For the other women’s match on Day 3 of the 2011 Pan Am Challenge was between Guyana and Bermuda. Guyana scored first off a penalty stroke by Captain Chantelle FERNANDES. Guyana continued their offensive pressure and scored again midway through the half off a penalty corner by Dominique DE GROOT. Soon after, Guyana was awarded another penalty stroke and Marzana FIEDTKOU made it 3-0. Bermuda kept up a strong defense to prevent Guyana from scoring further before halftime.

Guyana started the second half with the same offensive intensity as the first. Only five minutes into the second half, the score was 5-0 off two quick goals by Chantelle FERNANDES and Gabriela XAVIER, respectively. Nonetheless, Bermuda did not let down and had a few chances in their attacking half. Furthermore, Bermuda kept Guyana off the scoreboard for much of the rest of the second half. With only three minutes remaining, Guyana’s Leigh SANDISON made it 6-0 and that remained the final score.

 

MATCH QUOTES

Bermuda’s Coach Dafydd HERMANN-SMITH

On the match…

I think the players are most definitely disappointed. We had a plan and unfortunately Guyana played better. They [Guyana] came out the definite winners. This leaves us in a difficult position, but we have to look forward to playing Paraguay tomorrow.

On what Bermuda needs to improve…

I think we are improving but we do not get to enough tournaments being on a tiny island. By the time we get to the next tournament all our previous tournament experience is gone.

 

Bermuda’s Iman SMITH

On the match…

I think we are very disappointed. We went with our heads high and very confident and mentally ready for a better result this match. So our play was disappointing. We fought and at half-time we tried to forget the first half. And I thought we played better in the second half. We have lots of young players. This is my third tournament playing for Bermuda and it is a lot of pressure I must say. I look up to the older players and I learn something new each time. We were more into this game and more passionate and really gave it our all. And that’s all I would really ask for.

 

Guyana’s Coach Philip FERNANDES

On the match…

With tournaments like this that are wide open all teams compete with each other. We tried to do the best we can. Bermuda really pressured us, but we still were able to score goals. And it is really positive that we scored early goals. As sports is all about momentum I think that gave us the momentum. The score does not adequately reflect Bermuda’s pressure right through to the end.

Guyana’s Gabriela XAVIER

On the match…

We came out with a goal to score as much as possible. In the second half, we stuck together and played well as a team. Bermuda was hard at us, but at the end of the day we got the win.

On her experience in the tournament thus far…

It has been difficult. It is not as easy as I thought it would be. Now it is time to think about beating Uruguay and possibly getting to the finals.