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El Salvador concludes in fourth with victory over Panama

 

   

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 13, 2015 – El Salvador obtained a 3-1 (25-21, 25-13, 23-25, 25-12) victory in the last day at the XVI U20 Women’s Central American Championship to finish in fourth place with a 3-3 win-loss record and 15 points.

 

Gabriela Funes finished with 22 points for El Salvador and Blanca Colato contributed 15 in the victory. For Panama, the captain Yileen Ng had 20 points.

 

The Salvadoran attack got 38 points to 26 by their rivals and held the advantage in aces 15-7. Panama had a slight margin of 5-4 in blocks while El Salvador got 41 points from the opponents’ errors and committed 33.

 

Panama finished winless in six outings, winning only one set to El Salvador but battled hard against strong teams like Nicaragua, Guatemala and Costa Rica.