Honduras beats Guatemala in straight sets

CIUDAD QUESADA, Costa Rica, November 21, 2019 - Honduras stormed past Guatemala in straight sets 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-13) to add its second triumph of the XIII Central American U18 Women's Volleyball Championship.

Genesis Oyuela commanded Honduras with 14 points, while Shantte Siliezar contributed 10 and Dazly Durán added 8, six of them via serves that marked the course of the third set.

After Honduras dominated the first set, in the second the actions remained evened to point 23 when the Hondurans managed to close strong to take the set.

In the third, with Durán in the service, Honduras took a 10-0 advantage that was out of reach, achieving six “aces” and getting the Guatemalan reception into trouble with the rest of their serves.

Diana Barillas and Ingrid Almaraz with 9 points apiece were the best for Guatemala, which was outscored in attacks 30-18, blocks 6-5 and services 10-9.

Caterine Leiva, coach of Honduras: “We worked mentally and emotionally with them yesterday, after two defeat the spirits were low and we had to regain confidence. We had to go out strong, go out to win, because we needed that triumph to have aspirations, we focused on the serve, it was the best we could do, and tactical discipline and obedience. ”

David Aldana, coach of Guatemala: “They (Honduras) have a very good player who made the difference (Durán), with that disadvantage in the third set we could not react. We have two very complicated games, against Belize and Costa Rica, they have very tall and strong players in the service, we will try to close the best we can.”

Honduras will face El Salvador at 3:00 p.m. this Friday and Guatemala goes to Belize at 5:00 p.m.