ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, October 27, 2024: Covering all their bases, Dominica put together an efficient performance to blank Grenada, and waltz into the final of the 2024 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Senior Men’s Championships here at the YMCA Sports Complex.
Winning 3-0(25-18, 25-19, 25-23), meant that Dominica chalked up their fifth win in as many matches.
Dominica thus will play Antigua and Barbuda in the decisive match.
At the stake is the opportunity to be crowned ECVA champions, with the higher stake being the organization’s representatives at the next Continental Championships.
With a place in the final assured, Dominica’s Manager- Ithoma James said that patience was the mantra in getting past Grenada, who deemed is a “balanced team”.
“We took our time. We made sure that we did everything well; We have a few players that are really not known yet but we can go to them every time that we need points and we were very good at executing”, James informed.
James believes his team plans to take that same tenacity and will to win, we they oppose Antigua and Barbuda.
Gracious in their defeat, Grenada’s Assistant Coach- Javin Noel thought that his team lacked the fight needed in a crucial match such as a semi-final.
“Both teams came to fight, both teams came into win, but at the end of the day it is the team who wanted it more”, Noel conceded.
Despite not reaching the final, Noel related, “This team has come a long way and they have definitely improved”.
The Assistant Coach opined that in general, the sport of Volleyball is an upward trajectory in Grenada.
But all is not lost for Grenada, as they St Lucia in the bronze medal match that precedes the Final.
