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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, October 19, 2015.- Guatemala moves
ahead with a strong victory over Belize by 3-0 (25-15, 25-13,
25-17) at the AFECAVOL Men’s U-19 Central American Championship
at Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium.
Guatemala showed a strong performance over Belize to continue
undefeated with 3-0 win-loss record and thirteen points, while
Belize drops their record 0-4. Guatemala will face Honduras on
Tuesday, a battle among undefeated, while Belize meets El
Salvador, both win-less.
The hosts beat Belize with huge 32-14 advantage in kills and 5-3
advantage in aces; in blocks, Belize held a 6-5 margin.
Guatemala scored on 33 errors of Belize while committing 22 of
their own.
Captain Andy Rodriguez led Guatemala’s offence with 11 points,
while setter Edgar Maldonado added 9 points and middle blocker
David Alvarado contributed with 7 points. For Belize, captain
Pablo Espat scored 11 points.
Andy Rodriguez said “we are very happy to continue on winning;
today we improved in everything, especially in blocking”.
Pablo Espat indicated his team is not giving one hundred percent
“coming into this game we knew it was going to be difficult, we
practice to improve in terms of our skills and be mentally
prepared; some members of the team were giving all but some had
an off night. Our main blocker wasn’t as focused as he should
have been; with that opening in the front row our defense took a
hit”.
Alvinzi Pelaez Guatemala’s coach said “the players who were
failing in serves today improved, especially the middle
blockers; I agree that our blocking improved and we practiced
tactical combinations to be used in our next matches because we
believe the will be have more difficulty”.
Coach Wallace Tillett of Belize said “my team didn’t show one
hundred percent to battle against Guatemala; I’ve been dealing
with the problem that not all the team is focused on the same
day. The team practiced today with a positive attitude, they
were eager and ready; we prepared for Guatemala’s variations but
during the match it wasn’t working out”. |
