ISV Boys Safely Through to the Semi-Finals

The United States Virgin Islands (ISV) junior boys team overcame their errors and successfully navigated their way into the semi-finals of the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) 19U Volleyball Championships held in Spanish Town, Jamaica.

ISV took on a winless Cayman Islands (CAY) team in the quarter-finals. Though winless, CAY came out poised and ready to pull off the upset of the tournament. They jumped out to an early 3-1 lead causing ISV Head Coach Isaac Raphael to call an early timeout. The message got through as team captain Gabriel Rosa delivered great sets to all his hitters and they produced kill after kill. ISV won the first set comfortably 25-14. The second and third sets were more competitive on the scoreboard, but that was due to the many unforced errors ISV committed in those frames. The Virgin Islands had nine service miscues and eight wayward spikes but managed to come away with 25-21 wins in both sets. Jared Brown was the top scorer with 12 kills, and Logan Rogers had eight kills for the winning team. The win propels ISV into the semi-finals to play the top seed of Pool B, Trinidad & Tobago, on Friday.