Big South East Port-of-Spain, defending champion of the T&T Volleyball Federation Men's Premier Division and Technocrats starved off elimination from this year's semifinals after securing five-sets win in their second-leg semifinal matches on Wednesday night.
Following Monday's first-leg semifinal at the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo, in which Glamorgan, led by national senior team duo, Saleem Ali and Ryan Stewart, stopped SEPoS 24-26, 25-13, 14-25, 25-18, the reigning champions needed nothing less than a win to extend the series to a third and deciding match.
And at the Maloney Indoor Sports Arena, Maloney, Tash and company delivered with an entertaining 23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 21-25, 17-15 win to set up a winner-take-all match tonight at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena, Tacarigua from 7.30 pm.
Toco Youths led by national beach volleyballers, Fabien Whitfield, Daneil Williams and Collin Bernard stunned Simon Blake and his Technocrats 26-24, 25-23, 20-25, 25-18 to go 1-0 up in their respective best-of-three semifinals on Monday as well, but Blake and his team-mates fired back in their second-leg duel to secure a 25-22, 25-20, 21-25, 16-25, 15-11 victory for a third and deciding match tomorrow at the Central Regional Indoor Sports Arena, Chaguanas from 8 pm.
Last night at Chaguanas, the Women's Premier Division second-leg matches were scheduled to take place with Glamorgan and Technocrats, the top two clubs in round-robin league play holding advantages after Tuesday's first-leg wins at the same venue.
Glamorgan whipped former champions and the rebuilding University of T&T, 24-26, 25-15, 25-18, 25-21, and Technocrats muscled past Southern United Volleyball Academy 24-26, 25-15, 25-18, 20-25, 15-11.
Should any of the women ties go into a third and deciding fixture it will take place at Chaguanas on Saturday ahead of Sunday's final's day of competition.