Costa Rica remains unbeaten by overtaking Honduras

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 26, 2019 - Costa Rica had no problems to overcome Honduras 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-21) for its third consecutive victory in the IV Central American U23 Women's Volleyball Championship.

The Costa Ricans had a perfect first set, with an advantage of up to 8 points before reaching the second technical time. In the second set the Hondurans wanted to react, failing in key points in the attack and in the third Costa Rica maintained the serenity and control of the game thanks to the combination of their attack.

Tatiana Sayles, captain of Costa Rica, scored 14 points, while Tamara Espinoza and Mariana Rodríguez each added 9 points. Honduras had the offensive duo of Cecille Johnson with 18 and Nathaly Pérez with 14, but the rest of the team stayed away in production.

Ignacio Araya, coach of Costa Rica: "I feel we come from less to more, it is important to point out that the strongest matches played in the middle of the week, El Salvador yesterday presented us a good match, tactically raised and Honduras did its thing; has couple of outstanding players and yet it gave us results as we thought. We have to work on the issue of consistency."

Caterine Leiva, coach of Honduras: "The anxiety ate us throughout the game. I cannot say anything more than anxiety could more than just play. We trained well this morning, we considered what had to be done. We studied the opposition and did not execute what was planned."

Honduras will face Guatemala on Thursday at 4:30 in the afternoon on the fifth day, while Costa Rica plays against Belize at 2:30 p.m.