Eagles battle hard but still surrender to Alphas

ALPHAS needed only three sets to dispatch Eagles Volleyball Club in the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) League, ongoing at the National Gymnasium.

However, the final scoreline did not do justice to a strong showing from Eagles’ Volleyball Club that didn’t go down without a fight.

The first set was a blowout as Geno Caroll followed up his 19- point performance in his last match, by adding 11 match winners for his team in a 25-16 win.

While Caroll’s effort continued to lead his team overall, it was Paul Welcome that had an amazing performance on the night with 14 points to lead the overall team scoring.

The second set proved a tougher contest as Eagles’ Trevon McRae and Ariel Moore showed their aerial ability with some fabulous points; the duo took 10 points each but still lost the second set 20-25.

Eagles worked even harder in the third set, but without success as Alphas found the tie breaker on each occasion.

Joel Cort scored some vital points as they managed to close it out in three sets, winning the third 30-26.
Top team Alphas, despite being wasteful with 38 errors, managed 36 successful attacks and six blocks by the final whistle.

The win sees Alphas take the top spot in the standing, displacing the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by virtue of points scored (both teams won four out of their five games played in the league).

Caroll for his exploits now tops the individual points table with 61 points scored, as compared with second-placed Omari Joseph with 59 points and Trevon McRae with 55 points.

The league continues this evening (Friday) `at the National Gymnasium.