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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, August 16, 2015.-
Guatemala earned their first victory a the opening match of the
XI Girls’ U-18 Central American Championship by defeating Panama
in straight sets 25-8, 25-12, 25-5.
Under the conduction of Coach Edgar Callejas, Guatemala
dominated the match in 54 minutes, where the top scorer was
Guatemala’s Middle Blocker Daniela Tornoe with 11 points,
Opposite Paola Alvarado added 6 points. For Panama, Selena
Urbina scored 2 points.
Guatemala scored 32 points by Panama errors, while committing
19, Guatemala was better in blocking 11-9.
Carmen Gomez, captain of Guatemala said “we needed to do a good
job today, we played at our own rhythm and followed our coaches’
instructions, we failed in serves”.
Nayoisse Cambell captain of Panama spoke about the result “it
wasn’t a nice match for Panama, but we will improve, we need to
communicate better and adjusts our errors”.
Edgar Callejas, Guatemala’s coach: “this category has a lot of
expectation, we don’t know each other. The first match is always
difficult for everybody, it’s the first international experience
for both sides, and my team did well and with a good
performance”.
Clarke Eliot, Panama’s coach said “the same as the professor
said, it’s the girls first trip, rules are different, five sets,
our serves failed, the receiving also and our defense didn´t
move well”.
Guatemala has the day off on Monday while Panama will have their
second appearance facing the local team Costa Rica.
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