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Costa Rica, Guatemala and El
Salvador win first round of
Volleyball Cup
Costa Rica, Guatemala and El
Salvador were the winners of the
first round matches in the 14th
Central-American Women's
Volleyball Cup in San Jose,
Puerto Rico, on Wednesday.
Costa Rica beat Honduras 3-0
(25-15, 25-17 and 28-26); El
Salvador beat Panama 3-1 (25-18,
21-25, 27-25 and 26-24), finally
Guatemala beat Nicaragua 3-1
(14-25, 25-13, 25-18 and 27-25).
The next games are Nicaragua-El
Salvador, Guatemala-Honduras and
Costa Rica-Panama. Every team
will play every other team and
the final result will be
published on Saturday.
The Costa Rican team are using
this competition to hone their
skills for the October-November
World Cup in Japan.
Costa Rican volleyball officials
said that swift returns,
effective blocks and greater
international exposure had
helped the local team to win.
Costa Rica's coach, Braulio
Godinez, told local media he had
encouraged all the players to
take part in the first so that
they would lose their fear of
competition.
Honduras's coach, Walter Montes,
said that his team's lack of
international experience was
noticeable in their match with
the Costa Rica team.
"Costa Rica is going to the
World Cup and has Central
America's strongest team, but we
are always hoping to play a
better game," Montes said. "In
the third set we showed that we
have some of the necessary
weapons, but that we need more
matches," he added.
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