ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, October 27, 2024: Keeping calm when things were against them, Antigua and Barbuda was able to carve out their destiny, to close out St Lucia, and reach the final of 2024 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Senior Men’s Championships here at the YMCA Sports Complex.
In a battle of wits and poise, Antigua and Barbuda came first, trumping 3-1(25-22, 16-25, 25-21, 27-25).
It was a not clinical performance by the Antiguans, as they extended their unbeaten run in the championships to five successive wins.
Appraising his team’s performance in the semi-finals, Karl Williams, the Antigua and Barbuda Head – Coach was cautious, noting that the mission is still incomplete.
“We played a very team in St Lucia, we didn’t expect it to be easy; It wasn’t easy, but most importantly, was the victory. We are half way there, one more game to go, then we would have completed the mission”, Williams related.
Heading into the title match, Williams opined, “We expect to come and represent; we expect to come and play our game and as long as we can play our game, we will be successful”.
For St Lucia’s Captain- Joseph Clercent, it was a match that they lost, rather than they were beaten.
“We lost the game in our attack and we had a few errors in our blocking; we had relatively good passing in the game, so we needed more consistency in our attack. We did not clean up our errors enough or we would have won that game”, Clercent analysed.
Antigua and Barbuda awaits the winner of the other semi-final, that features Dominica and Grenada.
