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Costa Rica downs Belize

 

   

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, 21 de agosto de 2015.- With one day of competition left at the XI Girls’ U-18 Central American Championship, Costa Rica downed Belize in straight sets 25-12, 25-17,25-19.

 

Costa Rica hold perfect record of 5-0 has only lost two sets and will close the event on Saturday facing Honduras, who defeated Guatemala and will battle for the Afecavol title.

 

Costa Rica had a strong performance and well-structured game plan, while Belize had many imprecisions with 32 errors.

 

Costa Rica’s offense was distributed among different players with a 29-20 advantage in kills and 10-3 in serves, and better defense 28-17.

 

Susan Alpizar with 10 points led Costa Rica’s scorers, followed by Tamara Espinoza with nine tallies and on the Belizean side, Mya Musa led all scorers with 12 points.

 

Captain Tamara Espinoza of Costa Rica said “I am satisfied with my team and we were well prepared, we have given our best even in practice to win the title and we are focused even more in tomorrow’s match”.

 

Juel Lewis Belizean captain said to be satisfied with her team’s performance while facing Costa Rica, “it was a tough match, we fought strongly and we feel happy”.

 

Coach Andres Lopez of Costa Rica expressed “I am already thinking in tomorrow´s game, but first we had to face Belize. We knew they have important players, Diego continues to be unstoppable, she is the best blocker here and that mad things difficult for us. I was able to use the whole group in preparation for the final”.

 

Coach.Albert Humes of Belize said, “Costa Rica came out to play and they did it well; my team is not mentally prepared, and our performance isn’t enough to face them”.

 

The last day features El Salvador facing Nicaragua, followed by Guatemala against Belize, an important match to reach the podium and finally Costa Rica meets Honduras. The event concludes with the awarding ceremony.