Comfortable victory for Colombia over Guatemala

LIMA, Peru, August 18, 2018 - The young team of Colombia won a comfortable 3-0 victory over Guatemala (25-14, 25-13, 25-13) and on Sunday 19th, they will play for the fifth place against Chile.

In 1 hour 7 minutes of play, the team of Bryan Silva managed to completely deactivate his opponent with the power of his serve to get 8 points in service. Colombia was also superior in attacks (42-27) and blocking (5-3).

Manuela Ibarguen and Emelys Martinez contributed 12 and 10 points each to the victory, while for Guatemala the highest scorer was Martha Guillermo with 9 points.

The best scorer of Colombia, Emelys Martinez: "We studied the team of Guatemala very well, they defended a lot but we managed to maintain the rhythm of the game to win 3-0. I think that little by little we have taken more security in our game and tomorrow we will stay with the win."

The top scorer in Guatemala, Martha Guillermo: "I think that unlike the match against Peru and Chile we were more regular, we were better in our reception and defense, we could define our attack more, tomorrow and bid farewell to the tournament with a victory."