T&T girls claim third youth title

TACARIGUA, TRINIDAD, DECEMBER 8, 2013: Captain Reann Young and the towering Kaylon Cruickshank tallied 42 points between themselves as host T&T bagged a third straight title in the Caribbean Zone Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Youth (Under-18) Championship, beating Barbados 25-14, 25-15, 24-26, 25-19 at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena, Tacarigua.

Young, the eventual "Best Scorer" and "Most Valuable Player" of the competition  registered a match high 23 points while   Cruickshank, the "Best Spiker" and "Best Blocker" added 19.

The duo of Aaliyah Alexis and Sarah Low chipped in with six and five points respectively for T&T to add to its previous tournament triumphs in 2007 at home and last year in US Virgin Islands.

The win which came  in one hour and 37 minutes also avenged a round-robin loss in four sets to the Barbadians on Saturday night.

This was mainly to T&T having a better showing in both attack and defence with 38 kills, 12 aces  and nine blocks to Barbados, 24 kills, eight aces  and five blocks.

On the other side of the net, Deandra Small topscored for Barbados with 11 points and Shonte Seale added ten.

In addition to Young and Cruickshank, the T&T trio of Sarah Low, Alexandria Jones and Amber Commissiong also picked up individual awards.

Low copped the "Best Server" accolade, Jones, the "Best Digger", "Best Receiver", and "Best Libero", and Commissiong, the "Best Setter".  

Individual awards:

Best Spiker: Kaylon Cruickshank (TTO) #4

Best Blocker: Kaylon Cruickshank (TTO) #4

Best Server: Sarah Low (TTO) # 12

Best Digger: Alexandria Jones (TTO) #17

Best Setter: Amber Commissiong (TTO) #16

Best Receiver: Alexandria Jones (TTO) #17

Best Libero: Alexandria Jones (TTO) #17

Best Server: Reann Young (TTO) #5

Most Valuable Player: Reann Young (TTO) #5