Jamaica's goal shooter Romelda Aiken (right) catches the ball over South Africa's pair of goal defence Simone Van Heerden (left) and Liezel Wium during thier National Commercial Bank Sunshine Savers Tri-nation netball match at the National Indoor Sports Centre last night. Jamaica won 53-38. - winston sill

Jamaica's Sunshine Girls, led by superb shooting from Romelda Aiken, recorded their second consecutive victory in the National Commercial Bank Sunshine Savers Tri-nation series with an easy 53-38 triumph over South Africa at the National Indoor Sports Centre last night.

Aiken, who recently returned to the island after a four-month stint in Australia with the Queensland Firebirds, scored a game-high 38 goals from 43 attempts to push the Sunshine Girls into tomorrow's final. The South Africans will face Trinidad and Tobago this evening to decide Jamaica's opponents in the final.

TOOK CONTROL

The Jamaicans took control of the match from the opening quarter as they led 14-7 at the end of the period. The Connie Francis-coached team continued its dominance over the South Africans in the second period by outscoring them 14-6 to go into the half-time break with a 28-13 lead.

However, the South Africans, who are ranked ninth in the world, came back in the second quarter through goal shooter Claudia Basson who sank six of her team-high 19 goals in the final three minutes of the quarter to cut the deficit by two goals at 40-27.

INCREASING TEMPO

The Sunshine Girls, increased the tempo of the game in the final quarter, with quick passing and off the ball movement, which led to a number of easy goals by goal attack Simone Forbes down the stretch as they romped home for a comfortable win. Forbes finished the match with 15 goals from 17 tries. Erin Burger was the next best scorer for the South Africans with 13 goals from 19 tries.

Francis said she was pleased with her team's efforts. "I am satisfied that we have won the match because it is really great to know we have come out on top in these two games but we have a lot of work to do."

"I thought that our defence started out very solidly because we only allowed 13 goals in the first half. however, they were a bit sloppy, letting in 14 goals in the third quarter, and this is not acceptable," Francis added. "I think that our defence really struggled and we have to find a way to counteract their (the South Africans) zone defence," Francis explained.