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Commercial Volleyball Prelims Conclude

Gros-Islet, St. Lucia: The 2nd Edition of the Commercial Volleyball League 2013 saw yet another exciting

weekend of volleyball.

Friday April 19, 2013; WASCO faced off against Goddard Group of Companies. #13 Ed Mathurin and

female national setter #3 Tramaine Chassang watered down WASCOs efforts winning the match 2 sets

to nil. The Police got trigger happy on WLBL unleashing their entire armory. They took this one with ease

2 sets to nil. The 3rd and final match of the evening saw CFL face off against the undefeated NSDC. A

thriller of a match it was as #12 Gillan Octave (national power hitter) played for the first time this

tournament. He took charge of his team a led them to victory against the onslaught of attacks from #7

Mustaphar Felicien and #4 Dervin Joseph.

Goddard Group 25 25 0 RSLPF 25 25 0

WASCO 19 15 0 WLBL 3 9 0

CFL 25 15 15

NSDC 20 25 12

Saturday April 20, 2013; Defending champions ECFH took on WLBL to starting the evening. With former

employee and last years’ MVP Amobi Armstrong, cheering them on from the stands, ECFH won this on

pretty easy with great blocking by #1 Ryan Devaux. The second match of the evening saw the

undefeated C Beverages take on NSDC. The match was filled with point changes and rallies as the two

teams battled; CBS to secure the 1st place in their group and NSDC to secure second. C Beverages took

this on in straight sets. The closer for the night and prelims was WASCO vs CFL; WASCO seeking their

first win of this tournament and CFL look for their second win to put them in good position in the

quarter finals. The match remained close the entire way. #12 Gillan Octave led his CFL team and WASCO

#6 Timothy James defensively. They match end in a 3rd set tie-breaker which saw CFL the victor.

ECFH 25 25 0 CBS 25 25 0

WLBL 7 18 0 NSDC 18 17 0

CFL 25 24 15

WASCO 23 26 9

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COMMERCIAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

RANK GROUP A W L

1 Coffee & Beverage Services (CBS) 4 0

2 Goddard Group of Companies (GGSL) 2 2

3 National Skills Development Centre (NSDC) 2 2

4 Consolidated Foods Limited (CFL) 2 2

5 Water & Sewage Co. (WASCO) 0 4

RANK GROUP B W L

1 Royal St. Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) 3 0

2 East Caribbean Financial Holding (ECFH) 2 1

3 Ministry of Education (MOE) 1 2

4 Windward & Leeward Brewery (WLBL) 0 2

Commercial Volleyball League takes a break as the St. Lucia Volleyball Association hosts the 2014

NORCECA World Championship Qualification Tournament – Round 2, Men Group J; April 27-28,

Beausejour, Gros-Islet. Haiti, El Salvador, St. Kitts and St. Lucia will battle to take one step further to the

2014 FIVB World Championships in Poland.

The 2nd Edition of the Commercial League 2013 resumes in its quarter final stages May 3, 2013.