SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 16, 2024.- The defending champions Canada overcame United States in a hard-fought match that went to a maximum of five sets with 3-2 (19-25, 25-20, 25 -27, 25-23, 15-9) to improve (2-0) in the XVII edition of the Men’s Pan American Volleyball Cup.
Canada took the honors in attacks 62-52, in blocks 9-4 and in serves 6-4.
Canada’s captain Jesse Elser was the top scorer with 21 points, followed by Isaac Heslinga and Jackson Howe with 17 points each. For the Americans, Michael Marshman was the best with 15 points accompanied by Gabriel García who added 13.
Isaac Heslinga, player from Canada: I think we played with the basic fundamentals, the plan was to keep strong serves and work them well and our offense. For the next matches we must work on some things on our central line but for all the rest we are fine.
Michael Marshman, United States player: It was a classic game between Canada and the United States which are usually very battled on both sides, today I think we came up a little short, but I give all the credit to Canada, they made good adjustments during the game and that gave them this victory.