TTO start their defense convincingly

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, June 30, 2018 – The first match in the CAZOVA (Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association) Women’s Championship turned out to be an easy game for the Calypso spikers of Trinidad and Tobago at the Ismay van Wilgen Sport Hall, in Suriname, winning 3-0 (25-16, 25-12, 25-12).

Channon Thompson and Jalicia Ross-Kidd contributed to the victory with 13 and 12 points, respectively.

Trinidad and Tobago started slowly even though they kept the lead through-out the set, while Bahamas got most of their points from their opponent errors. The second and third sets were dominated by team TTO and only needed 60 minutes to complete the game.

Margarett Albury still deputizing for their head coach as he had a flight delay said that the team service and reception are where her team made the major errors.  They had the momentum until the first technical time out in each set but couldn’t continue further.

Bahamas team captain Brittany Bonamy was a bit satisfied in her team performance playing against Trinidad and Tobago who is a more superior team to theirs, however my girls need to improve in their ability to convert their attack into points.

Renele Forde, TTO captain that they got a slow start but as the game progressed they improved.  We got a chance to use some of our “bench-players” and they performed creditably.  We hope to step-up in our performance as the tournament progressed.

Francisco Cruz, said he used players in different positions from their regular line-up and we also used some new players to give them an opportunity to work a different game plan.  IT worked well and I am pleased with their performance.