Jamaica’s Perry/Wright and Malcolm/Wallen Marches into Beach Volleyball Semifinals
Jamaica became the first team to secure a semifinal spot in the CAZOVA Women Beach Olympic Qualifier being played on the beautiful white sand at Ocho Rios Bay Beach. The “B Team” of Alicia Malcolm and Sashalee Wallen eked out a hard fought victory over a tenacious Barbados A pair of Shari Matthews and Anicia Woods 21-15; 26-24. The “A Team” of Danielle Perry and Kai Wright were in a no-nonesense mood against Barbados B opponents, Sharon Bovell and Anastacia Mason, beating them 21-13; 21-10.
Perry, speaking after the game, was excited about the win. “We are not just here to win matches; we want to make a statement that Jamaica means business about beach volleyball,” Perry emphasized. As can be seen from the organization of this tournament, Jamaica volleyball is about making statements boldly; we are a brand and we intend to make it known!”. We expect a tough semifinal match, against Trinidad but we are physically and mentally ready to fly our country’s flag high on the court.”
In other matches on today’s second day of action Bahamas (BAH) A def Guadeloupe (GDP) B 21-14, 21-11, 15-13; GDP A def BAH B 21-18, 21-14; in the Golden Set (tiebreaker) GDP A def BAH A 15-10; US Virgin Island (ISV) B def Curacao (Cur) A 21-23, 21-18, 15-12; ISV A def CUR B 21-8, 21-9; Suriname (SUR) B def Martinique (MQE) A 21-10, 23-21; SUR A def MQE B 21-6; 21-12; Haiti (HAI) B def Aurba (ARU) A 21-17; 21-11; HAI A def ARU B 21-23; and 21-7, 15-1.
Cayman (CAY) A def Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) B 17-21; 21-15;15-9; TTO A def CAY B 21-13, 21-14; in the Golden Set CAY def TTO 15-9; and ISV A def GDP B 21-11, 21-15;
GDP A def ISV B 21-15, 9-21, 15-9. in the Golden Set ISV A def GDP A 15-11; TTO A def ISV 21-12, 23-21; TTO B def ISV A 21-19, 21-10; SUR B def HAI A 21-19, 18-21, 15-5; SUR A def HAI B 21-15; 21-18 and BAR A def SUR B 21-5, 21-16.
Matches concludes on Sunday May 03, 2015 with BAR B going up against SUR A at 10am for the last semifinal spot. Thereafter, Jamaica will go up against the higher seeded Trinidad pair of teams starting at 1pm, followed by Cayman against the winner of the Barbados and Suriname encounter. The Final is scheduled to start at 5pm.
Sponsors of the tournament include Title Sponsor Jamaica National, IRIE FM Lifespan, Hy-lite, Digicel, Jamaica Broilers, Jamaica Sports, Urban Development Corporation, Jamaica Tourist Board, Jamaica Urban Transport Company, Dolphin Cove, Sports of Jamaica, St Ann Parish Council, Jamaica Fire Brigade (St Ann), The Achievers Sports Trophies Ltd., Iron’s Mechanical Service, Rooms on the Beach, Lifetime Medical Response, Sandals and NORCECA.