Panama overcomes Honduras in five thrilling sets
CIUDAD PANAMA, Panama, June 22, 2011 – Panama defeated Honduras
in a thrilling five-setter by score of 20-25, 25-19, 19-25,
25-17, 15-4 in the nightcap of the opening day at the U-21 Men’s
Pan American Volleyball Cup on Wednesday.
Manuel Gomez scored 21 points to lead the winning cause while
Otto Otton and Captain Pablo Quiel added 13 and 10 respectively.
Honduras’ Kristian Sabio topped the scores of his side with 14
tallies followed by Jose Vasquez and Alex Padilla with 11 and
10.
Hondurans and Panamanians played a very intense seesaw match
with the home side prevailing in the fourth set before
dominating the tie-breaker when they took advantage of the
opponent’s errors.
Panama’s Coach Elliott Clark was satisfied with the final
outcome of the well fought match even though his team only has
been training 15 days while captain Quiel admitted they didn’t
play well but showed enough courage at the end.
Honduras’s Coach Alex Godoy and the Captain Vasquez stated that
despite the loss their team gained in experience battling even
against a local team with a side made up mostly by players of 17
and 18 years-old preparing for the Central American tournament
of the age-category to be played next August. |