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Belize City, July 16, 2022.- Honduras defeated
Nicaragua 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-18) to secure
third place in the XIX Central American U21
Women's Volleyball Championship.
The Hondurans, last champions in the Under 20
tournament three years ago, were 2-2, while
Nicaragua was in fourth place with 1-3.
Honduras was better in blocking 10-4 and
dominated in serves 9-4, with 4 "aces" by Andrea
Aceituno who was the top scorer with 20
points... Nicaragua was better in attack 38-30,
with Gilmary Smith with 11 points , although
they committed 26 errors for 14 of their
opponents.
Gabriela Gómez, captain of Honduras: “I am very
proud of us, we came from less to more, all this
is for the honor and glory of God; From the
beginning we came with the idea of winning
this championship, it didn't happen to us, but
we managed to stay on the podium, despite
everything, getting that third place against a
Nicaragua that always fights”.
Marvin Ulloa, coach of Honduras: “I am satisfied
with this game, but not because of the fact that
we lost against Guatemala, because we had to
win… today, thank God, we were able to control
our anxiety, we received a couple of talks via
zoom and that helped us a lot . I think we
played better yesterday than today, but
Nicaragua did not perform as I expected, I
thought they could make the game more
difficult”.
Since 2017, Honduras has achieved two titles,
one in Sub 18 and another in Sub 20, in addition
to a third place in 2019 in the Sub 18 category. |
