USA Earns First Win at Men’s Pan Am Cup

LEÓN, Guanajuato, August 26, 2025.- The United States earned its first victory in Pool A of the Men’s Pan American Cup after beating Antigua and Barbuda 3-0 (25-12, 25-11, 25-17) at Domo de la Feria in Guanajuato, León.

The U.S. with 1-1 record will close pool-play against Cuba, while Antigua and Barbuda (0-2) will face Venezuela.

The top place in the pool will have to wait until the results are complete to learn if they advance directly to semifinals or they will go through the quarterfinals alongside the second place in each pool.

USA sealed the win with advantage in every skill: attacks  (43-20), blocks (5-2) and service aces  (8-1). They committed a similar number of errors, the United States with 19 and Antigua and Barbuda with 17.

Kaleb Jenness of USA was the only player with double digits, with 14 points, as the U.S. used all its players.

Kaleb Jenness said after the win: “It was a really good comeback after yesterday’s loss. We had a lot of talking going on and we really wanted to play a good solid match, and I thought we did that. I am very proud of our team and our coaches. Tomorrow we played Cuba, we’re going to do the same things we played today, keep that high-level of volleyball, keep our communication going, just be really good at first contact – our passing and our receiving – the little stuff be really good”.

Cairon Davis of Antigua and Barbuda expressed: “Today we started off a little bit slow but overall, it was good. We started to pick up during the match, it’s still working progress. We were more confident today and more organized”.