Dutch St. Maarten recorded their first victory when they won in four sets 25-18, 28-26, 21–25, 25-21 against a determined Bermuda team in match number six of FIVB Men’s World Championship Qualification Tournament NORCECA Group D.
Ian Bucci of team Bermuda had the most kills (16) in the match while Captain Leonardo Jeffers of Dutch St. Maarten led his team from in front with 15 Spikes.
Dutch St. Maarten Coach Raymond Jacobs was happy with the victory but clearly not satisfied with the manner of achieving it. “I thought that we should have been able to put them away in three sets, we should not have been trading points with Bermuda. However I am glad that we won so that we could achieve our secondary objective which is to qualify,” he said.
Coach Bill Bucci of Bermuda was graceful in defeat. “I am just very pleased with these guys particularly the young ones. We played much better than we played in our first game with many players giving their best effort and that all I can ask of them,” he said. We seem to be improving incrementally and now we won our first set and lost a very close one. This augers well for the future since we have teenagers (one 15 and the other 16) coming in and contributing effectively,” he concluded.
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