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Belize City, July 15, 2022.- Belize defeated
Honduras 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-16) on the fourth
day of the XIX Central American Under-21 Women's
Volleyball Championship, to maintain their
unbeaten record and dream with his first gold
medal in any category in Central American
volleyball.
Fatoumata Camara was the best player for Belize
with 14 points, while Gareth Bruce and Nisaan
Martinez had 11. Andrea Aceituno was the best
for Honduras with 7 points.
Belize was superior in all elements of the game,
with an unstoppable attack 38-22, in blocks 6-4
and dominated in services 9-1, with 4 "aces" by
Nisaan Martínez. In errors both teams committed
22.
The Belizean teams have achieved 4 silver medals
in their history, showing progress in recent
years with second place in the 2018 Central
American in Belize, and in 2019 second places in
the U18 and U23 women's.
Sofía Solano, captain of Belize: “We are very
happy, the whole team is happy, I am very
excited, it is incredible, tomorrow will be a
great game against Guatemala, it is exciting to
think about that match, but we will try to get a
victory again. Every game has been difficult, I
think we've been growing, we've done it, because
the demands have also increased”.
José Fontes, coach of Belize: “It is a team that
has been growing in the competition, the level
of demand I have always kept very high, we
always demand them from the first point to the
last. Guatemala is a great team, tomorrow will
be a game worthy of the gold medal dispute”.
Marvin Ulloa, coach of Honduras: “I think that
in the first set we played well as always, but
we were not successful with the serves; many
mistakes of our own that made the difference, we
trained for that, but there are still things to
improve. I think that Belize was not completely
superior, we fought and we will continue
working”.
Belize will face Guatemala at 7:30 p.m. at the
Belize Civic Center and the winner gets the gold
medal. Honduras meets Nicaragua at 5:00 p.m.
this Saturday and the winner secures the bronze
medal. |
