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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, May 24, 2022.- Host
Guatemala won over Dominican Republic 3-1
(25-23, 25-17, 19-25, 25-21) to remain unbeaten
in pool A of the fourth edition of the Boys U19
Pan American Cup.
Guatemala (2-0) secured to be in the next round
and is set to face Puerto Rico (2-0) to top
pool A, the winner moves automatically in the
semifinals and qualifies to the FIVB World
Championship. Dominican Republic (0-2) resumes
pool-play against Honduras (0-2).
Guatemala led in attacks 43-40 and in blocks by
a slim 7-6 margin, while Dominican Republic held
a 6-3 advantage in serves. Guatemala committed
34 unforced errors and Dominican Republic 41.
Guatemala’s outside hitter Jesus Hernández
scored a tournament-high of 23 points, on 22
kills and one ace, while opposite hitter
Ferdinando Gonzalez added 12 points, on 10 kills
and 2 blocks.
Opposite hitter Franklyn de Jesus Reyes topped
Dominican Republic’s scorers with 18 points, on
15 kills, 2 blocks and one ace, joined by
outside hitter Willian de Jesus Paez with 13
points, on 11 kills and 2 aces.
Jesús Hernández, Top scorer Guatemala: “Our
energy motivated us; we attacked with strength
against their blocking to score. Tomorrow to
beat Puerto Rico we need our fans' support, the
team’s commitment from our starters and bench
players and we need our setter to be focused”.
Luis Fernando Castañeda, Head Coach Guatemala: “We
made things difficult for Dominican Republic to
perform by working our serves in the first and
second sets. In the third they took advantage
from our failed serves; we recovered from a
four-point deficit in the fourth set using a
player that came off the bench, his excitement
spread throughout the rest of the team, he
contributed a lot”.
Amaury Martínez, Head Coach Dominican Republic: “We
failed in several things that were crucial in
the result, we failed in reception and we
couldn’t block, added that we missed many
serves. This is only one loss and tomorrow we
will try to win over Honduras to play the
quarterfinal round”. |
