Guatemala edges Barbados in five sets

MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, July 22, 2010 – Guatemala edged Barbados 3-2 (26-24, 21-25, 20-25, 25-17, 15-10)  in an eliminatory match for the 5-8 positions of the women’s volleyball tournament at the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games on Thursday.

Veteran Aneliesse Burmeister led four Guatemalans in double figures with 21 points and Blanca Recinos added 16. Rut Gomez compiled five blocks among her 11 tallies and Diana Arias contributed 10 points. Barbados’ Shari Matthews had a match-high 23 points while Sharon Bovell and Anicia Wood added 16 and 11 respectively.

“It was tough match with a lot of ups and downs but from the fourth set on we played more focused and with more desire”, Burmeister said.

“It is the best we have played in the tournament so it is a very tough loss to accept,” Barbados’ Janelle Chase-Mayers said.