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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, August 16, 2015.- El Salvador won over
Belize 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-16) at the closing match of day one
of the XI Girls’ U-118 Central American Championship, in a very
dynamic match.
Both squads showed interesting tactics in defense and spikes.
Juel Lewis captain of Belize said “I thought we were going to
have a better match, we put up a fight against El Salvador but
we lost, me must continue”.
For El Salvador, Gabriela Funes said “Belize gave us a
challenge; we gave our best effort for a good result, working as
a team”.
Head Coach of Belize, Albert Humes thanked El Salvador for a
good match “they played very well, our problem was in passing”.
El Salvador’s Head Coach, Eric Hernandez indicated “the positive
result is due to the fact that the girls played disciplined
against a very consolidated Belize, they have good height and
strength; our service had a lot of power and our defense was
good, Belize gave us a hard job and we needed to adjust our
strategy”.
On Monday, starting at 4:00 pm Honduras meets El Salvador, both
unbeaten, followed by Belize against Nicaragua, both teams lost
in their first appearance and the last match presents Panama
against the home team Costa Rica. |
