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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, August 20, 2015.-
Nicaragua beat Panama 3-0 (25-12, 25-15, 25-14) in their first
win at the XI Girls’ U-18 Central American Championship
Nicaragua controlled Panama with superiority in spikes 27-10 and
18-0 in service points. Panama committed 29 errors while
Nicaragua committed 30, in a match that lasted one hour and nine
minutes.
Nicaragua’s Belen Arcia led all scorers with 17 points, 11
attacks and 6 aces. Nayoisse Campbell of Belize scored 7
points.
Leonela Carcache captain of Nicaragua said “despite that things
got complicated in the third set, we reached our goal”.
Panama’s captain
Noyoisse Campbell said “I want to congratulate my team because
it was the first time we enjoyed playing and scored more points
than other matches. We must settle for so little, I know we can
do better”.
Panama´s coach Clarke Eliot indicated “today I didn’t argue with
the referees, they did their job and we did ours, the girls
played volleyball because we practiced our defense, and I always
tried to cheer them up”.
With joy, coach Claudia Noguera of Nicaragua expressed “the team
has improved with each match, with ups and downs, which is
natural in this age-group; it’s the first tournament for many of
the girls. They enjoyed winning a set yesterday and today they
enjoyed victory”.
Nicaragua has a rest day on Friday, while Panama faces El
Salvador in their last match of the event. |
