Colombia defeats Peru in Men's Pan American Cup

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 18, 2024.- Colombia defeated Peru 3-1 (25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 25-16) to finish the preliminary round with a record of 3-1 in the XVII Pan American Men's Volleyball Cup that is being played in the National Volleyball Pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.

Colombia was dominant 56-44 in attacks,  10-5 in blocks and 5-3 in serves.

Colombia's offense was led by Gustavo Larrahondo with 17 points, followed by Daniel Aponza with 14, while Leandro Mejía and Andrés Piza added 10 and 9 points respectively. For Peru, Maikel Jaramillo scored 22 points, the top scorer of the match, while Daniel Porras contributed 9 and Eduardo Romay 8.

Leandro Mejía, captain of Colombia: It was a game that became a little difficult for us at times since our reception was a bit complicated, but we moved forward slowly since we had the pressure that we had to win no matter what and thank God we managed to take the game forward and win.

Maikel Jaramillo, player from Peru: We lacked a bit of definition in the match, we were on the court but we didn't achieve what we wanted but that's the game, there is always revenge, I hope we get to play against them again so we'll see.