Women fall to Trinis in semi

FORMER Caribbean Volleyball Championships queens Barbados will have to fight for the bronze medal for the second time in 18 years.Yesterday, they lost their semi-final match to defending champions Trinidad and Tobago at the 13th CVC in Paramaribo, Suriname, yesterday.Trinidad and Tobago ensured that they continued their unbeaten run against Barbados – which started after 2002 – by coming from a set down to win the battle 21-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-18.   The girls from the land of the hummingbird are now poised to match Barbados’ three-peat of CVC titles.Barbados stuck to the game plan of blocking strong and attacking stronger. However, after being stung with the first-set loss, Trinidad and Tobago started playing a cautious game and, amazingly, Barbados also started playing cautiously, which allowed the opponents to storm back and clinch the game.Ironically, the only time that Barbados did not play in a women’s CVC final was in 1996 in the United States Virgin Islands when Trinidad and Tobago captured their first title.  On that occasion, what was regarded as Barbados’ most outstanding line-up had to settle for bronze. (KB)