TT in CAZOVA v-ball quarter-finals

TRINIDAD AND Tobago junior female and male teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the Fourth Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Junior Volleyball Championships in Martinique.

TT, the defending women’s champs, secured victories in both Group B preliminary matches, the same as arch-rivals Netherland Antilles. But the Dutch girls are ahead by virtue of winning all six sets for a maximum ratio as well as a superior ratio in the overall points gained. Netherlands scored 151 points and conceded 87 for a ratio of 1.74 while TT won six sets and lost one to tally 171 points and conceded 105 for an overall ratio of 1.63. Both teams were due to contest their final group matches yesterday. The winners will automatically move forward to the semi-finals scheduled for tomorrow, while the second placed team will have to do battle with the third placed team in Group A in one of the semi-final matches carded for today.

Barbados head Group A with two victories — one gained by a walk-over from Jamaica who arrived only on Wednesday and went into action immediately. The Bajans whipped Bahamas 3-0, winning at 25-6, 25-13, 25-21 and were due to play Martinique in their final group match last evening. Trinidad and Tobago, inspired by the brilliance of its powerful threesome of skipper Sean Morrison, Mark Anthony Honore and Cuban-based Esil Seecharran, showed what they are capable as the downed the plucky Aruba outfit 25-16, 25-21 and 25-10. Libero Kerish Maharaj returned the services and smashes which gave TT hitmen Morrison, Honore and Seecharran the feed for kills at the net and push them through to the quarter-finals.Today, the TT lads will can book a semi-final spot if they can finish third in Group A, which includes Bahamas, Jamaica and Barbados. Martinique won all three Group A matches and automatically moved to the semi-final round. They won all nine sets for maximum six points. The homesters tallied 225 points and conceded 144 for a ratio of 1.55 while TT totalled 246 points and conceded 233 for an overall ratio of 1.06.

Wednesday Results — WOMEN - Group A: JAMAICA beat Martinique 25-16, 25-19, 25-21.
MEN - Group A: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO beat Aruba 25-16, 25-21, 25-10. Group B: JAMAICA beat Barbados 25-21, 16-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-9.
Group B: NETHERLAND ANTILLES beat Bahamas 25-22, 25-22, 20-25, 25-21.