T&T men's beach volleyballers Fabien Whitfield and Daneil Williams will be hoping to end their tournament on a high when they face Grenada's Darron Christopher Oxford and Isaac Nelson for the 13th spot in the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour at Playa Los Corales in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Sunday.
Both teams will enter the match with a 0-3 record after ending their respective round-robin group stages without a win.
The T&T duo were beaten in a very tough Group D by Jorge Rosario and Rolvin Maldonado of the Dominican Republic 13-21, 18-21, and also USA's Timothy Brewster, and Kyle Friend 9-21, 14-21 on Friday, before falling to Canada's Jake MacNeil and Alexander William Russell, 15-21, 10-21, in their final pool match on Saturday.
In the other matches in the pool, Brewster and Friend defeated Mac Neil, and Russell 21-13, 21-11 and Rosario, and Maldonado 21-14, 21-11 to top the pool with a perfect 3-0 record while Russell and Mac Neil ended second with a 2-1-mark courtesy of their 21-16, 21-11 win over Rosario, and Maldonado.
In Pool C, Oxford and Nelson were outclassed by Guatemala's Andy Blanco, and Luis Garcia 6-21, 11-21; US Virgin Islands' Robert Cronshaw, and Bryce Mayer 13-21, 13-21, and Canada's Arran Chambers/Liam Kopp, 14-21, 9-21.
In Pool B, Suraya Chase and Phylecia Armstrong ended round-robin play by beating Grenada's Keshanice Mitchell and Thornia Mitchell 19-21, 21-14, 15.
This after losing their first two matches on Friday against Guatemalans Natalia Girón, and Paola Alvarado 15-21, 14-21, and Costa Rica's Angel Williams and Kianny Quesada 8-21, 11-12.
However, former two-time Caribbean Under-21 champions Britney Choon, and Tsyan Selvon ended without a win in Pool C after a loss against USA's Lexy Denaburg, and Molly Turner, 5-21, 3-21 on Saturday added to beatings on Friday from Mexico's Esparanza Albarrán, and Yeray Vidaurrazaga 6-21, 10-21, and Canada's Lea Monkhouse, and Marie-Alex Bélanger 7-21, 7-21.
In the playoffs, Chase and Armstrong will play for the 11th to 12th spot after going under to Monkhouse, and Belanger in the ninth to 12th semifinal 9-21, 11-21 while USVI's Melanie Valenciana and Taylor Buckner beat Dominican Republic's Crismil Paniagua, and Nallelin Taveras 21-12, 21-15 in the other.
And in the battle for the 13th spot, Choon and Selvon defeated Grenada's Mitchell and Mitchell21-11, 20-22, 15-10 in their 13th to 16th semifinal for the right to face El Salvadoreans' Kathya Vasquez and Sofia Velasquez.
