United States advances to the Grand Final of the Men's Pan American Cup

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 20, 2024.- In a battle that extended to a maximum of five sets, the United States managed to defeat Cuba in their Semifinal match with a score of 3-2 (25-15, 23-25, 25-23, 24-26, 15-11) to place themselves in the Final of the XVII Pan American Men's Volleyball Cup at the “Ricardo Arias” National Volleyball Pavilion.

Cuba was better in attacks 59-57, while both teams were equal in blocks 11-11 and in serves 5-5.

For the United States, Gabriel García scored 25 points, followed by Daniel Wetter with 14 and Ethan Champlin with 13. For Cuba, Bryan Camino scored 18 points, while Carlos Santana and Victor Andreu added 17 and 13 respectively.

Andy Read, coach of the United States: Two well-coached teams, that play as hard as they can, Cuba won the second and fourth sets but in the fifth the boys responded and we were fortunate to get the victory at the end, I am very proud from them.

Mario Izquierdo, coach of Cuba: They are two groups that give themselves until the end, nobody gives anything away, nobody gives up, the two teams fought until the fifth set as could be seen with ups and downs, that's what happens at this level of competition, we managed to improve our performance in the fourth set but in the fifth the United States did things better and got the better of it.