s a crucial part of the game… To get the passes up to get the play going; if there are no passes, there is no play”.
Despite the disconsolateness, Leveret still has faith in her players, to rebound in the remaining matches.
Match eight pits Antigua and Barbuda against St Maarten.
