Costa Rica gets first victory at AFECAVOL U23

PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 26, 2016 – Costa Rica registered an important victory over Belize in the second day of the U23 Men’s Central American Volleyball Championship at José “Beto” Remón Gymnasium of Panama City.

Costa Rica needed 1 hour and 48 minutes to win 3-1 (25-17, 16-25, 25-22, 25-17) over Belize. Both teams have a 1-1 win-loss record.

The team of Costa Rica focused their attack on Walter Serrano (13 points) and César Gómez (12 points) who both were effective at the net reaching double digits. Bryton Codd was again the main player for Belize with 17 points, including five service winners.

Belize’s Raluni Bernández, who is the main support of Codd in the offense, suffered a serious knee injury and had to be taken to hospital.

Codd commented: “The injury of Raluni Bernández affected us as he is one of our main attackers so we were limited in the third and fourth sets. Today we were too passive, even though I tried to motivate my teammates. We were not aggressive because the floor was slippery. We have to think about the rest of the tournament.”