Women vballers to face Mexico in quarterfinals

T&T’s women volleyballers will meet host Mexico tonight for a place in the semifinals of the Norceca Women’s Under-18 Continental Championships. The local women suffered a second consecutive loss on Tuesday night, falling to Dominican Republic 8-25, 6-25, 5-25 at the Baja California High Performance Centre, Tijuana, Mexico. Having lost its first match, T&T needed a win to top the three-team Pool B for an automatic semifinal spot. However, T&T proved no match for its Spanish-speaking opponents who triumphed in 48 minutes to set up a pool decider with Puerto Rico last night.

Dominican Republic captain Natalia Martinez led the scoring with 16 points while Brayelin Martinez and Jineiry Martínez (seven aces), finished with 12 apiece. For T&T, captain Reann Young, Maya Roberts, Tya Jane Remy and Kaylon Cruikshank, registered two points each while Elena Neale and Zahra Collins had one apiece. Today’s first quarterfinal from 6 pm will feature the loser of the Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic clash versus Pool A third place finisher, Costa Rica or Guatemala.

Also on Tuesday night, USA clinched its second victory by beating Guatemala 25-6, 25-5, 25-12 while Mexico also won for the second time, blasting Costa Rica 25-15, 25-11, 25-10.

By Nigel Simon

Source: www.guardian.co.tt