Led by the shooting of Aaliyah Mulrain, SWWTU Malvern held off Horizon to be crowned champion of the Second Division in the Lystra Lewis Port-of-Spain Netball League at the Jean Pierre Complex in Mucurapo on Wednesday evening.
Mulrain, the goal-attack, connected 28 goals off 43 attempts to guide her team to a 37-24 victory in the first and second playoff match. Malvern led from the first pass. The quarter scores read 11-4 in the first, 18-13 at the half and in the third 27-19, all in favour of the winner.
Goal-shooter Patrina Ashby added the other nine goals for Malvern from 20 tries.
Shooting for Horizon were six-footer Crystal Jones, who scored a team-high 14 in 26 while her goal-attack Sherry Thomas put in 10 of 14, to finish the season in second place.
In the other match on the evening, Cardinals topped Police, 48-39 in their First Division match thanks to the shooting of Aquila Blugh, who produced 44 of 65 in a match her team led throughout.
Cardinals jumped to an early 13-8 lead at the end of the first quarter, pushing further ahead at the halfway mark, 28-18. Police through the shooting of Jeselle Navarro (30/36) fought back in the third matching Cardinals goal-for-goals but still trailed by 10 goals (28-18), entering the final period.
Again the police officers matched Cardinals’ scoring but it was not enough to overcome the deficit and they went away with the nine-goal defeat.
On Tuesday, Police made a late comeback to share points with Soul City after their match ended tied at 42. Navarro (21/25) was key in helping Police rebound after trailing by five goals (27-19) heading into the fourth and final quarter. Police went on to outscore Soul City, 15-10, to level the score and share the points.
Also, though already capturing the First Division title, Fire remained aggressive in its play to beating Horizon, 41-22, to close out the season unbeaten in the two rounds of matches.
Again, goal-shooter Simone Morgan was on target in the circle, hitting 34 off 39 to ease the fire women to the 19-goal win.
RESULTS
Wednesday
Second Division (First/Second Playoff)
Horizon 24 (Crystal Jones 14/26, Sherry Thomas 10/14) vs SWWTU Malvern 37 (Patrina Ashby 9/20, Aaliyah Mulrain 28/43).
First Division
Cardinals 48 (Aquila Blugh 44/65, Crystal Noel 4/4) vs Police 39 (Jeselle Navarro 30/36, Lystra Solomon-Simmons 3/5, Jillisa Allan 6/12).
Tuesday
First Division
Soul City 42 (Indra Anderson 36/48, Kurtisha Hoyce 6/9) vs Police 42 (Jillisa Allan 11/17, Jeselle Navarro 21/25, Lystra Solomon-Simmons 10/13).
Fire 41 (Simone Morgan 34/49, Chrisarlene Murrell 6/12) vs Horizon 22 (Kareema Lewis 5/8, Jocelyn Marcelle 17/26, Onika Thomas 0/3).
Monday
First Division
CHIPS 19 (Denise Rose 11/22, Shannon Duncan 8/16) vs Cardinals 47 (Crystal Noel 9/12, Aqula Blugh 29/39, Avi-Ann Archie 9/12).
Fire 42 (Simone Morgan 32/46, Chrisarlene Murrell 7/11, Ayanna Hamlet 3/5) vs Soul City 32 (Indra Anderson 24/35, Kurtisha Hoyce 8/12).
Horizon 38 (Kareema Lewis 10/19, Jocelyn Marcelle 28/38) vs Police 47 (Jeselle Navarro 40/46, Lystra Solomon-Simmons 7/13).
