Trinidad & Tobago, U.S Virgin Islands, Barbados and Jamaica are in both Semi Finals

SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica, July 31, 2024.- The semi-finalists in the CAZOVA U19 Boys and Girls Volleyball Championships have been decided after the playing of the Quarterfinals on Day 5.              

In the first quarterfinal, the U.S. Virgin Islands men were too good for the Cayman Islands, beating them in three sets 25-14, 25-21, 25-21.  USVI will now take on Group B winners, Trinidad and Tobago in the semis on Day 7, Friday,  August 2.        

The second quarterfinal saw Barbados men overpowering Aruba 3-0 (25-9, 25-11, 25-8).  Barbados will tackle hosts Jamaica in the second semifinal.

 In the lone women's quarterfinal game played on day 5, Jamaica were too strong for Aruba and ran out easy 3-0 winners. The women's semifinals will see Jamaica taking on USVI and  Trinidad and Tobago going up against Barbados.

 Coach of Barbados men's team Curtis Burkett:  " We have to be happy, but the real work starts now. The semifinal is going to be a tough game against Jamaica. It's going to be tough, but we are  going to try to win it."

Oneil Ebanks, coach of the Jamaica women's team:  "We were trying to make sure that the chemistry among the girls was on spot.   When we came here to the first match we played, I don't think the chemistry was that strong.  However, we were still scoring points, we were also dropping points at crucial areas in our first game, and I think that cost us.  We watched other teams play and made changes in training and there have been improvements.  So, I  am just hoping that good things come as we move on."