Today is day 3 of the 20th Central American Women's Volleyball Championships. It is the first time it is being held in Belize so our girls are fired up about that home court advantage. So far Belize has beat Panama 3-0 and lost to Salvador in its opening game. But there are still a couple more games left to be played and President of the Belize Volleyball Association, Allan Sharp says the Belize team is ready for the challenge.
Allan Sharp, Belize Volleyball Association
"We have already competed two days, this is the 3rd of the 5th day. Belize played opening night. We lost a squeaker 5th set 17, 15 against El Salvador, last night we won 3 sets to 0 against Panama. Today we play Nicaragua in the night cap, 7:30, tomorrow we play against Costa Rica at 7:30 and then Wednesday night is the final night we play Guatemala at 7:30."
"I think the girls are very confident, after the opening game, I think that got rid of all jitters, all the feelings and I think now they are ready to execute our game, well every game this tournament is at test, it is a strong game. We have a strong match in front of us but I think the girls are really ready to take that on."
"The present team has been practicing since last August so about 11 months, preparing for this tournament and basically since February they have been practicing about 6 days a week, since May twice a day so there has been a lot of preparation put in."
There are 6 teams participating in the tournament - all except Honduras who could not make it. The winner from this tournament advances to the Continental Championships next year.
In other regional sports news, Belize beat Barbados one to nil in an international friendly played out at San Pedro on Saturday afternoon.
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