Semi-finalists locked in for MODEC tertiary tournament

There were upsets and shocking results on the cards over the weekend as four teams booked their spots in the penultimate round of the inaugural MODEC Tertiary Education Football Tournament.
The quarterfinal action began on Friday afternoon in Berbice at the Scotts Ground, where the Upper Corentyne Industrial Training Centre (UCITC) breezed past the Port Mourant Technical Centre 3-0. Upper Corentyne’s Joshua Marshall opened the scoring in the 28th minute to hand his team the lead at the half while Matthew Doris’s second-half brace in the 47th and 79th minutes ensured that they would put a comeback out of reach for Port Mourant.
The second fixture at the same venue in New Amsterdam saw the New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) getting the better of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) in a surprising twist.
Amare Caesar put NATI ahead in the 23rd minute while Dane Singh made it a 2-0 affair by the 28th. Caesar returned in the 48th minute to complete his brace. GTI’s lone response came through Kevin David in the 65th minute, resulting in a 3-1 victory for the hosts.

On Sunday, the action moved to the Queen’s College Ground where the Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI) put a stop to the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus in a 2-0 triumph. Jamaal Smith and Deangelo Davidson found the back of the net for ETI in the 30th and 66th minutes respectively.
Then, Mahaicony Technical Institute (MTI) brought the curtains down on the quarter-finals with a nail- biting 2-1 victory over the Linden Technical Institute (LTI). Linden got ahead first with a stunning shot from outside the box off the boots of Dexter Milo in the 16th minute.
However, Omar Williams and Yohance Francis found back-to-back goals for MTI in the 33rd and 35th minutes to stun their opponents. LTI could not find the equaliser in the remaining minutes, resulting in Mahaicony’s win.
The MODEC semi-finals are tentatively scheduled for Thursday, March 5. The teams are competing for a $300,000 grand prize. The second-, third- and fourth-place finishers will pocket $200,000, $100,000 and $50,000 for the same purpose.
The tournament is also being supported by MACORP, Demerara Mutual and Banks DIH under its Powerade brand.