MIAMI, Florida, (CMC) – Mía Asenjo and Lucia Marte scored braces, and the race for first in League B, Group C tightened when the Dominican Republic crushed hosts Barbados 7-1 in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup qualifiers on Friday.
At the same time, Krysan St Louis notched a hat-trick and Arnicka Louis bagged a brace, and hosts St Lucia remained in the race for first in League C, Group B with a 5-1 win against Guadeloupe.

AT THE WILDEY TURF STADIUM: An emphatic second-half performance handed the DR their fourth successive win and put them second in the group on 12 points, one behind Bermuda, which gained three points after St Vincent & the Grenadines earlier informed the organisers they were pulling out of their match in Hamilton.
The match was a genuine contest at half-time with the visitors leading 2-1, after Mia Asenjo connected with a pass over the top to beat Barbados goalkeeper Rhea Holder in the 21st minute and followed up with header in the 33rd minute.

In between, Acacia Small scored for the Barbadians in the 32nd minute after stripping a Dominican Republic defender and dribbling through the middle of the field to finish with a lobbed attempt from outside the box.

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Alyssa Oviedo supplied the fourth for Dominican Republic with a right-footed shot from inside the box in the 68th minute, and Gonzalez got on the board with a free-kick that was struck with enough force to get past Holder in the 77th minute for the fifth.
Winibian Peralta put the finishing touch on a build-up through the right flank from Jazmin Jackson in the 82nd minute, and Marte got her second with a curling free kick to add the exclamation point in the 87th minute.

The DR will host the Bermudians on the final match-day on Tuesday at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo in the group decider.
AT THE DAREN SAMMY CRICKET GROUND: The result put the St Lucians within three points of group leaders Cuba.
St Lucia can win the group with a win against the Cubans in the group finale on Tuesday at the Antonio Maceo Stadium in Santiago de Cuba.

Louis continued her love affair with the Guadeloupeans and gave St Lucia the lead in the seventh minute when there was a mad scramble in front of goal after a deflection had hit the post, and she slid in and slot the ball into the net.
A counter-press from St Lucia ended with Louis firing into net in the 22nd minute to double the lead before St Louis got in on the scoring act.

St Louis followed up her own blocked shot with a delicate chip into goal in the 39th minute to give the hosts a 3-0 half-time lead.
After the break, St Louis split a pair of defenders and latched onto a ball in the area and finished past Guadeloupe goalkeeper Maina Mornal in the 57th minute.
Guadeloupe were rewarded for their persistence with a goal in the 89th minute when Sydjalhia Garriba fired in a right-footed shot, but St Louis restored the advantage with a stoppage time strike.