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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 19, 2022. The
V U23 Central American Championship experienced
one of the most exciting matches this Friday
when Honduras defeated Costa Rica with a score
of 3-2 and partials of 27-25/16-25.
/22-25/27-25/16-14.
The two teams came thirsty for victory, Honduras
took the first set 27-25, this would be the
harbinger of the next four sets, where the teams
fought one by one for each point.
For the next set, Costa Rica tied the match 1-1,
with an eight-point lead, the set ended 25-16.
The third set ended 25-22 for the Costa Ricans
who with this score (2-1) were one set away from
leaving the match. Honduras was not willing and
would fight tirelessly to get extended until the
fifth set.
The fourth set was one of the closest, the teams
disputed the point to point, Honduras would
leave the set 27-25, but before that Costa Rica
would drown the cry from point to set four
times.
For the final set the constant was the tie on
the scoreboard, neither of the two teams wanted
to miss the victory that finally favored
Honduras, 16-14.
Honduras was forceful in spikes 68-55 and Costa
Rica dominated blocks 14-7 and aces 4-1. Costa
Rica committed 32 errors and Honduras 41.
Josué Rojas with 26 points for Costa Rica and
Kevin Herrera with 25 for Honduras added 51
points in the match, as the top scorers in the
match.
On Saturday, Costa Rica will face Panama at 2:30
pm and Honduras will face Nicaragua at 5:00 pm.
statements
José Larios, setter of Honduras: "I want to
thank God for allowing us this victory in the
game, the rival that was Costa Rica, was up to
the task as we expected, a very close game, very
difficult, we fought until the end, and as My
coach told us, we showed that we catrachos have
grit and we fight until this is over and I think
we showed it on the court”.
Josué Rojas, Captain of Costa Rica: “We had a
quite complicated match against Honduras, a
rival that gave us a fight, a fight, and the
match was quite interesting, we fought until the
end, I managed to be the top point scorer, we
did what we could. |
