Goalattack Jameela Mc Carthy once again had the hot hands to lead University of T&T (UTT) to a tense 38-34 come-from-behind win over University of Southern Caribbean (USC) when matches in the Alternative Division of the 23rd season of the Courts All Sectors Netball League (ASNL) continued at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena, Orange Grove Road, Tacarigua on Thursday.
For UTT, which defeated Police 36-28 in its opener on Tuesday, Mc Carthy converted 29 of her 40 attempts while goalshoot Chris-Ann Petrovani added nine from 16 as they rallied from a 10-11 first quarter deficit to lead 20-18 at the half, and 31-28 at the end of the third quarter.
USC, which stunned defending champions TSTT in its opener, 34-17 also on Tuesday, got a team-high 28 goals from 37 attempts from Afiya Alexis while Grabielle Gooding, chipped in with six from eight.Today, the Championship and Premier Divisions will jump off tomorrow from 1 pm.
In the Championship Division, Bermudez meets Defence Force from 1 pm followed by last year's runner-up Fire Service against UWI and then defending champion Police tackles 2012 second runner-up Jabloteh.
UTT, winners of the Opening Day knockout tourney and Saturday begins defence of its Premiership crown against last year's second place finisher, Police from 6 pm with former winners, Fire Service and Defence Force squaring off at 4.45 pm.
Today's ASNL fixtures:
Championship Division:
Bermudez vs Defence Force, 1pm
Fire Service vs UWI, 2.15pm
Jabloteh vs Police, 3.30pm
Premier Division:
Defence Force vs Fire Service, 4.45pm
Police vs UTT, 6pm
