St. Lucia had a tough draw in the Championships playing Jamaica and Trinidad right off the bat, but the Lucians were gritty soaking up all their challenges, including some tough sending offs to make the best of what was a harsh tournament for the unseeded Caribbean side. There was no Grenada, Dominica or Antigua for example to rub shoulders with, instead the Lucians were faced with the Caribbean's best.
St. Lucia however can be considered a bridesmaid of Caribbean netball as on several occasions they looked set to take over the top teams but would never actualise. On this occasion they would however come out of the competition with a feather in their cap, the scalp of St. Vincent.
It was a hard fought and well deserved victory that guaranteed them a fourth place finish in the competition. Their other victory was against Canada. Shem Maxwell who is St. Lucia's best shooter and arguably the best player on the team, finished 5th overall in shooting accuracy. She had 138 attempts and scored 115 of her country's 172 goals. Her accuracy was 83.33%.
Stats- 171 goals for, 237 against, 230 attempts for 309 attempts against. Goal difference -65, goal average 0.73 accuracy 74.78%.
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