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CHAGUANAS, Trinidad, May 9, 2015 - Hosts Trinidad & Tobago and
Jamaica booked spots in the semifinals of the Caribbean Zonal
Volleyball Men’s Beach Volleyball Tournament, a first round
competition of the NORCECA Continental Cup towards the Rio de
Janeiro Olympics 2016.
Trinidad & Tobago advanced after sweeping Curacao 2-0 while
Jamaica was forced to win a Golden Set against U.S. Virgin
Islands in their quarterfinal series at the National Development
Centre at Saith Park, Chaguanas on Saturday.
In the opening match, the top ranked Trinidad & Tobago pair of
Daneil Williams and Fabien Whitfield brushed aside Curacao-B duo
of Norandy Bonafasia and Kyran Ersilia 21-18, 21-12 while TTO-B
pair, Abraham Eccles and Tevin Joseph overwhelmed Curacao-A duo,
Darwin Colina and Jeandro Tokaay 21-13, 21-15.
Jamaica earned its semifinal spot after it edged out third
ranked US Virgin Islands 2-1 in a “Golden Set” with Mark Lewis
and Ryck Mc Kenzie battling past Bradley Reading-Connors and
Gustavo Cintron 15-13 to secure a final-four meeting with
Curacao.
Earlier on Reading-Connors and Cintron (USVI-A) had put their
team 1-0 ahead via a 23-21, 21-15 defeat of Jamaica-B’s
Christopher Walters and Donovan Richards, but Lewis and McKenzie
evened the tie at 1-1 when they stopped Edward Peter Jr and
Carlos Rosa Jr of USVI-B 21-17, 21-14.
The teams of US Virgin Islands and Curacao made full of the
double elimination format of the tournament as they rebounded to
power their way through the losers bracket to reach the last
four.
Both USVI and Curacao needed “Golden Set” victories over
Barbados and Suriname respectively, to earn their places though.
Despite losing out on a chance to play for the gold medal,
Barbados and Suriname had the consolation of earning a top six
finish which they will decide on Sunday as they joined the four
semifinalists in qualifying for the next stage of NORCECA
qualification towards the Olympics.
The top six CAZOVA teams now clash with the top six Eastern
Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) teams at a date to be
determined and from which teams will advance to a third round
against the top Central American nations.
Saturday results:
Aruba 2, Bonaire 0
Dwayne Angela/Elmerlindo Robles ARU-A d Richisons Frans/Percy
Prudencia BON-B 2-0 (21-8, 21-6), Fransua Angela/Michaello
Martilia ARU-B d Emanuel Silie/Deebro Trinidad BON-A 2-0 (21-8,
21-11)
Barbados 2, Bahamas 0
Elwyn Oxley/Winston Gittens BAR-A d Muller Petit/Renaldo Knowles
BAH-B 2-0 (21-17, 21-17), Daran Gill/Sheldon Roach BAR-B d Byron
Ferguson/Princtanique Wilson BAH-A 2-0 (21-18, 21-7)
Haiti 2, Cayman Islands 1
Kirk Shervin Rankin/Richard Campbell CAY-A d Senel Dupuy/Marco
Alexis HAI-B 2-0 (21-14, 21-15), Fritz-Emmanuel Mabou/Kempes
Vilmont HAI-A d Phillippe Deslandes/Olney Thompson CAY-B 2-0
(21-16, 21-9). GOLDEN SET: Fritz-Emmanuel Mabou/Kempes
Vilmont HAI d Kirk Shervin Rankin/Richard Campbell CAY (15-9)
Suriname 2, Guadeloupe 1
Baptiste Arnouts/Cedric Lavoye GDP-A d Roberto Joval/Eurwin
Daansi SUR-B 2-0 (21-19, 21-8), Keven Sporkslede/Fugil Ong A Fat
SUR-A d Guillaume Coudevylle/Loic Couchy GDP-B 2-1 (21-18, 6-21,
15-13). GOLDEN SET: Keven Sporkslede/Fugil Ong A Fat SUR
d Guillaume Coudevylle/Loic Couchy GDP (15-7)
Jamaica 2, U.S. Virgin Islands 1
Bradley Reading-Connors/Gustavo Cintron USVI-A d Chrsitopher
Walters/Donovan Richarsd JAM-B 2-0 (23-21, 21-15), Mark Lewis/Ryck
Mc Kenzie JAM-A d Carlos Rosa Jr/Edward Peter Jr USVI-B 2-0
(21-17, 21-14). GOLDEN SET: Mark Lewis/Ryck Mc Kenzie d
Bradley Reading-Connors/Gustavo Cintron (15-13)
Trinidad and Tobago 2, Curacao 0
Daneil Williams/Fabien Whitfield TTO-A d Norandy Bonafasia/Kyran
Ersilia CUR-B 2-0 (21-18, 21-18), Tevin Joseph/Abraham Eccles
TTO-B d Darwin Colina/Jeandro Tokaay CUR-A 2-0 (21-13, 21-15)
Barbados 2, Aruba 0
Elwyn Oxley/Winston Gittens BAR-A d Fransua Angela/Michaello
Martilia ARU-B 2-0 (21-13, 22-20), Daran Gill/Sheldon Roach
BAR-B d Dwayne Angela/Elmerlindo Robles ARU-A 2-1 (16-21, 21-19,
16-14)
Suriname 2, Haiti 0
Keven Sporkslede/Fugil Ong A Fat SUR-A d Senel Dupuy/Marco
Alexis HAI-B 2-0 (21-17, 21-19), Roberto Joval/Eurwin Daansi
SUR-B d Fritz-Emmanuel Mabou/Kempes Vilmont HAI-A 2-1 (12-21,
21-18, 15-12)
U.S. Virgin Islands 2, Barbados 1
Bradley Reading-Connors/Gustavo Cintron USVI-A d Daran
Gill/Sheldon Roach BAR-B 2-0 (21-10, 21-18), Elwyn Oxley/Winston
Gittens BAR-A d Carlos Rosa Jr/Edward Peter Jr USVI-B 2-1
(16-21, 21-7, 15-5). GOLDEN SET: Bradley Reading-Connors
USVI d Elwyn Oxley/Winston Gittens BAR (15-8)
Curacao 2, Suriname 1
Darwin Colina/Jeandro Tokaay CUR-A d Roberto Joval/Eurwin Daansi
SUR-B 2-0 (21-15, 21-15), Keven Sporkslede/Fugil Ong A Fat SUR-A
d Norandy Bonafasia/Kyran Ersilia CUR-B 2-1 (10-21, 21-11,
15-11). GOLDEN SET: Darwin Colina/Norandy Bonafasia CUR d
Keven Sporkslede/Fugil Ong A Fat SUR (15-11) |
