Women of Nicaragua and Guatemala with good start

CIUDAD GUATEMALA, July 12, 2019 - The couples of Nicaragua 1 and Guatemala 1, started the XII Central American U21 Beach Volleyball Championship, with double victories. The tournament is held on the sand courts of Campo Marte in the Guatemalan capital.

The Nicaraguans Lourdes Lugo and Anielka Alonzo defeated 2 sets to 0 (21-11, 21-12) early in the morning to the couple from Guatemala 2 composed of Ana Arévalo and Joselyn Muñoz. In the afternoon they dispatched Hondurans Shanna Rivera and Reer James, also by 2-0 with partials of 21-17 and 21-16.

On the other hand, the current Central American champions, Paola Alvarado and Laura Quiñonez of Guatemala, won the first game of the day over Costa Rica 2 (Valeria Matarrita / Irene Gómez) with a score of 21-15 and 21-19. In the afternoon they beat Panama integrated by Karla Ortiz and Yeilin Hernández with partial 21-13 and 21-6.

Results of the day:

POOL A: GUA 1 d CRC 2, 2-0 (21-15, 21-19); BIZ 1 d PAN 1, 2-1 (21-18, 20-22, 15-9); CRC 2 d BIZ 1, 2-0 (21-6, 21-12); GUA 1 d PAN 1, 2-0 (21-13,21-6).

POOL B: HON 1 d ESA 2, 2-0 (21-10, 21-15); NCA 1 d GUA 2, 2-0 (21-11, 21-12); GUA 2 d ESA 2, 2-0 (21-17, 21-9); NCA 1 d HON 1, 2-0 (21-17, 21-16).

POOL C: CRC 1 d NCA 2, 2-0 (21-6, 21-14); ESA 1 d HON 2, 2-0 (21-9, 21-7);