SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 9, 2007.- Veteran Jose Martell, whose leadership qualities and overall ability, helped Mexico to win the gold medal of the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup, was elected as the Most Valuable Player of the competition.

The lefty hitter Martell was the only member of the new champions in the All-Star Team, which reflects the team-effort made by the Mexican squad during the whole tournament.

Cuban Yadier Sanchez won the best scorer and best attacker categories and Dominican Amaury Martinez was both the best receiver and libero. More Spanish

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 8, 2007.- Mexico won the gold medal of the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup by scoring a four-set victory over Puerto Rico 26-24, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20 on Friday night.

The Mexicans, who finished in second place of Pool A during the preliminary phase, defeated Panama in the quarterfinals, and then beat Cuba in semi finals. Their only loss was against the Puerto Ricans in their opening match.

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 8, 2007.- Cuba won the bronze medal at the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup by defeating Canada in four sets (25-21, 25-27, 25-21, 25-19) on Friday.

As the third place team of this competition, Cuba qualified along with Puerto Rico and Mexico to the 2008 Americas Cup in Brazil.

Yadier Sanchez, the Cuban Captain, was the top scorer of the match with 24 points, Raidel Gonzalez added 16, including eight blocks,  More Spanish P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 8, 2007.- Trinidad & Tobago avenged the loss suffered during the Pool B play by defeating Panama in straight sets and finishing in the sixth position at the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup.

The Trinidadians only needed 68 minutes to win by scores of 25-20, 26-24, 25-17. More Spanish   P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 7, 2007.- Puerto Rico will clash with Mexico in the match for the gold medal of the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup on Friday.

The Puerto Ricans recovered from losing the first set and continued to beat Canada 22-25, 25-19, 27-25, 25-20 in their semi final encounter. Previously Mexican had defeated Cuba in four sets.

Victor Bird scored a tournament high 32 points for Puerto Rico and Alexis Matias and Enrique Escalante each added 13. Mark Dodds and Dallas Soonias led Canada with 17 and 11 points. More Spanish   P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 7, 2007.- Mexico advanced to the gold medal match of the Men’s Pan American Cup with a convincing victory over Cuba in four sets on Thursday.

Relying on solid blocking and good overall defense, the Mexicans got the win by scores of 25-21, 20-25, 25-21, 25-22.

The victory earned Mexico one spot in next year’s Americas Cup in Brazil. Cuba remains with a chance to qualify for the Brazilian event if wins the bronze medal on Friday. More Spanish   P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 7, 2007.- The Dominican Republic defeated Panama 25-16, 25-22, 25-23 in the match for the fifth place of the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup on Thursday.

Both teams played mostly with their reserve players in the match preceding the semi finals encounters.

Eduardo Concepcion with 18 points was the best Dominican scorer. Cesar Canario and Felipe Henriquez added 14 and 10 respectively. Domingo Avila with 12 points and Luis Maciao with 8 topped Panama. More Spanish   P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 6, 2007.- Canada completed the final four teams in the semi final phase of the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup after scoring a 25-23, 25-15, 25-23 over host Dominican Republic.

Canada overcame an 11-16 deficit in the first set, and never looked back taking control of the action.

Mark Dodd had 20 points for Canada and Toontje Van Lankvelt and Kris Brand contributed 11 and 9 points. Dominicans Elvis Contreras and Jose Caceres each had 12 and Eury Almonte added 9. More Spanish  P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 6, 2007.- Mexico earned its spot in the semi finals of the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup with an easy victory in straight sets over Panama on Wednesday.

The more experienced Mexicans only had difficulties in the second set when they committed several errors before recovering. The final score was 25-14, 26-24, 25-16.

Jose Martell and Juan Garcia each had 16 points as the main weapons for Mexico and Irving Bricio added 11 tallies. Carlos Zuniga with 10 points was the only Panamanian in double figures. More Spanish  P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 5, 2007.- Cuba advanced to the semi final round of the Men’s Pan American Cup with a straight set victory (25-23, 25-22, 25-20) over host Dominican Republic.

The Cubans, who finished with a perfect record of 3-0 in Pool B, outscored their rivals in blockings 12-3.

Yadier Sanchez was the best scorer of the match with 19 points for Cuba and Osmany Camejo added 9, including six blocks. Dominicans Elvis Contreras and Jose Caceres had 16 and 13 respectively. More Spanish P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 5, 2007.- Puerto Rico moved to the semi finals of the Men’s Pan American Cup with a four-set victory over Mexico by scores of 25-23, 25-27, 26-24, 25-19.

It was a very tough battle for the first three sets with both teams exchanging good and bad moments, but in the fourth the Puerto Ricans built a comfortable lead and cruised to the triumph and first place in Pool A.

Victor Bird with 24 points led four Puerto Ricans in double digits. Roberto Muniz had 15 and Josue Nunez and Enrique Escalante added 12 and 11 respectively. More Spanish P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 5, 2007.- Panama advanced to the quarterfinals of the Men’s Pan American Cup with a 27-25, 25-18, 26-24 victory over Trinidad & Tobago in Pool B of the event.

Jose Cunningham and Domingo Avila led Panama with 16 and 11 points respectively while Trinidadian Nolan Tash and Marc Honore scored 24 and 12.

While the first set was a close battle from start to finish, Panama was the better team on the court from the second set on with better technique and taking advantage of their opponents’ mistakes. The Panamanians saw a wide margin reduced in the third set but recovered to prevail. More Spanish P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 4, 2007.- The Dominican Republic lost the first set against Panama but recovered well to get its second win in as many outings in Pool B of the Second Men’s Pan American Cup.

The host Dominicans triumphed by scores of 25-27, 25-20, 25-22, 25-15, and tomorrow will meet Cuba to define the winner of the pool who automatically advance to the semi final phase.

Elvis Contreras, Jose Caceres and Juan Pozo had 17, 14 and 12 points respectively for Dominican Republic.  More Spanish P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 4, 2007.- Mexico began its participation in the Second Men’s Pan American Cup with a triumph over Canada in five sets by scores of 19-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-22, 16-14.

Lefty Jose Martell paced the Mexican attack with 20 points and Gustavo Meyer added 17 tallies. Other Mexicans in double digits were Juan Garcia and Irving Bricio with 12 and 10 respectively. More Spanish P-2 form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 4, 2007.- Cuba won its second match at the Men’s Pan American Cup but not before clashing against a resilient squad from Trinidad & Tobago and winning 23-25, 25-15, 25-19, 30-28.

The spikes of Captain Yadier Sanchez were decisive in the fourth set when Cuba overcame five set-points and finally got the victory. More Spanish P-2  form

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 3, 2007.- The Dominican Republic recovered from a shaky start and beat Trinidad & Tobago 27-25, 25-13, 25- 23 in the last match of Sunday at the Men’s Pan American Cup.

The athletic Trinidadians made a strong effort in the first set and fought evenly against the host Dominicans who finally prevailed with the serves and spikes of their star Elvis Contreras.

On Monday, the Dominican Republic plays against Panama while Trinidad & Tobago meets Cuba in Pool B. In Pool A, Mexico debuts against Canada and Puerto Rico has a rest day. More Spanish  P-2 for match

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 3, 2007.- Puerto Rico edged Canada in tour sets (25-17, 17-25. 25-17, 28-26) in the first match of Pool A of the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup.

Victor Bird led Puerto Rico with 19 points and Roberto Muniz added 14. Mark Dodd topped Canada with 11 points and Kris Brand and Toonjie Van Lankvelt each contributed 9 tallies.

“We are preparing our team for the Pan American Games. More Spanish  P-2 for match

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 3, 2007.- Cuba scored an easy victory in straight sets (25-14, 25-21, 25-18) over Panama in the opening match of the Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cup.

The Cubans established their strong blocking and did not have problems controlling the match from start to finish, with a light resistance from the Panamanian in the second set.

Raidel Gonzalez paced Cuba with 16 points, including two blocks, and Yadier Sanchez, Raidel Delgado and Osmany Camejo added 14, 10 and 9 tallies respectively. Domingo Avila was the top scorer of Panama with 13 points. More Spanish  P-2 for match

Chris Green (Canada): “This tournament represents a good opportunity for our young players to get the international experience and for some veterans the chance to return to this type of competition. We are excited to compete against the other NORCECA teams and really appreciate the invitation to participate.” 

Juan Gala (Cuba): “We are bringing a young team with good technical level. It is a blend of seniors and juniors and this competition allow us to continue the preparation of our main junior players for the World Championship in Morocco.  More Spanish