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CAZOVA quartet advances to Antigua Olympic qualifying semis

 

   

CASATAWAYS BEACH, Antigua, January 22, 2016 - Pre-Tournament favourites, Trinidad and Tobago led a quartet of teams from the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) advancing to the main draw semifinals on the first day of the Second Round of NORCECA Continental Cup qualifiers to this year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Beach Volleyball Tournament.

 

Joining T&T, winners of the CAZOVA Round One qualifiers on home soil, in the last four of the main draw were Curacao, Jamaica and U.S. Virgin Islands who all reached the Third Round of NORCECA Qualifiers as well later this year.

 

However, it was not all smooth sailing for the top two ranked CAZOVA teams in T&T and Jamaica as they were both taken to “Golden Set” quarterfinal deciders by Barbados and Suriname respectively after getting round-of-16 byes.

 

For T&T, it was “Déjà vu” all over again as just as they did in the regional final with Jamaica last year, its top ranked team of Daneil Williams and Fabien Whitfield had to come to their team rescue with a “Golden Set” win over Barbadians Kyle Browne and Ronald Rice 15-10 to secure a 3-2 team triumph and a main draw semifinal spot against Curacao on Saturday.

 

Curacao booked its placed in the main draw semifinals by battling past St Vincent and The Grenadines, 3-2 via a “Golden Set” in the round-of-16 and then Antigua & Barbuda, which was on a first round bye, 3-0.

Day One results:

 

Round-of-16:

 

Barbados 3, Dominica 0

Elwyn Oxley/Ronald Rice BAR-A d David Toussaint/Arden Elmes DMA-B 21-13, 21-11

Kyle Browne/Shaquille Barker BAR-B d Kerwin George/Yahn Florent DMA-A 23-21, 19-21, 16-14

Elwyn Oxley/Ronald Rice BAR-A d Kerwin George/Yahn Florent DMA-A 21-19, 21-13

 

Curacao 3, St Vincent & The Grenadines 2

Henrich Daal/Giandro Tokaay CUR-B d Asmond Franklyn/Ronaldo Franklyn VIN-B 21-14, 21-11

Cassius Franklyn/Welcome Delshun VIN-A Darwin Colina/Norandy Bonafasia CUR-A  d 21-17, 17-21, 15-11

Darwin Colina/Norandy Bonafasia CUR-A d Asmond Franklyn/Ronaldo Franklyn VIN-B 21-15, 21-14

Cassius Franklyn/Welcome Delshun VIN-A Henrich Daal/Giandro Tokaay CUR-B 21-12, 21-12

Golden Set: Darwin Colina/Norandy Bonafasia CUR d Cassius Franklyn/Welcome Delshun VIN 15-8

 

Suriname 3, St Kitts & Nevis 1

Furgil Ong A Fat/Keven Sporkslede SUR-A d Stedroy Collins/Rohan Jeffers SKN-B 21-16, 21-8

St Clair Hodge/Kemroy Percival SKN-A d Antonie Vilet/Jermain Lo Kioeng SUR-B 21-16, 21-10

Antonie Vilet/Jermain Lo Kioeng SUR-B d Stedroy Collins/Rohan Jeffers SKN-B 21-7, 18-21, 15-9

Furgil Ong A Fat/Keven Sporkslede SUR-A d St Clair Hodge/Kemroy Percival SKN-A 21-17, 19-21, 15-9

 

U.S. Virgin Islands 3, Dutch St Maarten 0

Jake Die Trich/Marc Lomeli ISV-A d Shiovanni Levenstone/Lincoln Arrundell SXM-A 21-15, 21-13

Brian Kwasny/Dillon Lusniak ISV-B d Riegmar Valies/Shawn Gumbs SXM-B 21-13, 21-10

Jake Die Trich/Marc Lomeli ISV-A d Riegmar Valies/Shawn Gumbs SXM-B 21-12, 21-10

 

Quarterfinals:

 

Trinidad & Tobago 3, Barbados 2

Fabien Whitfield/Daniel Williams T&T-A d Kyle Browne/Shaquille Barker BAR-B 21-12, 21-11

Elwyn Oxley/Ronald Rice BAR-A d Simon Blake/Christian Francois T&T-B 21-14, 22-20

Fabien Whitfield/Daniel Williams T&T-A d Elwyn Oxley/Ronald Rice BAR-A 21-15, 21-12

Kyle Browne/Shaquille Barker BAR-B d Simon Blake/Christian Francois T&T-B 15-21, 23-21, 15-12

Golden Set: Fabien Whitfield/Daniel Williams T&T d Kyle Browne/Ronald Rice 15-10

 

U.S. Virgin Islands 3, St Lucia 0

Jake Die Trich/Marc Lomeli ISV-A d Tevin St Jean/Darnel Eudoxie LCA-B 23-25, 21-12, 17-15

Brian Kwasny/Dillon Lusniak ISV-B d Joseph Clercent/Augustin Faulkner LCA-A 21-11, 21-14

Brian Kwasny/Dillon Lusniak ISV-B d Tevin St Jean/Darnel Eudoxie LCA-B 21-16, 29-27

 

Jamaica 3, Suriname 2

Mark Lewis/Ryck Webb-Mc Kenzie JAM-A d Antonie Vilet/Jermain Lo Kioeng SUR-B 21-17, 21-6

Furgil Ong A Fat/Keven Sporkslede SUR-A d Triston Hitchman/Christopher Walters JAM-B 21-15, 21-15

Mark Lewis/Ryck Webb-Mc Kenzie JAM-A d  Furgil Ong A Fat/Keven Sporkslede SUR-A 21-13, 21-10

Antonie Vilet/Jermain Lo Kioeng SUR-B d Triston Hitchman/Christopher Walters JAM-B 22-20, 21-17

Golden Set: Mark Lewis/Ryck Webb-Mc Kenzie JAM d Furgil Ong A Fat/Keven Sporkslede SUR 15-11

 

Curacao 3, Antigua 0

Henrich Daal/Giandro Tokaay CUR-B d Collin Thomas/Jamarie James ANT-A 21-18, 21-17

Darwin Colina/Norandy Bonafasia CUR-A d Adrian Constant/Rixon Joseph ANT-B 21-7, 21-12

Darwin Colina/Norandy Bonafasia CUR-A d Collin Thomas/Jamarie James ANT-A 21-0, 21-0