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SANTA ROSA DE COPAN, Honduras, September 12,
2022.-
Costa Rica earned their second win defeating
Guatemala 3-0 (25-22, 25-12, 25-18) at the XIV
Boys’ U19 Central American Championship of
AFECAVOL being held at the Santa Rosa de Copan
Gymnasium.
Costa Rica is undefeated 2-0 and has a total of
10 points, while Guatemala has no victories 0-2,
with two points.
Costa Rica was more dominant in the second set,
jumping to a huge 13-7 advantage with their
blocking and that mentally affected the
Guatemalan team.
Costa Rica led in blocking by a huge 17-3 margin
in blocks; they also led 27-19 in attacks and
7-2 in serves. Guatemala committed fewer errors
(24-28) than Costa Rica.
The top scorer of the game was outside hitter
Grant Stanley of Costa Rica with 18 points from
11 attacks, 5 blocks and 2 aces. Also
contributing to Costa Rica’s win was its captain
David Córdoba with 9 puntos, who led in blocks
with 6 points.
Opposite hitter Ferdinando González and middle
blocker Theo Wandel scored 4 points each for
Guatemala.
On day three of competition, Costa Rica (2-0)
will face Honduras (0-1) and Guatemala (0-2)
meets El Salvador (1-0).
David Córdoba, captain of Costa Rica:
“It was exciting today’s victory. We had faced
Guatemala during the Pan American Cup, and we
knew their game level. We played at our rhythm
and came out with a good result”.
Luis Fernando Castañeda, head coach of
Guatemala:
“Costa Rica is an experienced team, they are
good, and they complement each other well,
everybody defends and attacks. We attacked
strongly, but Costa Rica defended a lot. We will
try to win our next three matches and see if
there’s a chance to win a medal. This was an
important game to get in the competition, after
yesterday’s loss against Belize, who by the way
is nice to see their level of play”. |
