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Anthony powers Curacao to Group J women’s gold WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, May 12, 2013- Christine Anthony saved her best for last as hosts Curacao captured the gold medal in their second round NORCECA Group J qualifiers for the 2014 FIVB Women’s World Championship with a commanding straight sets (25-10, 25-15, 25-11) triumph over St Lucia at the International School of Curacao Auditorium, Willemstad on Sunday night. Leading the way for the host country, which played unbeaten throughout the tournament winning all four matches by 3-0 margin, was the USA-based

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ROUND 2 - GROUP J, CURACAO

SUNDAY MAY 12, 2013BULLETIN #4

Results of Finals Saturday May 12, 2013

MATCH RESULTS

GROUP-A

No. Date Time Teams Set Result per set (points)

1 2 3 4 5

1 11-May 9:00 Antigua vs Belize 1-3 11-25 25-18 17-25 13-25

2 11-May 11:00 Curacao vs St. Lucia 3-0 25-12 25-22 25-19

3 11-May 18:00 St. Lucia vs Belize 3-1 24-26 25-18 26-24 25-17

4 11-May 20:00 Curacao vs Antigua 3-0 25-8 25-9 25-9

5 12-May 8:00 St. Lucia vs Antigua 3-0 25-14 25-18 25-15

6 12-May 10:00 Curacao vs Belize 3-0 25-11 25-19 25-11

FINALS

No. Date Time Teams Set Result per set (points)

1 2 3 4 5

7 12-May 17:00 Belize vs Antigua 3-0 25-16 25-20 25-18

8 12-May 19:00 Curacao vs St. Lucia 3-0 25-10 25-15 25-11

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Individual AwardsBEST SPIKER

BEST BLOCKER

BEST SERVER

BEST DIGGER

BEST SETTER

BEST RECEIVER

BEST LIBERO

BEST SCORER

MVP

ANTHONY Christine #7 CUR

ANTHONY Christine #7 CUR

JAMANIKA Lianne #4 CUR

ARNOLD Shantell #16 BIZ

ROSALIA Durenne #9 CUR

MIDDLETON Esther #6 BIZ

ENCALADA Tanesha #13 BIZ

HOOI Neysa #10 CUR

ANTHONY Christine #7 CUR

Starting line-up

Substitute

Opp = Opponent

Pts = Points scored

Atts = Attempts

nn = Captain

L = Libero

Non scoring

Skills

Dig

Set

ReceptionSuccess - Faults

# Attempts

ExcellentTotal

AttsNo Name

4 121 Total Team2 22 11 Azar Giselle

1 16 8 Best Natasha

5 48 Total Team5 42 2 BURKE VANESSA

13 62 Total Team4 17 4 Augustin Nadege

ExcellentTotal

AttsNo Name

22 82 Total Team9 19 6 Middleton Esther

5 19 10 Young-Thurton Sherylee

18 87 Total Team18 80 13 Encalada Tanesha

28 52 Total Team11 20 10 Young-Thurton Sherylee

11 22 6 Middleton Esther

Best Scorer 6 30 5 Carr Kwansia13 42 12 Solis Tichele

ScoringSkills

Spike

Block

Serve

Opp. errorTotal

WonPts

TotalAtts

No Name

15 60 Total Team4 15 9 Wilson Naheemah

3 12 5 Carr Kwansia

6 41 Total Team3 9 5 Carr Kwansia

1 5 8 Best Natasha

2 56 Total Team1 9 8 Best Natasha

1 14 2 BURKE VANESSA

31 Total Team54 157 Total Team

WonPts

TotalAtts

No Name

31 93 Total Team13 28 12 Solis Tichele

7 25 10 Young-Thurton Sherylee

5 24 Total Team1 3 3 Hoare Precelia

1 2 10 Young-Thurton Sherylee

12 73 Total Team5 12 16 Arnold Shantell

3 11 10 Young-Thurton Sherylee

27 Total Team75 190 Total Team

TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES

ANT • Antigua 1 2 3 4 5 Pts

2 BURKE VANESSA

3 Beazer Annette

4 Augustin Nadege

5 Carr Kwansia

6 Ashterman AshleyL

7 Greer Jenna

8 Best Natasha

9 Wilson Naheemah

10 Michael Reika

11 Azar Giselle

L L L

4

1

6

3

5

2

2

Coach:Assistant:

Esron Gittens

Harris Lewis

BIZ • Belize 1 2 3 4 5 Pts

2 Williams Maurissa

3 Hoare Precelia

4 Habet Analisa

5 Scott Alina

6 Middleton EstherL

7 Garbutt Zaire

10 Young-Thurton Sherylee

11 Zuniga Marika

12 Solis Tichele

13 Encalada Tanesha

15 Solis Tisha

16 Arnold Shantell

L L L

3

3

11

3

13

3

12

Coach:Assistant:

Allan Sharp (BIZ)

Arvid Arnold (BIZ)

Referees: FAISAL Terry (LCA) & WILSON Roderick (CUR)

BIZANT 0

3 25

16

25

20

25

18

75

54

Teams Sets 1 2 3 4 5 Total

Set duration 0:16 0:22 0:23 1:01

Match: Spectators:Date:

City:

Hall:

7 1005/12/2013

Willemstad

Int'l School of Curacao

Match duration: Start: 4:58 End: 6:05 Total: 1:07

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VOLLEYBALL • Match result

2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification3rd Place (Places 3-4)

Starting line-up

Substitute

Opp = Opponent

Pts = Points scored

Atts = Attempts

nn = Captain

L = Libero

Non scoring

Skills

Dig

Set

ReceptionSuccess - Faults

# Attempts

ExcellentTotal

AttsNo Name

5 95 Total Team2 18 7 Hamilton Dania

1 7 4 Edward Latoya

2 69 Total Team2 62 12 Wilson Cindy

21 71 Total Team5 18 2 Lansiquot Jamilla

4 18 7 Hamilton Dania

ExcellentTotal

AttsNo Name

17 81 Total Team8 22 9 Rosalia Durenne

3 14 10 Hooi Neysa

9 68 Total Team9 63 1 Gomez Maya

18 34 Total Team7 9 7 Anthony Christine

4 10 10 Hooi Neysa

Best Scorer 8 35 1 Edward Natalie24 43 7 Anthony Christine

ScoringSkills

Spike

Block

Serve

Opp. errorTotal

WonPts

TotalAtts

No Name

21 82 Total Team8 25 1 Edward Natalie

6 22 5 Laurencin Indira

2 31 Total Team1 4 9 Williams Tyna

1 10 5 Laurencin Indira

1 37 Total Team1 4 4 Edward Latoya

12 Total Team36 150 Total Team

WonPts

TotalAtts

No Name

40 79 Total Team18 26 7 Anthony Christine

7 18 12 Grigorius Geraldine

9 36 Total Team4 10 4 Jamanika Lianne

2 3 7 Anthony Christine

6 74 Total Team4 14 7 Anthony Christine

1 20 1 Gomez Maya

20 Total Team75 189 Total Team

TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES

LCA • St. Lucia 1 2 3 4 5 Pts

1 Edward Natalie

2 Lansiquot JamillaL

3 Edward Tramaine

4 Edward Latoya

5 Laurencin Indira

6 Mondesir Skye

7 Hamilton Dania

8 Neptune Kerin

9 Williams Tyna

11 Mann Samantha

12 Wilson Cindy

L L L

8

3

7

2

1

3

Coach:Assistant:

Florian Combie (LCA)

CUR • Curacao 1 2 3 4 5 Pts

1 Gomez Maya

2 Allee Rayanalies

3 Dania Joanne

4 Jamanika Lianne

5 Celestina julady

6 Meulens Jurdelys

7 Anthony Christine

8 Philips Sonela

9 Rosalia DurenneL

10 Hooi Neysa

11 St.Hilaire Gyslaine

12 Grigorius Geraldine

L L L

2

9

2

24

6

4

8

Coach:Assistant:

Henry Delfina

Raymond Martha

Referees: BLALOCK Mary (USA) & BENJAMIN Samuel (BIZ)

CURLCA 0

3 25

10

25

15

25

11

75

36

Teams Sets 1 2 3 4 5 Total

Set duration 0:18 0:19 0:19 0:56

Match: Spectators:Date:

City:

Hall:

8 2005/12/2013

Willemstad

Int'l School of Curacao

Match duration: Start: 7:27 End: 8:29 Total: 1:02

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VOLLEYBALL • Match result

2014 NORCECA World Championship QualificationFINALS (Places 1-2)

Best ScorersRk No Name Team Spike Block Serve Total

1 7 Anthony Christine CUR 51 2 10 632 12 Solis Tichele BIZ 49 3 3 553 16 Arnold Shantell BIZ 25 8 12 454 5 Laurencin Indira LCA 33 7 2 425 12 Grigorius Geraldine CUR 30 5 6 416 1 Edward Natalie LCA 29 2 7 387 10 Young-Thurton Sherylee BIZ 27 2 8 378 7 Hamilton Dania LCA 27 3 4 349 4 Jamanika Lianne CUR 17 9 2 28

10 9 Wilson Naheemah ANT 19 4 3 2611 10 Hooi Neysa CUR 21 2 2 2511 8 Philips Sonela CUR 16 5 4 2513 11 Mann Samantha LCA 14 7 3 2414 4 Edward Latoya LCA 17 0 3 2015 7 Garbutt Zaire BIZ 8 8 1 1716 11 Azar Giselle ANT 11 2 1 1416 5 Carr Kwansia ANT 7 6 1 1418 6 Meulens Jurdelys CUR 7 4 2 1318 11 Zuniga Marika BIZ 7 3 3 1320 10 Michael Reika ANT 5 2 2 920 8 Best Natasha ANT 5 1 3 920 13 Encalada Tanesha BIZ 1 0 8 923 9 Williams Tyna LCA 5 1 1 723 2 BURKE VANESSA ANT 4 2 1 725 11 St.Hilaire Gyslaine CUR 4 0 2 626 1 Gomez Maya CUR 2 0 3 526 4 Augustin Nadege ANT 3 1 1 526 15 Solis Tisha BIZ 4 0 1 529 3 Edward Tramaine LCA 0 2 2 430 3 Beazer Annette ANT 2 0 1 330 12 Wilson Cindy LCA 0 1 2 330 3 Hoare Precelia BIZ 2 1 0 330 2 Williams Maurissa BIZ 1 1 1 334 5 Scott Alina BIZ 1 0 1 234 4 Habet Analisa BIZ 0 0 2 236 2 Allee Rayanalies CUR 0 0 1 136 5 Celestina julady CUR 0 0 1 136 7 Greer Jenna ANT 1 0 0 139 3 Dania Joanne CUR 0 0 0 039 9 Rosalia Durenne CUR 0 0 0 039 2 Lansiquot Jamilla LCA 0 0 0 039 6 Mondesir Skye LCA 0 0 0 039 8 Neptune Kerin LCA 0 0 0 039 6 Ashterman Ashley ANT 0 0 0 039 6 Middleton Esther BIZ 0 0 0 0

Total tournament 455 94 110 659

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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills

2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification

Best ServersRk No Name Team Aces Faults

ServeHits

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 16 Arnold Shantell BIZ 12 5 35 52 0.862 7 Anthony Christine CUR 10 4 49 63 0.833 10 Young-Thurton Sherylee BIZ 8 2 27 37 0.574 13 Encalada Tanesha BIZ 8 4 52 64 0.575 1 Edward Natalie LCA 7 7 36 50 0.546 12 Grigorius Geraldine CUR 6 2 33 41 0.507 8 Philips Sonela CUR 4 3 31 38 0.338 7 Hamilton Dania LCA 4 4 29 37 0.319 1 Gomez Maya CUR 3 2 49 54 0.25

10 4 Edward Latoya LCA 3 1 34 38 0.23

Total Tournament 110 95 845 1,050 4.23

Best BlockersRk No Name Team

KillBlocks

Faults ReboundsTotal

AttemptsAvg.

by set

1 4 Jamanika Lianne CUR 9 9 19 37 0.752 7 Garbutt Zaire BIZ 8 6 22 36 0.573 16 Arnold Shantell BIZ 8 5 9 22 0.574 11 Mann Samantha LCA 7 6 23 36 0.545 5 Laurencin Indira LCA 7 7 23 37 0.546 5 Carr Kwansia ANT 6 9 8 23 0.467 12 Grigorius Geraldine CUR 5 2 14 21 0.428 8 Philips Sonela CUR 5 4 15 24 0.429 6 Meulens Jurdelys CUR 4 2 1 7 0.33

10 9 Wilson Naheemah ANT 4 7 5 16 0.31

Total Tournament 94 128 330 552 3.62

Limit: 15.00%

Best SpikersRk No Name Team Spikes Faults Shots

TotalAttempts

Succ.%

1 7 Anthony Christine CUR 51 10 34 95 53.682 5 Laurencin Indira LCA 33 15 19 67 49.253 12 Grigorius Geraldine CUR 30 9 28 67 44.784 7 Hamilton Dania LCA 27 12 41 80 33.755 1 Edward Natalie LCA 29 13 44 86 33.726 10 Hooi Neysa CUR 21 10 32 63 33.337 12 Solis Tichele BIZ 49 30 72 151 32.458 10 Young-Thurton Sherylee BIZ 27 9 55 91 29.679 16 Arnold Shantell BIZ 25 20 47 92 27.17

10 9 Wilson Naheemah ANT 19 11 48 78 24.36

Total Tournament 455 220 728 1,403 32.43

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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills

2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification

Limit: 25.00%

Best ReceiversRk No Name Team Excellents Faults

ServeReceptions

TotalAttempts

Eff. %

1 10 Hooi Neysa CUR 19 1 18 38 47.372 10 Young-Thurton Sherylee BIZ 34 4 31 69 43.483 12 Solis Tichele BIZ 30 4 33 67 38.814 6 Middleton Esther BIZ 43 6 53 102 36.275 9 Rosalia Durenne CUR 27 4 33 64 35.946 4 Edward Latoya LCA 34 8 47 89 29.21- 11 Azar Giselle ANT 14 4 37 55- 2 Lansiquot Jamilla LCA 16 8 31 55- 1 Edward Natalie LCA 10 10 35 55- 4 Augustin Nadege ANT 17 4 29 50

Total Tournament 314 100 532 946 22.62

Best SettersRk No Name Team

RunningSets

FaultsStillSets

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 13 Encalada Tanesha BIZ 59 4 201 264 4.212 1 Gomez Maya CUR 44 4 179 227 3.673 12 Wilson Cindy LCA 27 6 184 217 2.084 2 BURKE VANESSA ANT 25 6 145 176 1.925 4 Habet Analisa BIZ 7 1 40 48 0.506 7 Greer Jenna ANT 5 - 20 25 0.387 3 Edward Tramaine LCA 3 2 59 64 0.238 1 Edward Natalie LCA 2 2 3 7 0.159 3 Beazer Annette ANT 1 - 3 4 0.089 12 Grigorius Geraldine CUR 1 - 12 13 0.08

Total Tournament 176 37 997 1,210 6.77

Best DiggersRk No Name Team Digs Faults Receptions

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 9 Rosalia Durenne CUR 28 9 40 77 2.332 7 Anthony Christine CUR 24 14 37 75 2.003 6 Middleton Esther BIZ 25 15 63 103 1.794 10 Hooi Neysa CUR 16 4 33 53 1.335 4 Edward Latoya LCA 16 8 31 55 1.236 7 Hamilton Dania LCA 15 16 40 71 1.157 10 Young-Thurton Sherylee BIZ 15 18 46 79 1.078 12 Solis Tichele BIZ 14 20 53 87 1.009 2 Lansiquot Jamilla LCA 12 20 40 72 0.92

10 1 Edward Natalie LCA 11 20 50 81 0.85

Total Tournament 244 374 1,122 1,740 9.38

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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills

2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification

Best LiberosRk No Name Team Excellents Faults In play

Totalattempts

Avg.by set

1 6 Middleton Esther BIZ 68 21 116 205 4.86

2 9 Rosalia Durenne CUR 55 13 73 141 4.58

3 2 Lansiquot Jamilla LCA 28 28 71 127 2.15

4 6 Ashterman Ashley ANT 15 33 72 120 1.15

5 10 Simon Rosemarie

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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills

2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification

Best DiggersRk Team Digs Faults Receptions

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 CUR Curacao 85 50 223 358 7.082 BIZ Belize 72 108 306 486 5.143 LCA St. Lucia 57 97 282 436 4.384 ANT Antigua 30 119 311 460 2.31

Total Tournament 244 374 1,122 1,740 9.38

Best ServersRk Team Aces Faults

ServeHits

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 BIZ Belize 40 37 217 294 2.862 CUR Curacao 33 17 244 294 2.753 LCA St. Lucia 24 19 222 265 1.854 ANT Antigua 13 22 162 197 1.00

Total Tournament 110 95 845 1,050 4.23

Best BlockersRk Team

KillBlocks

Faults ReboundsTotal

AttemptsAvg.

by set1 CUR Curacao 27 20 72 119 2.252 BIZ Belize 26 27 84 137 1.863 LCA St. Lucia 23 38 88 149 1.774 ANT Antigua 18 43 86 147 1.38

Total Tournament 94 128 330 552 3.62

Limit: 15.00%

Best SpikersRk Team Spikes Faults Shots

TotalAttempts

Succ.%

1 CUR Curacao 148 39 135 322 45.962 LCA St. Lucia 125 62 188 375 33.333 BIZ Belize 125 71 218 414 30.194 ANT Antigua 57 48 187 292 19.52

Total Tournament 455 220 728 1,403 32.43

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VOLLEYBALL • Teams ranking by skills

2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification

Limit: 25.00%

Best ReceiversRk Team Excellents Faults

ServeReceptions

TotalAttempts

Eff. %

1 CUR Curacao 67 8 66 141 41.842 BIZ Belize 115 18 135 268 36.193 LCA St. Lucia 74 32 156 262 16.034 ANT Antigua 58 42 175 275 5.82

Total Tournament 314 100 532 946 22.62

Best SettersRk Team

RunningSets

FaultsStillSets

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 BIZ Belize 68 9 302 379 4.862 CUR Curacao 45 6 232 283 3.753 LCA St. Lucia 32 13 266 311 2.464 ANT Antigua 31 9 197 237 2.38

Total Tournament 176 37 997 1,210 6.77

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Belize Downs Antigua & Barbuda for Third Spot

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: For the second time in their two

meetings, Tichele Solis was one of three players to score in

double-digits as Belize overpowered Antigua & Barbuda in

straight sets for third spot in their second round NORCECA

Group J qualifiers for the 2014 FIVB Women’s World

Championship in Italy on Sunday night.

Playing in the penultimate match of the four-team

tournament, Solis tallied 13 points, all spikes, while

Shantell Arnold got 12, five of which were aces, and captain Sherylee Young-Thornton, 11 in their 25-16,

25-20, 25-18 victory in 61 minutes at the International School of Curacao Auditorium, Willemstad.

It was the second win in as many meetings for 27th NORCECA ranked Belize over 19th ranked Antigua &

Barbuda, after emerging 25-11, 18-25, 25-22, 25-13 victors when both teams met on Saturday’s opening

day of competition.

Going into the match, Antigua & Barbuda, the second ranked team in the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball

Association (ECVA) behind fellow group opponents, St Lucia, was desperate to avenge the opening day

loss, but yet again it was outplayed by a much more determine Belize unit which outscored its

opponent, in spikes (31-15) and service aces (12-2).

For Antigua & Barbuda, Kwansia Carr had a team best six points and Naheemah Wilson, five in the loss.

Commenting after the match, Giselle Azar, Antigua and Barbuda captain noted the absence of some key

players in the team affected their blocking and attack strength, which was two of their weak points

during the two-day tournament.

She added, “We still managed to step up our passing from the two previous matches and we played with

a little more passion and energy, but it the end it was still not good enough and I credit Belize for their

play.

”Young-Thornton, was delighted with the win by her Belize team to secure third spot.

She said, “Coming into the tournament we had our target of a top two finish, but we were not able to

get it and end the end, the experience of playing at this level against teams from the other zones that

make up NORCECA was a great experience for us.”

Antigua & Barbuda coach, Esron Gittens while admitting his team missed the services of some key

players said he was still disappointed with the results as he thinks his team is much better than winning

only set in four matches.

Allan Sharp, coach of Belize said he was very proud of his team even though it missed out on a top two

finish which would have secured an automatic qualification spot to the third round.

He added, “For us it was a great experience to play against the taller, stronger and more athletic teams

than we normally do, because in Central America we are used to playing against the smaller players.

Sharp also praised NORCECA for its vision in the way the qualifiers were set up whereby teams from

different zones have to face each other.

“As a team and federation, Belize is very happy for the great exposure we got because we know it will

help us to improve in the future,” said Sharp.

By finishing third Belize still has a chance to qualifying for the third round, but will need to do so as the

best third place finisher from all six groups of the second round qualifiers.

In Sunday’s final that followed host Curacao which topped the round-robin series with maximum 15

points came up against Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association champions, St Lucia, with both teams

already assured of qualification to the third round of qualification to Italy,

When they met on Saturday morning, Curacao won 25-12, 25-22, 25-19.

Anthony powers Curacao to Group J Women’s Gold

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: Christine

Anthony saved her best for last as host

Curacao captured the gold medal in

their second round NORCECA Group J

qualifiers for the 2014 FIVB Women’s

World Championship with a

commanding straight sets (25-10, 25-

15, and 25-11) triumph over Eastern

Caribbean Volleyball Association

champions St Lucia at the

International School of Curacao

Auditorium, Willemstadon Sunday night.

Leading the way for the host country which played unbeaten throughout the tournament winning all

four matches by 3-0 margins was USA-based Anthony who attends North Carolina Central University

(NCCU) with a tournament-high 24 points, punctuated with 18 kills, four aces and two blocks.

Lianne Jamanika chipped in with nine, Geraldine Grigorius, eight, and Sonela Philips, six for Curacao

which got the win in 56 minutes, the fastest of the competition.

St Lucian captain, Natalie Edward and Indira Laurencin were the only real source of resistance for the St

Lucians with eight and seven points respectively.

From the opening set it was all Curacao as the host country stormed into a an 8-0 lead in the first before

St Lucia got its first point of the match, and despite minor lapses in defence, the host won the first set

with relative ease led by the four-prong attack of Anthony, Grigorius, Neysa Hooi and Jamanika

The second set began the same way as the first with Curacao building a 9-4 lead before St Lucia closed

to within two points at 12-10 after which the host stepped up its game and pulled away for another

comfortable set victory.

Faced with the difficult task of clawing its way back into the match, St Lucia never got going and was

easily overpowered in the third set, handing Curacao the gold medal before its vociferous home

spectators who had crammed into the venue.

Speaking after the match, St Lucia captain Edwards said she felt her team never really turned up at the

tournament and was no match for Curacao in the final.

“We know we can play better than we did and to be honest it seems as though we were just surviving

each match.

Maya Gomez, captain of Curacao was full of praise for her team which she said played an excellent

match.

“The girls have been training for a very long time and it’s nice to see that our hard work has brought

reward.

“Tonight’s final for us was not that difficult as we were very determine as a group to get the gold medal

in front of our home crowd and in the end we were able to do that.”

St Lucia coach, Florian Combie, first congratulated Curacao on a tournament well played noting it’s

something his team can sure learn from.

“We did not get the gold medal we wanted but second place also ensures that we qualify for the next

round and we now have to regroup, encourage some players to rejoin the team and return as a

stronger unit for the next round.

An elated Henri Delfina, Curacao's coach noted his team’s journey to the gold medal was not

that difficult as while St Lucia has a good team it has to improve technically.

“With regards to Curacao I think we defended well and credit must be given to Neysa Hooi for having an

excellent match while my setter, team captain Maya had her best match of the competition.” Stated

Delfina.

Curacao’s Anthony is Women's Group J MVP

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: Christine Anthony of host Curacao was named as ‘Most Valuable Player” of the

second round NORCECA Group J qualifiers for the 2014 FIVB Women’s World Championship after

leading her team past St Lucia, 25-10, 25-15, 25-11 in the tournament final with 24 points at the

International School of Curacao Auditorium, Willemstad on Sunday night.

In addition to the “MVP” accolade, Anthony who attends North Carolina Central University (NCCU) also

walked away with the “Best Scorer” and “Best Spiker” awards.

Commenting afterwards, the soft-spoken Anthony who was also in close contention for the “Best

Server” and “Best Digger” awards down played her own accomplishments and instead saluted the all-

round effort of her team-mates.

“We played as a team throughout and that was our goal. As for my awards I was a bit surprised at

winning three awards, but at the same time very happy as well,” ended Anthony.

Not to be left out Anthony’s team-mates Lianne Jamanika (Best Blocker), Durenne Rosalia (Best Digger),

and Neysa Hooi (Best Receiver) also picked up individual awards.

The other award winners were Belize trio, Shantell Arnold (Besr Server), Tanesha Encalada (Best Setter)

and Esther Middleton (Best Libero).

Women’s Group J Individual awards:

Best Scorer: Christine Anthony (Curacao)

Best Spiker: Christine Anthony (Curacao)

Best Blocker: Lianne Jamanika (Curacao)

Best Server: Shantell Arnold (Belize)

Best Digger: Durenne Rosalia (Curacao)

Best Setter: Tanesha Encalada (Belize)

Best Receiver: Neysa Hooi (Curacao)

Best Libero: Esther Middleton (Belize)

Most Valuable Player: Chrsitine Anthony (Curacao)