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Tegucigalpa, Honduras; July 29, 2022.-
Nicaragua beat Panama 3-0 (25-9, 25-14, 25-7) in
the first match of the second day of the V
Afecavol U23 Women's Central American
Championship.
Nicaragua reached two victories, while Panama
has two defeats. Brittany Forbes with 12 points
was the best for the winners, with Gilmary Smith
contributing 9 points. For Panama, captain Karla
Ortiz was left with five units.
The Nicaraguans dominated 35-10 in attacks, 8-1
in blocks and 7-3 in services, with 25 points
due to errors by Panama for 16 committed.
María Belén Arcia, captain of Nicaragua: “It is
very important to get this victory, although I
think that in part of the game we trust
ourselves, we play at the same level as the
rival and we cannot allow that because more
complicated and demanding games are coming. We
must maintain our concentration in the games to
come”.
Claudia Noguera, coach of Nicaragua: “A win is
always satisfying, Panama allowed us to rotate
our team, we are confident that we have players
for any game, they are all capable of playing
against any rival and that was shown yesterday
(against Guatemala) and today against Panama”.
Karla Ortiz, captain of Panama: “I think today
we played looser than yesterday… we were better
at certain moments of the game, but Nicaragua
has good players, they play faster than Belize
and we don't have as much experience. We still
keep going, other games are coming and we hope
to get better every day”.
Eliot Clarke, coach of Panama: “Nicaragua has a
great team and our little girls are giving
everything on the pitch to get good results. You
can see that the other teams have more friction,
they have kept playing more than us”.
Nicaragua will play this Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
against Costa Rica, and Panama at 7:00 p.m.
meets Honduras. |
