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Belize’s Junior Female Volleyball team impressive in international competition

By on August 20, 2013

The Belize National Junior Female Volleyball team has won its first two games of the ongoing 15th Women’s U-20 Central American Championship. 

The games are being played in Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras. 

The latest victory for team Belize came on Tuesday evening when the U-20 team defeated El Salvador in 3 sets to 1.  The scores were: 25-18, 25-18, 21-25, 25-23. 

According to the NORCECA Volleyball Confederation website, the top scorer in Tuesday’s game was Sherika Burton with 17 points (15 kills, 2 blocks).  Jahshema Saunders had 13 points (12 kills, 1 ace), Maurissa Williams also contributed with 11 points (6 kills, 4 blocks, 1 ace), Leandra Betson had 6 points (4 kills, 1 block, 1 ace).

Belize’s next outing will be on Wednesday afternoon when the girls take on Nicaragua. 

Belize won its first match on Monday when they defeated the home team Honduras in 3 sets by the score of 25-17, 25-13, 25-20.

In Monday’s game, the top scorer was Sherika Burton with 14 points (10 kills, 2 blocks, 2 aces) and followed closely by Jahshema Saunders with 13 points (6 kills and 7 aces).  Maurissa Williams also contributed with 8 points (4 kills, 4 blocks), Xiomara Quan with 4 aces, Leandra Betson and Kandyce Burn with 2 points each.  Libero Nayala Tun also had an outstanding game with her serve receive and defense.

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