Venezuela beats Peru for fifth place in Women’s Pan American Cup

COLIMA, Mexico, August 10, 2025.- Venezuela defeated Peru 3-2 (18-25, 25-23, 19-25, 25-20, 15-12) in the fifth-place match of the XXII Senior Women's Pan American Volleyball Cup held at the Multifunctional Auditorium of the Morelos Sports Complex in Colima, Mexico.

Venezuela held the advantage in blocks 14-10, while Peru led in attacks 67-58 and in serves 7-4. Venezuela committed 26 unforced errors against Peru's 21.

Nelmaira Valdez led the winners with 22 points, including 16 kills, 4 blocks, and 2 aces, followed by Winderlys Medina with 19 and Mariangel Vivas, who added 14.

For Peru, Aixa Vigil finished with 27 points as the match's top scorer, while Sandra Ostos and the captain, Karla Ortiz, added 18 and 17 points, respectively.

Adrian Fiorenza, Venezuela's coach: "Fortunately, we continue on an upward trend, we've been able to improve in each match and demonstrate the talent these players possess in the game, we overcame many difficulties, we came with four middle blockers, three were injured, but the girls gave their all and defeated a great team like Peru."

Antonio Rizola, Peru coach: “We had a very limited game the middle players were failing, and captain Karla Ortiz left the game due to dehydration, I think we performed miracles to take this game to a fifth set, I'm leaving here with the mission accomplished because we achieved what we wanted.”