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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 20, 2022.
The Nicaraguan National Team, with an undefeated
streak of four games, is one step away from
becoming the new Champion of the V Men's U23
Central American Championship after beating its
similar team from Honduras with a score of 3-0
and splits 25-20/25-23/25-19.
Nicaragua's sextet outscored 43-35, blocked 9-3
and served 2-1, Honduras committed 21 errors to
23 of the winners.
The match would start very evenly with Honduras
having the advantage, but Nicaragua made
adjustments that ruined the 25-20 victory. For
the second set, the margin was very narrow, it
would be Nicaragua again the one that would
leave the set 25-23.
The third set was very even, up to point 13
where Nicaragua would shoot up and win 25-19.
The top scorer for Nicaragua was Axel Gutiérrez
with 19 points and for Honduras Kevin Herrera
stood out with 16 points.
For this Sunday Nicaragua will face Costa Rica
at 2:30 pm and Honduras will face Guatemala at
5:00 pm.
statements
Jefferson Cascante, striker, Nicaragua:
"Everything went very well for us in this match,
what we worked on and we are one step away from
winning the championship, God willing."
David Arriola, point guard of Honduras: “It was
a hard fought game, quite difficult,
unfortunately Nicaragua outmaneuvered us
tactically and we didn't know how to make the
necessary adjustments, we're going to do a
better job in the next game”. |
