UDA basketball highlights in the University Games

UDA basketball highlights in the University Games

After qualifying to the quarterfinals as first in their series and win all their matches, both in men and women, the basketball of the University of Azuay is prepared for the defining phases and stand out in the National University Games, which are disputed in Guayaquil until tomorrow at the Polytechnic School.

The representatives of the UDA in the female branch integrated group D with the UTPL and UNEMI, where the two matches were triumphs for the basins, the same happened with the male category, which shared the series with UPS, UTELVT and UPSE .

According to Andrés Espinoza coach of the men's team, from the 08: 00, today start the sudden death matches to seek a place until the final and return to Cuenca with a medal, also the strategist says that his team has a list of experienced players, who played the National Basketball League with Triple E, among them are: Brian Peláez; Francisco Peñafiel, Juan Cordero, Santiago Tamariz, Pedro Auquilla and Elián Armijos.

"The level that we see here is very different from that of other years, all the players stand out in the different matches, however now that they are commitments the true strategy will be seen in the participating teams. As UDA we have worked very hard to have the best way to represent our house of studies, we hope to continue like this and reach Cuenca with a medal, "said Espinoza, who also chairs the Triple E team.

The team of the UDA is completed by the strategist of the women's team, Cristian Larriva; physical trainer, Xavier Espinoza and Doménica Chaca, assistant.

Schedule

According to the calendar delivered by the organization of the sports event that takes place in the Main Port, on Friday the casts will be defined that will be placed on the podium in both branches; in this way, the commitment for the third place in women will go from the 09: 00 and the men will be disputed to the 10: 00. The duels for the title will start from the 11: 00, all matches will be played in the ESPOL coliseum.