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Guyana matches previous appearance by finishing sixth in CAC hockey
The Guyana national hockey women completed their final match of the 2014 CAC
Sweeper Ulrica Sutherland, who had an outstanding tournament, making her way through the midfield.
Games in Vera Cruz, Mexico on Sunday 23rd November against defending bronze medallists Barbados. With both teams just failing to make the semi-finals, the victor would have to settle for fifth place in this year’s edition of the games, while the loser would be relegated to sixth of the eight-team competition.
Earlier in the morning Jamaica had defeated Bermuda 2-0 to secure 7th position in the competition with Bermuda filling the 8th and final placement.
Guyana began the match on shaky ground as they did in the previous clash with Jamaica and gave up several early chances and penalty corners to Barbados. It was one of those penalty corners in the 11th minute that deflected off the stick of Guyanese defender Tiffany Solomon, and fell into the path of onrushing striker Keisha Jordan for the finish. Goalkeeper Alysa Xavier had been pulled left by the original strike but the unfortunate deflection made it an impossible goal to save.
Guyana made a few tactical changes and managed to balance the midfield play after the first goal but the Guyanese strikers failed to match those of Barbados for converting possessions to shots at goal. With the match flowing from end to end in the blistering Vera Cruz sun, Barbadian right winger, Venessa
Team Guyana receiving a final briefing before the match.
Chewitt, would complete a brilliant run by cutting all the way to the left side to receive a pass before driving right with the ball, overcoming the challenges of a few defenders and smashing her shot just inside the left goal post. Barbados was up 2-0 with the halftime break fast approaching.
The second half saw both teams sharing possession of the ball but defences winning the battles to keep the half scoreless. Guyana, needing to make up the deficit, piled players forward and made some meaningful drives at the Bajan defensive area. While this tactic seemed to give Guyana the upper hand, they remained vulnerable in the depleted defence and Chewitt would be the hero for Barbados by completing a swift counterattack off a midfield turnover to put the Bajans up by three. Although Guyana seemed the more threatening side in the final 10 minutes of play, the Bajan defence held firm and prevented any attempts from scoring.
Barbados’ 3-0 victory over Guyana gave them the 5th place while Guyana would have to settle for 6th. Mexico defeated Trinidad in the Bronze medal match 2-1, while Cuba secured the goal over the Dominican Republic on a penalty shootout after the two sides were deadlocked at 3-3 at full time in the championship game.
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