Guatemalan Girls claim ticket to Argentina 2018

PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica, March 12, 2018 – Paola Alvarado and María Juarez of Guatemala won the U19 Girls’ AFECAVOL Beach Volleyball Tournament the right to represent the Central American zone at the Youth Olympic Games Argentina 2018.

Down the road, Alvarado/Juarez faced some complications but were able to overcome it thanks to their physical conditions and ability on the sand winning two of their four matches in three sets against Nicaragua and El Salvador.

The Guatemalans won 2-1 (18-21, 21-12, 15-9) over Nicaragua’s Anielka Alonso and Lourdes Lugo and then defeated El Salvador’s Gabriela Funes and Laura Villalobos 2-1 (21-10, 19-21, 15-8).

They also came out winners over Panama’s Karla Ortiz and Yeilin Hernández 2-0 (21-11, 21-17) and Honduras’ Celine James and Shana Rivera 2-0 (21-13, 21-10).

Nicaragua’s Alonso and Lugo finished in second place after closing their participation with victories over Panama 2-0 (21-7, 21-13) and Honduras 2-1 (16-21, 21-18, 15-7).

Third place went to Costa Rica’s Angela Williams and Camila Villegas who downed Honduras 2-0 (21-8, 21-16) and then scored victories 2-0 (21-17, 21-10) over El Salvador and 2-0 (21-9, 21-12) over Belize’s Mya Musa and Ayah Safa.