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CASTAWAYS, BEACH, Antigua, January 24, 2016 - U.S. Virgin
Islands capped off an impressive three days of competition by
topping pre-tournament favourites Trinidad and Tobago 3-2 in a
“Golden Set” decider to claim the Men’s gold medal in the Second
Round of NORCECA Continental Cup qualifiers to this year’s Rio
de Janeiro Olympic Games Beach Volleyball Tournament.
With both teams locked at 2-2 in the best-of-five match series,
the US Virgin Islands pair of Dillon Lusniak and Jake Dietrich
got the better of the top T&T team of Fabien Whitfield and
Daneil Williams 15-11 in a “Golden Set”.
Earlier on, Whitfield and Williams (TTO-A) defeated Brian Kwasny
and Lusniak (USVI-B) 21-23, 21-14, 15-10 but Dietrich and his
regular playing partner Marc Lomeli (USVI-A) overcame Simon
Blake and Christian Francois (TTO-B) 21-23, 21-17, 15-12 for a
1-1 score after the first two matches.
Whitfield and Williams won again, over Dietrich and Lomeli (USVI-A)
22-20, 19-21, 15-10 while Kwasny and Lusniak stopped Blake and
Francois 21-10, 21-14 to set up the fifth and deciding “Golden
Set”.
Commenting after his team’s triumph, Lomeli who runs a coaching
program in the USA said he was very thankful to the US Virgin
Islands Volleyball Federation and its president Lucille Hobson
for providing them with the chance to play.
“We have been competing for seven years now on the circuit and
this is our first medal, so it feels really great as a team and
we are moving on to the next round of qualifiers as well.
The tournament comprised the six top teams each from the first
round of qualifiers in the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball
Association (CAZOVA) and the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball
Association (ECVA).
In the end, CAZOVA dominated with T&T and USVI being joined by
third and fourth placed teams, Jamaica and Curacao respectively
in the Third Round of qualifiers to be held in St Lucia in May
where they will be joined by the top four Central American
countries from which six will advance to the Fourth Round, where
Mexico, USA, Canada and Puerto Rico awaits.
Barbados and St Kitts & Nevis ended sixth and seventh and also
qualified while St Lucia and Suriname who were fifth and eighth
were the other teams.
Day Three results:
Main Draw final:
US Virgin Islands 3, Trinidad and Tobago 2
Fabien Whitfield/Daneil Williams TTO-A d Brian Kwasny/Dillon
Lusniak ISV-B 21-23, 21-14, 15-10
Jake Dietrich/Marc Lomeli ISV-A d Simon Blake/Christian Francois
TTO-B 21-23, 21-17, 15-12
Fabien Whitfield/Daneil Williams TTO-A d Jake Dietrich/Marc
Lomeli ISV-A 22-20, 19-21, 15-10
Brian Kwasny/Dillon Lusniak ISV-B d Simon Blake/Christian
Francois TTO-B 21-10, 21-14
Golden Set: Dillon Lusniak/Jake Dietrich ISV d Fabien Whitfield/Daneil
Williams 15-11
Losers Draw semifinal:
Curacao 3, St Lucia 1
Joseph Clercent/Augustin Faulkner LCA-A d Henrich Daal/Giandro
Tokaay CUR-B 21-23, 21-15, 16-14
Darwin Colina/Norandy Bonafasia CUR-A d Darnel Eudoxie/Tevin St
Jean LCA-B 16-21, 21-10, 15-11
Darwin Colina/Norandy Bonafasia CUR-A d Joseph Clercent/Augustin
Faulkner LCA-A 12-21, 21-16, 15-13
Henrich Daal/Giandro Tokaay CUR-B d Darnel Eudoxie/Tevin St Jean
LCA-B 16-21, 21-18, 15-8
Jamaica 3, Barbados 2
Mark Lewis/Ryck Webb JAM-A d Kyle Browne/Shaquille Barker BAR-B
21-14, 18-21, 15-10
Elwyn Oxley/Ronald Rice BAR-A d Triston Hitchman/Christopher
Walters JAM-B 19-21, 21-16, 15-9
Mark Lewis/Ryck Webb JAM-A d Elwyn Oxley/Ronald Rice BAR-A
21-16, 21-14
Kyle Browne/Shaquille Barker BAR-B d Triston Hitchman/Christopher
Walters JAM-B 24-22, 18-21, 19-17
Golden Set: Mark Lewis/Ryck Webb JAM d Kyle Browne/Ronald Rice
BAR 15-8
Third place
Jamaica 3, Curacao 1
Mark Lewis/Ryck Webb JAM-A d Henrich Daal/Giandro Tokaay CUR-B
21-11, 21-9
Darwin Colina/Norandy Bonafasia CUR-A d Triston Hitchman/Christopher
Walters JAM-B 21-12, 21-11
Mark Lewis/Ryck Webb JAM-A d Darwin Colina/Norandy Bonafasia
CUR-A 21-17, 22-20
Triston Hitchman/Christopher Walters JAM-B d Henrich Daal/Giandro
Tokaay CUR-B 18-21, 21-8, 15-7
Fifth place
St Lucia 3, Barbados 1
Joseph Clercent/Augustin Faulkner LCA-A d Kyle Browne/Shaquille
Barker BAR-B 21-11, 21-19
Darnel Eudoxie/Tevin St Jean LCA-B d Elwyn Oxley/Ronald Rice
BAR-A 21-18, 21-18
Kyle Browne/Shaquille Barker BAR-B d Darnel Eudoxie/Tevin St
Jean LCA-B 22-20, 21-11
Joseph Clercent/Augustin Faulkner LCA-A d Elwyn Oxley/Ronald
Rice BAR-A 18-21, 21-16, 15-10
Seventh place
St Kitts/Nevis 3, Suriname 2
Furgil Ong A Fat/Keven Sporkslede SUR-A d Stedroy Collins/Rohan
Jeffers SKN-B 21-6, 22-20
St Clair Hodge/Kemroy Percival SKN-A d Antoine Vilet/Jermain Lo
Kioeng SUR-B 21-11, 18-21, 15-9
Antoine Vilet/Jermain Lo Kioeng SUR-B d Stedroy Collins/Rohan
Jeffers SKN-B 21-17, 21-13
St Clair Hodge/Kemroy Percival SKN-A d Furgil Ong A Fat/Keven
Sporkslede SUR-A 16-21, 21-15, 15-11
Golden Set: St Clair Hodge/Kemroy Percival SKN d Furgil Ong A
Fat/Keven Sporkslede SUR 15-10. |
