Nicaragua defeats Belize for second win

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, December 9, 2014  – Nicaragua defeated Belize 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-20) for their second win at the XVIII Men’s Central American Cup at Jorge Galeano Gymnasium in Tegucigalpa.

Nicaragua didn’t give Belize a break, performing with more confidence and improvement from their past performances.  Nicaragua executed a well-structured strategy which Belize wasn’t able to read.

Belize held advantage in blocking (6-3), but Nicaragua’s better performance in kills by a 47-37 margin, 3-0 in serves and less unforced errors (15-22) was decisive for their win.

Outside hitter Tito Valdivia was Nicaragua’s top scorer with 24 points and opposite player Jonathan Tuckler contributed with 16 tallies. Belize had in opposite player Karym Coleman its best scorer with 15 points, followed by outside hitter Keith Castillo with 11 points.

Coach Osman Hernández of Nicaragua indicated “I’ve said before that the team is young and they’ve come from less to more in the tournament; the coaching staff has immersed in instructing the team and the boys have responded well and I believe that tomorrow Nicaragua will give a good performance against Guatemala”.

“Today we started very slow and couldn’t get continuity in the game; we should play far better for our next match. We’re not happy with our position in the tournament but there’s not much we can do, we can only be positive and hope to win the next game” indicated captain Elton Anderson of Belize.