Dominican Republic takes fifth place in Men's Pan American Cup

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 21, 2024.- Dominican Republic beat the Colombia 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 26-24) in straight sets to take fifth place of the Men's Pan American Volleyball Cup that concluded this Sunday at the “Ricardo Arias” National Volleyball Pavilion.

The Dominican Republic was more dominant in attacks 46-34 and in serves 3-1, while Colombia was better in blocks 11-4.

With 20 points, Henry Tapia was the best scorer for the Dominicans, followed by Henry López with 11, while Luther Rosario and Héctor Cruz scored 9 each. For Colombia, Daniel Aponza finished with 13 points and Leandro Mejía added 8.

José Gutiérrez, coach of the Dominican Republic: It was a match more mental than physical and technical, even the third set was more mental, I think that in that aspect we showed that we are strengthened, which we continue working and growing and that in the future in the next Cup we can be among the four finalists.

Carlos Osorio, coach of Colombia: An extremely important match for both teams, the advantage was for the team that made the least mistakes, we had some mistakes that we paid for in the final result of the match, fortunately in the end we were also able to move the team, young guys who are starting this process as adults and the truth is that they are happy in that aspect because they gave a good result in this competition knowing that they are young.