T&T volleyballers back in search for Olympic spot

T&T A duo of Ayana Dyette and Elki Phillip and the T&T B pair of Pauline Woodroffe and Malika Charles continued their quest for a spot in the 2012 London Olympic Games in the penultimate phase of the qualifiers last evening when it faced Central American counterpart Guatemala in the NORCECA Women’s Inter Zonal Beach Volleyball Continental Cup, in Mal Pais Costa Rica. T&T and Guatemala are among the ten  Central American (Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua) and Caribbean (Barbados, Curacao, Jamaica and Cayman Islands), vying for a top four place, and ultimately the zone finals from the Central Region in Nayarit, Mexico, on June 19-24. Last evening, El Salvador was set to take on the Cayman islands, while Nicaragua took on Jamaica ion the first series of the double elimination competition. Hosts Costa Rica and Barbados, the top-ranked teams, will play the winners of the best-of-five series in a second round that also features the contests of Panama against Curacao and T&T versus Guatemala. 

 

TEAMS

Caribbean Zone Teams

Barbados A (Anthazia Mason/Shari Mathews), Barbados B (Sharon Bovell/Mona Crawford), Cayman Islands A (Jennifer Bily/Cristin Alexander), Cayman Islands B (Melissa Taylor/Stefania Gandolfi), Curacao A (Samira Luis/Christine Anthony), Curacao B (Kionna Gregorius/Christal Gregorius), Jamaica A (Tsahai Williams/Nardarake Hutchinson), Jamaica B (Cherine Richards/Cheryl Daley), Trinidad and Tobago A (Ayana Dyette/Elki Phillip), Trinidad and Tobago B (Pauline Woodroffe/Malika Charles).

Central America Teams

Costa Rica A (Ingrid Morales/Natalia Alfaro), Costa Rica B (Ivette Alas/Marianela Alfaro), El Salvador A (Diana Romero/Marcela Avalos), El Salvador B (Nadia Soler/Laura Molina), Guatemala A (Susana Alvarado/Anna Ramírez), Guatemala B (Rut Gómez/Stefany Bolaños), Nicaragua A (Amalia Hernández/Lolette Rodríguez), Nicaragua B (Elia Torrez/Swan Mendoza), Panamá A (Katherine Tajú/Jazmín Rojas), Panamá B (Dionelys Delgado/Carina Corella).