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MEXICO CITY, Mexico, May 23, 2016.- Colombia prevailed over
Honduras 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-21) on Monday at the XI Men’s Pan
American Cup held at Olympic Gymnasium Juan de la Barrera in
Mexico City.
Colombia finishes third in Pool C with 1-2 record while Honduras
with 0-3 mark, in fourth place. Both teams will play the
classification round for places 7-10.
Colombia led in blocks (10-5) and aces (4-0). Honduras led in
kills (43-40). The South American team scored on 21 errors from
their opponent and committed 15.
Opposite Juan Moreno of Colombia led his team with 17 points and
outside hitter David Renteira chipped in with 11 points. Middle
blocker Luis Matamoros was Honduras top scorer with 11 points,
and Luis Salgado with Ornello Watler scored 10 points apiece.
Captain Andres Piza of Colombia said “there’s a game plan for
each match; on this occasion our younger players had the
responsibility because they’re preparing for an important
tournament and we knew they were capable of winning easily. The
scores were close because there wasn’t the same pressure as in
previous matches”.
Brazilian Percy Oncken coach of Colombia expressed “I used my
younger players, we are preparing for the South American U-23
championship and I need them to gain experience. The team played
well, despite yesterday’s painful loss”.
Captain Luis Salgado of Honduras said “today we were more
intelligent, unfortunately we continue with errors while
receiving and on location to score important points. We made
some damage with our blocking”.
Coach Marvin Ulloa is aware that this is a high leveled
competition “usually Honduras doesn’t play at this level and our
goal is to remain here. We still have problems with our
receiving and when we do it well we prove we can score mostly in
the middle”. |
