Honduras earns first win at AFECAVOL U21

 

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, September 30, 2019.- Honduras earned their first win at the AFECAVOL U21 Men’s Central American Championship  defeating Belize 3-1 (21-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-22) on day one of the event at FESAVOL Gymnasium of San Salvador.

 

Honduras recovered from losing the first set, but still had to work hard to stop Belizean powerful attacker Ernest Broaster who scored a match-high of 28 points.

 

Belize led in kills 46-35 but allowed 45 points on errors, while Honduras committed a total of 26 and led 9-5 in blocks and held a slim 8-7 margin in aces.

 

Three players topped Honduras, opposite player Alejandro Lobo (13pts), and outside hitterr Allan Escoto (11pts) and Kevin Herrera (10pts).

 

On Tuesday, Honduras (1-0) will face host El Salvador and Belize (0-1) goes against Guatemala (0-1).

 

Allan Escoto, Captain of Honduras: “We found their weakness, receiving, so we served harder to finish winning. They had many errors. We will continue to fight each point”.

 

Ryan Arnold, Captain of Belize: “Our problem today was defense and service. We started off strong in the first set and build up our momentum, but we lost track”.

 

Osiel Vásquez, Head coach of Honduras: “The first match is always difficult; my boys were really nervous in the first set. We had planned to serve to the libero, which worked in the second set much better, this way we frustrated Belize’s reception and that made it easier for us to defend”.

 

Albert Humes, Head coach of Belize: “The team played well as expected. I think there are a few errors that allowed the opponent to build confidence for the next three sets”.