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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, October 18, 2015.- Nicaragua downed
Panama 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-15) on the third day of actions and
remains unbeaten at the AFECAVOL Men’s U-19 Central American
Championship at Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium.
Nicaragua stands with perfect 3-0 record and fifteen points;
Panama unfortunately remains win-less with four points.
Nicaragua rests on Monday while Panama (0-3) faces Honduras
(2-0).
Set one was a battle of points going back and forth, neither one
gave away opportunities with intense kills; Nicaragua managed
the necessary advantage to finish. Panama engaged in setting
errors holding them back in set two, as Nicaragua held a huge
advantage to move on even stronger. The third set had the same
intensity as the beginning, but Panama couldn’t keep up with
Nicaragua’s rhythm, who took a six point advantage difficult to
overcome.
Nicaragua’s powerful serves controlled Panama with 4-0 margin;
they also held advantage in kills 39-22 and in blocking 9-8.
Nicaragua committed 21 errors and Panama 23.
Jonny Zeledon of Nicaragua topped all scorers with 23 points, 17
on kills, 5 blocks and 1 ace; Bayron Hernandez contributed with
18 points, 16 on kills and 2 blocks. Jose Anguizola led Panama
with 12 points.
“Concentrations was today’s key factor, we were totally focused
on finding their defects to finish winning” said captain Jonny
Zeledon of Nicaragua.
Panama’s captain Jose Anguizola said “Nicaragua was a worthy
opponent, we couldn’t concentrate on our performance, and I
really don’t know what happened to us”.
Coach Osman Hernandez of Nicaragua said “I’ve been saying that
our captain, Jonny, wasn’t performing to his maximum potential
and today he played with better rhythm, with strong kills. Our
serves were very effective; our strategy was set because we were
prepared to face Panama”.
Marco Perez coach of Panama “the team believed that only Costa
Rica and Guatemala were the ones to beat; they thought Nicaragua
was an easy opponent so they were relaxed.
We lacked the energy and attitude that Nicaragua had”. |
