Senior national women's team shooters, Samantha Wallace and Kalifa Mc Collin, combined to lead the University of T&T (UTT) to a fourth straight win from as many matches in the Premier Division of the Courts All Sectors Netball League, 38-21 over Tobago House of Assembly (THA) on Saturday.
Goals-shooter, Wallace, a national basketballer as well, ended with 27 goals from 41 attempts and goal-attack, Mc Collin tallied 11 from 16 for UTT which blew the match open with a 13-3 dominant third period to hold a 28-16 advantage going into the last quarter at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena, Tacarigua.
For THA, Nateisha Radgman topscored with 15 goals from 27 attempts, while Mauricia Nicholson got four from ten, and Abeni Taylor, two from nine in the loss, its fourth from as many outing.
The win improved UTT to maximum eight points with matches left against defending champions Fire Service (1-3) and Police (3-1).
The Law-women stayed within a win of UTT with a comprehensive 43-27 blowout of Fire Service inspired by national goal shooter and former Fire standout Joelisa Cooper's 31 goals from 35 attempts.
Gursher Grant chipped in with 12 goals from 17 attempts for Police which led 11-6, 21-12 and 29-22 at the end of the first three quarters as it climbed to six points.
In the Championship Division, Police X maintained its 100 per cent winning record and improved to a 5-0 record courtesy of its win over its Police Y club-mates, 58-44.
Patrice Goring continued her impressive form for Police X with a match-high 47 goals from 52 attempts while the trio of Claudia Joseph, Beverly Hernandez and Peggy Ann Brown added eight, two and one goal respectively.
Giselle Hobson netted 28 from 42 attempts and Jeselle Navarro, 16 from 22 for Police Y, yet to pick up a point in five matches.
Bermudez jumped one spot up the table ahead of Jabloteh, on goal-difference with both teams on four points each, after securing a 52-27 win in their match-up.
Makeda De Freitas had the hot hands for Bermudez with 39 goals from 49 attempts and Jocelyn Marcelle poured in 13 from 19 while on the other end of the court, La Toya Thomas was the lone Jabloteh player in double-figures with 14 goals from 21 attempts.
And in the lone Alernative Division encounter, Fideas swept aside cellar-placed Police 42-15 with Christie Snaggs and Anita Pitt-Russell converting on 28 of 50 and 14 of 23 attempts respectively.
RESULTS:
Courts All Sectors Netball League
Alternative Division:
Fideas 42 (Christie Snaggs 28/50, Anita Pitt-Russell 14/23) vs Police 15 (Cheryse Aguilleria 11/26, Gabrielle Bridgewater 3/12, Tahira Hollingsworth 1/1)
Quarter scores: 1st. 11-4 Fideas; 2nd. 20-6 Fideas; 3rd. 30-13 Fideas
Championship Division:
Police X 58 (Patrice Goring 47/52, Claudia Joseph 8/11, Beverly Hernandez 2/3, Peggy Ann Brown 1/1) vs Police Y 44 (Giselle Norton 28/42, Jeselle Navarro 16/22)
Quarter scores: 1st. 17-7 Police X; 2nd. 36-17 Police X; 3rd. 49-31 Police X
Bermudez 52 (Makeda De Freitas 39/49, Jocelyn Marcelle 13/19) vs Jabloteh 27 (La Toya Thomas 14/21, Samantha James 6/8, Giselle Hobson 6/9, Simone Bartholomew �)
Quarter scores: 1st. 13-5 Bermudez; 2nd. 27-9 Bermudez; 3rd. 37-17 Bermudez
Premier Division:
UTT 38 (Samantha Wallace 27/41, Kalifa Mc Collin 11/16) vs THA 21 (Nateisha Radgman 15/27, Mauricia Nicholson 4/10, Abeni Taylor 2/9)
Quarter scores: 1st. 8-5 UTT; 2nd. 15-13 UTT; 3rd. 28-16 UTT.
Police 43 (Joelisa Cooper 31/35, Gursher Grant 12/17) vs Fire Service 27 (Simone Morgan 20/33, Ayanna Hamlet 5/10, Onella Jack 2/5)
Quarter scores: 1st. 11-6 Police; 2nd. 21-12 Police; 3rd. 29-22 Police.