El Salvador edges Guadeloupe for first win

TIJUANA, Mexico, July 7, 2010 - El Salvador edged Guadeloupe 3-1 (28-26, 22-25, 25-22, 25-20) in a Pool C match between winless teams of NORCECA Women’s Junior Continental Championship. The winners had the advantage in spikes (45-29) and in serves (8-5) while the taller defeated side dominated in blocks (14-2).

Salvadorian Adriana Flores had a match-high 24 points and Andrea Manzur charted 10 for the winning side. Guadeloupeans Yannick Ferbac and Julie Disa recorded 20 and 12 points respectively.

“This was a big step for El Salvador,” said Coach Nery Henriquez. “We are still in a development process like Guadeloupe, and winning this match was an amazing and thrilling experience.”

“We could win this match, but the attackers did not attack enough, the service was not good at all, even though we had a better performance than yesterday”, stated Jean-Louis Delag, head coach of Guadeloupe.