Khaya Gordon key in Belize triumph

BELIZE CITY, Belize, July 20, 2023. With 19 points, Khaya Gordon was the key in Belize victory 3-0 (25-17/25-19/25-14) over Nicaragua con day five at the XIV AFECAVOL U19 Women’s Central American Championship.

Gordon’s 19 points on 18 kills and one ace, served her to be the leading scorer of the game, followed by teammante Nissan Martinez wit 12 points on 9 kills and three serves.

Brisa Pérez of Nicaragua scored 11 points on eight kills, one block and two serves, opposite Cecilia Torrez scored 9 points all on kills.

Belize dominated  Nicaragua 30-29 in attacks, 10-5 in blocks and 4-3 in serves. They scored 22 points on opponent errors against 13.

Belize will face Guatemala on Friday July 21 at 7:30pm and Nicaragua will meet Honduras at 5:00pm.

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Khaya Gordon, outside hitter of Belize: “Today’s match was all connection, technique and we were fighting and fighting, it was all we wanted to do. We used a lot of strategy to play, and we wanted to dominate, and show our country what we had”.

Brisa Pérez, outside hitter of Nicaragua: “Unfortunately we couldn’t win, it’s devasting, I think we lost energy, and that had an effect on us, congratulations to team Belize for the win”.