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ORLANDO, Florida, July 8, 2009.- Netherlands
Antilles withstood a late Barbados charge to
conclude the FIVB Women’s World Championship
Qualification Tournament with a 25-22, 20-25,
27-25, 21-25, 16-14 victory Wednesday evening to
finish with a 1-2 record during the four-team,
three-day round-robin event being held at
Orlando, Florida. Barbados concludes the
tournament with a 0-3 record.
Netherlands Antilles’ Christine Anthony scored a
match-high and tournament-leading single match
total of 32 points, including 27 kills, four
aces and a block. Sonela Philips added 16 points
via 12 kills, three blocks and an ace.
Shari Matthews paced Barbados with 21 points,
including four blocks and 16 kills. Teammate
Thonya Joseph contributed 19 points and
match-high five blocks in the loss.
“It was a really hard fought match,” Netherlands
Antilles Head Coach Patricio Bridgewater said.
“In talking with the Barbados head coach before
the match, we agreed from the start that this
match would be a battle. Barbados’ effort made
us fight harder and pushed us to the limit. It
could have gone either way, but we had fewer
errors in key moments.”
“My compliments to Netherlands Antilles for a
good game,” Barbados Head Coach Andrew
Brathwaite said. “I am a little disappointed as
my team could have won. But we made too many
errors. Our blocking was horrible, and that had
been one of our strengths in tournaments leading
to this.” |
