{"id":119838,"date":"2026-05-28T22:11:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/u-s-u-17-crushes-dr-in-pan-american-cup-undefeated-to-quarterfinals\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:11:49","slug":"u-s-u-17-crushes-dr-in-pan-american-cup-undefeated-to-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/u-s-u-17-crushes-dr-in-pan-american-cup-undefeated-to-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. U-17 Crushes DR in Pan American Cup: Undefeated to Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">United States Dominates Dominican Republic in the U-17 Pan American Cup<\/h2>\n\n\nTegucigalpa, Honduras \u2013 The United States U-17 women&#8217;s national team maintained its perfect record in the Pan American Cup by defeating the Dominican Republic in three sets, solidifying its position in the tournament being held at the Jorge Galeano Gymnasium.\n\nThe Americans demonstrated their superiority with partials of 25-12, 25-19 and 25-14, securing their place in the next round as leaders of Group A.\n\nPuerto Rico, after a close match, achieved second place in the group and also advanced to the quarterfinals. The Dominican Republic, for its part, will compete for the seventh to ninth place positions.\n\nThe United States displayed a dominant offensive game from the start, establishing a significant lead thanks to attacks from Mesa Jameson, Jael Smith, and Naomi Stevenson. The Dominican Republic struggled to find its rhythm, complicating their performance in the first set.\n\nIn the second set, the Dominicans improved their offensive performance, with Shanty P\u00e9rez leading the attacks. However, the United States maintained control, with Piper Coady contributing to the attack.\n\nThe third set began with the Dominican Republic taking the lead, driven by P\u00e9rez and captain Leandry Almonte. The United States responded quickly, tying the score and regaining control of the match, sealing the victory with a powerful spike by McKenzie Andrews.\n\nThe match statistics reflected the American dominance, with a clear advantage in attacks, blocks, and direct serves. Although the Dominican Republic committed fewer errors, it was not enough to counteract the power of their rival.\n\nJameson Mesa and Piper Coady, both from the United States, were the top scorers with 14 points each. For the Dominican Republic, Shanty P\u00e9rez led the offense with 11 points.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Teamwork was key, especially in blocking and defensive communication.<\/p><cite>Piper Coady<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nPiper Coady highlighted the collective work of her team.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We maintained communication and delivery regardless of the score.<\/p><cite>Leandry Almonte<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Dominican captain, Leandry Almonte, highlighted the team&#8217;s fighting spirit throughout the match.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States Dominates Dominican Republic in the U-17 Pan American Cup Tegucigalpa, Honduras \u2013 The United States U-17 women&#8217;s national team maintained its perfect record in the Pan American Cup by defeating the Dominican Republic in three sets, solidifying its position in the tournament being held at the Jorge Galeano Gymnasium. The Americans demonstrated their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1271,10455,641,2333],"class_list":{"0":"post-119838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-u-17","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-volleyball"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}