Colombia won 3-0 against Costa Rica

LIMA, Peru, August 15, 2018 - In an exciting duel the Colombian team won 3-0 against Costa Rica (25-17, 27-25, 25-17), in the first game of the second day of action of the IV U23 Pan American Cup taking place at the Manuel Bonilla Coliseum in Miraflores.

Although Costa Rica started with the advantage in the score, Colombia turned the score thanks to the explosive attack of the opposite Manuela Ibarguen and center Darlevis Mosquera, who knew how to break the rival blockade and keep their first five points for the Group B of the U23 Pan American Cup.

Ibarguen and Mosquera contributed 14 points each to the Colombian victory, while for Chile the Edya Espinoza was the most outstanding with a total of 8 units.

While Colombia registered 44 points of attack, its rival obtained 33. The winning team also held the advantage in blocking (6-3) and service (3-2). The unforced errors were more even, 21 by the winner to 24 by the loser.

Costa Rica will return to Bonilla on Thursday to play at 3:00 pm Peruvian time against Mexico and at 5:00 pm Colombia will measure strength against the defending champion, Dominican Republic.

Valerin Carabali, captain of Colombia: "The defeat of yesterday served us a lot of experience, today we were able to enter more concentrated and although the second set was very tight, we could turn things and close the set, I think my team has a lot to prove and every match will help us face our qualifier to the U20 World Cup that will be played here in October."

Edya Espinoza, captain of Costa Rica: "I am satisfied with my team because we knew how to give the fight and for very little almost took the second set. We are an under 20 team that has come to make the most of this experience, and we know that each encounter will help for the long-term project we have with our coach."