The Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Indoor Championships wrapped up on Sunday evening at Road Town, Tortola’s Multi-Purpose Sports Complex, with Saint Lucia securing two podium finishes: a bronze medal for the women’s squad and a silver for the men’s team.
For Saint Lucia’s women, the 2026 tournament brought an end to their recent streak of regional dominance. The side had claimed gold at the last full ECVA championship in 2024, and repeated that top-place finish at the 2025 Final 4 event hosted in Antigua & Barbuda. This year, however, the team finished off the podium’s top step, but still secured third place with a dominant straight-sets victory over host nation British Virgin Islands. The final set scores were 25-19, 25-15, and 25-22, locking in the bronze medal for Saint Lucia.
In the women’s gold medal match, Bermuda pulled off a 3-1 win over Antigua & Barbuda to claim the regional title. Set scores finished 25-23, 27-25, 21-25, 25-20 in favor of Bermuda, extending Antigua & Barbuda’s run of consecutive finals losses to three straight tournaments.
Reflecting on her team’s bronze medal result, Saint Lucia women’s captain and setter Cindy Wilson expressed measured satisfaction with the outcome. “We feel great,” Wilson said. “Third-place medal, it’s okay, it’s good. We came and did what we had to do. We ended on a good note, which is good.”
On the men’s side of the tournament, Saint Lucia continued its incremental climb back to the top of the regional podium, but fell just short of a gold medal finish in the championship match. Two years prior, the squad took bronze at the Antigua & Barbuda-hosted tournament, followed by a silver medal at the 2025 Final 4. This year, the team advanced all the way to the title tilt, where they faced off against St Vincent & the Grenadines.
Despite outperforming St Vincent & the Grenadines in Friday’s pool play matches, Saint Lucia could not replicate that result in the championship decider. St Vincent & the Grenadines secured a 3-1 victory (set scores 17-25, 25-17, 25-13) to claim gold, pushing Saint Lucia to the silver medal position.
After the final match, Saint Lucia men’s head coach Levi Leonce praised his team’s effort while pointing to a key tactical breakdown that decided the outcome. “First and foremost, I want to say thank you to all my guys that gave me what they had,” Leonce said. “Unfortunately, we just had a breakdown in serve receive today. It kept us a bit out of rhythm; they got a couple more aces than I would have been comfortable with. But that’s what it looks like when we have a breakdown in our serve receive.”
Leonce also acknowledged the strength of the champion side, noting that St Vincent & the Grenadines earned their win. “It’s not surprising; it’s something our team knew would be a problem if we were out of rhythm. And St Vincent came to play today, so kudos to them, respect to them as well.”