Belize rises to beat Guatemala

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 28, 2019 - Belize once again came from behind and won 3-1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-22) over Guatemala, at the start of the sixth day of the IV Central American Championship Sub 23 female volleyball.

The winners took advantage of their size to prevail at the net with a good block and that gave rise to improve in the location of the defense. Fatoumata Camara was the best for Belize with 20 points and Mya Musa with 16. For Guatemala, María Villagrán with 20 and María García with 16.

Guatemala was better in attack 55-45, in service 5-3, and was surpassed in blocks 9-4, but also gave away 39 points for errors with only 17 for Belize.

Belize reaches three wins with two losses and will play this Saturday against El Salvador. Guatemala is 2-3 and the last match of the tournament will be against Nicaragua.

José Fontes, coach of Belize: "Today was the game that we felt most satisfied with the team. It was possible to stabilize the three indispensable factors in volleyball: the service, the complex 1 and the complex 2. Today we worked on the blockade, we knew it was a do-or-die match to have chances to achieve a medal."

"The work of the girls was homogeneous, there was no decisive player, but if the center player Melanie Palacio joined us, she made good blocks too. This competition is so close that it will be defined with the last point of the last game of the last day, still nobody has anything sure ".