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El Salvador wins and is in the fight for the Bronze

 

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, July 19, 2019 - El Salvador defeated Belize 3-2 (25-14, 25-22, 16-25, 21-25, 15-11) and gets into the fight for the Bronze in the 18th Central American Women's U-20 Championship, held at Gym # 2 Jorge Galeano in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

 

The victory leaves El Salvador in direct fight for the Bronze with Costa Rica tomorrow Saturday. Both teams are tied in games won and lost (2-2) and the winner of the direct duel between them will define who steps on the podium of the tournament.

 

The Salvadorans knew how to take advantage of the 55 unforced errors that Belize committed, being more efficient with only 23 errors.

 

Daniela Sanchez, captain of El Salvador, led the attack again with 17 points, supported by Daniela Lopez who contributed 11 pointsto the victory. While Belize refocused their attack on Fautomata Camara (31 points) and Gareth Bruce (29 points).

 

Incredibly, Belize dominated all areas of attack, in shots they had an advantage of 52-37, in blocks the advantage was 14-4 and in services the advantage was 8-6.