Patriotas and Cafeteros Assert Their

Dominance with Strong Home Victories

LARES, Puerto Rico, November 13, 2025. Thursday’s action in the Puerto Rico Men’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSM) was marked by straight-set wins for the home teams: Patriotas de Lares and Cafeteros de Yauco.

At the Félix Méndez Coliseum, the Patriotas defeated the Changos de Naranjito with set scores of 25-20, 25-21, and 25-19.

Lares’ offense was led by Garrett Muagututia with 13 points and Gabriel Colón with 12, along with Pablo Guzmán, who added 10. With this victory, Lares collected all three available points, improving their record to 6-2 and reaching 18 points, allowing them to tie for first place in the standings with the San Sebastián Caribes (7-0, 18 points).

For Naranjito, which remains in eighth place with a 1-7 record and 5 points, Clarke Godbold stood out with 11 points.

In the team statistics, the Patriotas outperformed the Changos in attacks (42-30), aces (6-3), digs (32-30), passes (36-32), and assists (25-12). Naranjito held the advantage in blocks, 7-6.

Meanwhile, at the Raúl “Pipote” Olivieras Coliseum, the Cafeteros de Yauco defended their home court by defeating the Gigantes de Adjuntas 3-0 with scores of 25-18, 25-17, and 25-21. With the three points earned, Yauco improved its record to 6-2 and reached 15 points, staying close to the leading Caribes and Patriotas.

Adjuntas, meanwhile, remains in seventh place with a 1-7 record and 6 points.

Juan Felipe Castañeda and Brandon Rattray led Yauco’s offense with 16 and 14 points respectively, while Cristian Encarnación contributed 14 points for the Gigantes.