Yesenia Luces registered a hat-trick as Ventures overcame an early deficit to outplay Maritime Harvard Checkers 8-5 in their Women's Open Division Pool B clash of the T&T Hockey Board Indoor Championship at the Woodbrook Youth Facility, on Friday night. Luces got her goals in the seventh, 30th and 39th minute while Rachel Sheppard added two and Cristina Abreu, her daughter Kristin Abreu and Lyndsay Williams one each for Ventures.
For Checkers, Brittney Hingh, the board's nominee for the First Citizens Sports Foundation "Youth of the Year" award scored twice. Patrica Alexis-Wright gave Checkers a second minute lead while Mindy Charles and Patrice Padmore added the others. With a match left to play in the pool, the Dames lead with six points and are certain of a semifinal spot while Ventures and Checkers each have three points.
However, Ventures enjoy a better goal-difference and will meet winless Petrotrin in its final match tomorrow while Checkers must beat the Dames tonight to have any chance of qualifying. Paragon flicked off its women's campaign with a win by default from Defence Force in Pool A. In the Men's Open, Quinn Clarke got two goals to lead Corona Fatima past Stag Malvern 6-3 in Pool B. It was the first match for Fatima, while the defeat eliminated Malvern, which was also hammered by Defence Force (six points), 6-1.
RESULTS
Mixed Veterans Pool A
Queen's Park 2 (Gary Chin 16th, Raphael Govia 18th) vs Carib 0
Mixed Veterans Pool B
Defence Force 5 (Nicholas Wren 3rd, 30th pen, Neil Lashley 4th, Edison O'Brien 7th, Nicole Aming 20th) vs Malvern 5 (Anthony Marcano 2nd, 8th, 9th pen, Rigel Gomes 22nd, Sherlan Cabralis 28th).
Women's Open Pool A
Paragon 5 vs Defence Force 0-By Default
Women's Open Pool B
Ventures 8 (Yesenia Luces 7th, 30th, 39th, Rachael Sheppard 12th, 39th, Cristina Abreu 14th, Kristin Abreu 31st, Lyndsay Williams 40th) vs Checkers 5 (Brittney Hingh 9th, 38th, Patricia Wright-Alexis 2nd, Mindy Charles 16th, Patrice Padmore 36th).
Men's Open Pool B
Fatima 6 (Quinn Clarke 8th, 39th, Brian Garcia 16th, Derek Lee 16th, Dev LumKit 30th, Colin Young 32nd) vs Malvern 3 (Jonathan Williams 19th, 31st, Jason Clarke 34th).