25th June 2019
St. Lucia finishes 3rd in OECS Senior Netball Tournament
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By St Lucia Sports Online
St Lucia Sports Online - In the second round match featuring the battle of the Saints, neither team was able to break the deadlock as the game ended in an exciting 42 all draw.
St. Lucia led in the first three quarters 13 – 11, 25 – 9 and a 34 – 31. However, a late flurry by St. Vincent and the Grenadines, in which they outscored their opponents 11 – 8 resulted in the tie.
Leading the way for St. Lucia was Goal Shoot Shem Maxwell with 32 from 41 attempts and Goal Attack Roxanne Snyder 10 from 15 attempts.
For St. Vincent and the Grenadines their Goal Shoot Maryann Frederick netted 39 from 47 attempts, while the Goal Attack S. Daniel scored 3 from 6 attempts.
St. Lucia had 56 attempts to their opponents 53, and scored only 75 percent.
In St. Lucia’s final game of the tournament, they defeated Dominica convincingly 59 – 33.
They led at every quarter 16 – 11, 28 – 20, and 48 – 25
St. Lucia was led by Dasha Eugene with 21 from 29 attempts, Shem Maxwell 31 from 34 attempts and Roxanne Snyder 7 from 12 attempts.
For Dominica Goal Shoot Anne Marie Xavier netted 18 from 23 attempts, Goa Attack L. James a perfect 12 from 12 attempts and Melissa Williams 3 from 5.
St. Lucia’s 59 from 75 attempts, gave them an improved shooting percentage of 79.
The Tournament was won by Grenada, with St. Vincent and the Grenadines placing second and St. Lucia third.
The following Awards were presented at the end of the Tournament.
- MVP St. Lucia – Shem Maxwell
- Best Attacking Player – Shem Maxwell – St. Lucia
- Best Attacking Team – Grenada
- Best Defending Team – St. Lucia
- Most Disciplined Team – Dominica
Congratulations to Shem Maxwell and the youthful St. Lucia team on their sterling performance.
It must be pointed out that one of the objectives of the recently concluded ECCB sponsored OECS Senior Netball Tournament was to facilitate teams qualifying for an international ranking.
While the second round match between Grenada and St. Lucia was affected by rain both countries agreed to share the points and allow the match between St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica to be played.
This gesture would allow Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to acquire the quota of eight matches needed to qualify for an international ranking.
Grenada and St. Lucia played seven international matches which would allow St. Lucia to acquire a ranking since they only needed to play one international match to achieve the feat.
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