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Beach Volleyball - 04. May 2015.

Jamaica win Caribbean NORCECA Continental Cup qualifier



 
Jamaica's Kai Wright and Danielle Perry celebrate after their sensational golden set comeback victory over the Cayman Islands

Ocho Rios, Jamaica, May 3, 2015 - The local pair of Kai Wright and Danielle Perry playing as Jamaica-A rallied back from a seven-point deficit in a decisive golden set to score a sensational come-from-behind victory over Jessica Wolfenden and Stefania Gandolfi of Cayman Islands-A in the match for first place at the Caribbean Zone Beach Volleyball Tournament, a first-round event of the NORCECA Continental Cup.

Trailing 13-6 in the golden set, the home girls mounted a 9-0 rally led by well-placed services by Perry to give Jamaica the 15-13 win as hundreds in the stands exploded in celebration.

Wolfenden/Gandolfi had won the first match against Alicia Malcolm/Sashalee Wallen of Jamaica-B 2-0 (21-18, 23-21) but Wright/ Perry downed Ilean Powery/Chante Smith-Johnson of Cayman Islands-B 2-0 (21-6, 21-9), forcing the golden set.

“I can’t fully explain what happened, but Danielle and I decided that we needed to do this for the supporters and JaVA so we created a new gear, playing harder and smarter one point at a time,” said an almost speechless Wright after the match.

The series for third place between Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados was also stretched to a golden set, with the victory for the Trinidadians represented by their "A" team of Apphia Glascow/La Teisha Joseph, who overcame Shari Matthews/Anicia Wood of Barbados-A 16-14.

Glascow/Joseph defeated Anthazia Mason/Sharon Bovell of Barbados-B 2-0 (21-16, 21-13) to open the series, but Matthews/Wood outdueled Elki Phillip/Shenelle Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago-B 2-0 (21-17, 21-18) to produce a 1-1 tied score.

The four semifinalists and the teams placed fifth and sixth - Suriname and the US Virgin Islands - have qualified for the second phase of the NORCECA Continental Cup, a qualification tournament for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, featuring the Caribbean countries playing against the top-six countries from the Eastern Caribbean zone.

Final positions: 

1. Jamaica, 2. Cayman Islands, 3. Trinidad & Tobago, 4.  Barbados, 5. Suriname, 6. U.S. Virgin Islands, 7. Haiti, 8. Guadeloupe, 9. Curacao, 10. Bahamas, 11. Martinique, 12. Aruba.

Results Day Three

Barbados 2, Suriname 0
Anthazia Mason/Sharon Bovell BAR-B d Cheryl Brunings/Sandrina Hunsel SUR-A 2-0 (25-23, 21-14), Shari Matthews/Anicia Wood BAR-A d Guenevere Overdiep/Xaviera Willemsberg SUR-B 2-0 (21-5, 21-16).

Semifinals

Jamaica 2, Trinidad and Tobago 0
Alicia Malcolm/Sashalee Wallen JAM-B d Apphia Glascow/La Teisha Joseph TTO-A 2-1 (19-21, 23-21, 15-6), Kai Wright/Danielle Perry JAM-A d Elki Phillip/Shenelle Gordon TTO-B 2-0 (21-11, 21-10).

Cayman Islands 2, Barbados 2-1
Shari Matthews/Anicia Wood BAR-A d Ilean Powery/Chante Smith-Johnson CAY-B 2-0 (21-13, 21-9), Jessica Wolfenden/Stefania Gandolfi CAY-A d Anthazia Mason/Sharon Bovell BAR-B 2-0 (21-3, 21-18). GOLDEN SET: Jessica Wolfenden/Stefania Gandolfi CAY-A d Shari Matthews/Anicia Wood BAR-A (15-11).

Golden Set for Positions 5-6

Suriname 1, US Virgin Islands 0
Cheryl Brunings/Sandrina Hunsel SUR-A d Jamie Farley/Amber Bennett ISV-A (15-6).

Positions 3-4 Series

Trinidad and Tobago 2, Barbados 1
Apphia Glascow/La Teisha Joseph TTO-A d Anthazia Mason/Sharon Bovell BAR-B 2-0 (21-16, 21-13), Shari Matthews/Anicia Wood BAR-A d Elki Phillip/Shenelle Gordon TTO-B 2-0 (21-17, 21-18). GOLDEN SET: Apphia Glascow/La Teisha Joseph TTO-A d Shari Matthews/Anicia Wood BAR-A (16-14).

Positions 1-2 Series

Jamaica 2, Cayman Islands 1
Jessica Wolfenden/Stefania Gandolfi CAY-A d Alicia Malcolm/Sashalee Wallen JAM-B 2-0 (21-18, 23-21), Kai Wright/Danielle Perry JAM-A d Ilean Powery/Chante Smith-Johnson CAY-B 2-0 (21-6, 21-9). GOLDEN SET: Kai Wright/Danielle Perry JAM-A d Jessica Wolfenden/Stefania Gandolfi CAY-A (15-13).
 

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