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Guatemalan Recinos Ocaña was MVP and Top Scorer

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 13, 2008.- Guatemalan Blanca Recinos Ocaña was elected the Most Valuable Player of the FIVB World Championships Norceca-E second-round pool won by her side with a triumph over host Nicaragua.   Recinos Ocaña was also the Best Scorer of the six-team event where Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama secured tickets to the third round of the competition.   There were two other double-winners of categories in the Central American competition and both formed part of the host team –Lolette Rodriguez was the Best Setter and the Best Server and Myriam Blandino was the Best Digger and Best Libero. More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Guatemala won the gold medal in Women’s Norceca-E

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 13, 2008.- Guatemala recovered from a slow start and went on to defeat host Nicaragua 11-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-21 in the last match of  the FIVB Women’s World Championships Norceca-E second-round pool.   One day earlier, both teams had secured spots in the Norceca-F third-round event through June 19-24 in Cuba next year, along with the winner of the Norceca-C round in Trinidad & Tobago.More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Honduras prevailed against Belize

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 13, 2008.- Honduras defeated Belize 3-1 (18-25, 26-24, 25-16, 25-16 and finished the FIVB Women’s World Championships Norceca-E second-round Pool with a 1-4 win-loss record. Belize went home winless in five outings.   Tessa Flores led Honduras with 13 points and Maria Rodriguez had 10 including three aces. Indira Inestroza contributed 3 aces to the total of ten by the winners. Barbara Cadle and Sherylee Thurton had 18 and 10 points respectively for Belize. More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Panama qualify to third round in Dominican Republic

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 13, 2008.- Panama defeated El Salvador in three consecutive sets by score of 25-14, 26-24, 25-19 and qualified to the third-round of FIVB Women’s World Championships Norceca-H Pool in Dominican Republic on June 10-15 next year. The winners finished the Norceca-E stage with a 3-2 win-loss record, the opposite of the losers. More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Nicaragua will go after the gold against Guatemala

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 12, 2008.- Nicaragua had little problems to dispatch Honduras in straight sets (25-12, 25-12, 25-13) preparing the scenario for a gold-medal match against Guatemala on Saturday. Both teams are already qualified for the third-round tournament Norceca-F in Cuba on June 19-24 next year. Claudia Noguera was again the top scorer of Nicaragua with 15 points.  More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Guatemala is now safe for Cuba’s round

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 12, 2008.- Guatemala secured a ticket for the third round of the FIVB Women’s World Championships by defeating El Salvador in straight sets (25-14, 25-23, 25-18) in Day Four of the Norceca-E Pool. The Guatemalans improved its win-loss record to 4-0 good enough for a spot in the Norceca-F third-round on June 19-24 next year. More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Panama evened up its record at 2-2

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 12, 2008.- Panama defeated Belize in straight sets (25-19, 25-18, 25-00) and evened its record at 2-2 in the FIVB Women’s World Championships Norceca-E second-round pool. Belize remained winless in four outings.   On their way to the victory the Panamanians benefitted from 33 rivals’ errors and outscored the girls from Belize 7-3 in the serves category. More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Nicaragua tied with Guatemala with perfect records

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 11, 2008.- Nicaragua joined Guatemala as the two unbeaten teams in the FIVB Women’s World Championships Norceca-E second-round Group after the completion of three days of action. The host team defeated El Salvador 25-18, 25-9, 25-18 on Thursday. The Nicaraguans served for 15 aces cementing their path to the victory.  More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Panamanians recorded their first triumph

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 11, 2008.- Panama defeated Honduras 25-21, 24-26, 25-20, 25-11 for its first triumph in the FIVB Women’s World Championships Norceca-E second-round pool.   The victory enabled Panama (1-2) to keep alive its chances of advancing to the third round of the competition next year. Honduras have a 0-3 win-loss record. More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Guatemala paving the way toward third round of Norceca

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 11, 2008.- Guatemala recorded a 25-13, 25-16, 25-19 victory over Belize in Day Three of the FIVB Women’s World Championship Norceca-E second-round Pool.   It took less than one hour for the Guatemalans to score their third victory without losses in the six-team Central American region competition. Belize has now a 0-3 win-loss mark.   Susana Alvarado led Guatemala with 12 points, Blanca Reciños added 11, including three aces. More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Nicaragua force a three-way tie in first place

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 10, 2008.- Host Nicaragua crushed Belize 25-15, 25-13, 25-10 in a one-sided match to close the second day of action in the FIVB Women’s World Championships Norceca-E second round. Jackeline Toruño was the top scorer of Nicaragua with 10 points and setter Lolette Rodriguez contributed with six aces among her 8 tallies. Sheryle Thurton had 11 for Belize..More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Guatemala obtained second win in Women’s Norceca-E

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 10, 2008.- Guatemala defeated Panama 25-20, 25-21, 25-11 improving its record to 2-0 in the FIVB Women’s World Championships Norceca-E second round.   The Panamanians, who lost for second time in as many matches, battled closely deep into the first two sets but couldn’t maintain the consistency. Guatemalan Diana Arias was the only player..More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 10, 2008.- El Salvador defeated Honduras 25-18, 25-19, 25-22 in the first match of Day Two in the FIVB Women’s World Championship Group Norceca-E second round. It was the second victory in as many outings for the winners while the Honduras fell to a 0-2 record in the six-team competition. More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Nicaragua blanked Panama

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 9, 2008.- Host Nicaragua downed Panama 25-22, 25-14, 25-9 in the final match of Day One in the Norceca-E FIVB Women’s World Championships second round. The Panamanians kept up the pace with the winners in the opening frame but the Nicaraguans owned the rest of the match. More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

El Salvador blocked Belize for the win

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 9, 2008.-. El Salvador defeated Belize in straight sets (25-17, 25-16, 25-20) in the second match of Day One in the FIVB Women’s World Championships Group Norceca-E second round. The winners outscored their opponents in the blocking category (13-3) with Guadalupe Umanzor recording 7 of them. Ingrid Rivas and Umanzor topped the scoring for El Salvador.More Spanish..... Calendar and Results

Guatemala crushed Honduras in opening match of Women’s Norceca-E

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 9, 2008.- Guatemala scored a crushing 25-12, 25-11, 25-15 victory over Honduras in the first match in opening day of the Norceca-E FIVB Women’s World Championships second round.   The top world ranked Guatemala (49) found little resistance from Honduras and used its serves to neutralize the rival in the whole match by recording 16 aces.   Samantha Arias and Julianne Burmester had 14 and 10 points for the winning side. More Spanish .... Calendar and Results

Nicaraguan coach rates his side as the team to beat in Women’s Norceca-E

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 8, 2008.- Host Nicaraguan coach Rene Quintana emphatically rated his side as the team to beat in the second round Women’s FIVB World Championship Group Norceca-E that kicks-off on Tuesday afternoon. While other coaches were in a more conservative mood during the press conference before. More Spanish

Guatemala emerge as strongest team in women's Norceca-E

Managua, Nicaragua, December 8 2008 - With perennial Central America Cup Champions Costa Rica granted an automatic third-round berth, Guatemala emerge as the strongest team in the FIVB Women’s World Championship Norceca-E second round to be contested here by six teams through December 9-13.   Guatemala, 49th in the FIVB world rankings, have been runners-up in the last two editions (2004 and 2006) of the Central America Cup, which has been won by the Costa Ricans in 11 of its 14 editions, including the last eight.  More Spanish