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El Salvador outduels Belize

 

   

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 8, 2015 – El Salvador outdueled Belize in three close sets (26-24, 25-21, 26-24) as both teams have now one victory at the XVI U20 Women’s Central American Championship.

 

It was a pretty equaled match in all facets. In attacks, El Salvador had 32 to 31 by Belize. In the blocking the teams tied 4-4 while in aces the Salvadorians led 10-8. The losers committed 34 errors to 23 by the winners.

 

Soriano was the best for El Salvador with 16 points, followed by Gabriela Funes with 11. For Belize, Mya Musa had 13 and Kori Diego was next with 11 tallies.

 

Laura Villalobos, captain of El Salvador: “We had moments of desperation when we trailed in the score but were able to control the situation. We worked hard and defended well. I think we are going to improve in the next matches.”

 

Juel Lewis, captain of Belize: “We really tried but couldn’t finish. It was a good game, we started well but they were strong and kept it that way. Our mentality was high, battled hard but faced a very good team.”