U.S. Men Sweep Chile to Move to 3-1 at 2024 Pan Am Cup

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 17, 2024) – The U.S. Men’s National Team finished with its third win in four preliminary round matches at the 2024 NORCECA Pan American Cup with a 3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-15) victory over Chile on Wednesday at the Professor Ricardo Gioriber Arias Volleyball Palace in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The U.S. will next compete in Friday’s quarterfinals at 4 p.m. PT against the Dominican Republic.

The U.S. led Chile 36-28 in kills with a significant advantage in hitting efficiency percentage. Committing only three hitting errors in the match, all in the first set, the U.S. hit .550 as a team in its 60 total attacks. Chile (18 errors in 67 attacks) hit .149. The U.S. dominated in blocks (10-2) and held a slight advantage in service aces (4-2).

Five players scored between seven and 10 points for the balanced U.S. attack, led by outside hitter Brett Wildman’s 10 points on seven kills, a block and two aces. Outside Cooper Robinson totaled nine points on seven kills and two blocks, and opposite Gabi Garcia also scored nine points, coming on six kills, a block and two aces.

Middle blocker Daniel Wetter shared the team lead with three blocks and recorded five kills for eight points. Middle Michael Marshman equaled Wildman and Robinson with seven kills. In addition to running the highly efficient offense, setter Nicholas Slight joined Wetter with a match-best three blocks and added a kill.

Libero Timothy McIntosh finished with a match-high four digs. Outside hitter Nolan Flexen registered three kills, all in the third set.

The U.S. led throughout most of the first set with a Marshman kill making it 16-11. Trailing 19-15, Chile scored five of the next six points to even the score at 20. After three more ties, kills by Marshman and Robinson gave the U.S. the set.

Chile took the early lead in the second set, 10-9, before the U.S. ran off nine consecutive points to take a seven-point lead. Garcia led the way with five points on two kills, a block and two aces. Robinson added four points on three kills and a block.

With a 13-11 lead midway through the third set, the U.S. went on a 6-1 run to take a 19-12 lead. Robinson paced the team with three kills and a block for four points. Flexen, Slight and Wetter each contributed three points.

U.S. Men’s Roster for the 2024 Pan American Cup

No. Name (Pos., Height, Hometown, School, USAV Region)
2 Cooper Robinson (OH, 6-7, Pacific Palisades, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
3 Gabi Garcia (OPP, 6-7, San Juan, Puerto Rico, BYU)
4 Merrick McHenry (MB, 6-7, Bedford, Texas, UCLA, North Texas)
6 Quinn Isaacson (S, 6-2, Plainfield, Ill., Ball State, Great Lakes)
7 Jacob Pasteur (OH, 6-4, Westminster, Md., Ohio State Univ., Chesapeake)
8 Nolan Flexen (OH, 6-9, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, UC-Irvine, Southern)
13 Patrick Gasman (MB, 6-10, Clovis, Calif., Univ. of Hawaii, Northern California)
15 Mason Briggs (L, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California)
22 Timothy McIntosh (L, 6-0, Miami, Fla., Sacred Heart, Florida)
24 Brett Wildman (OH, 6-5, Virginia Beach, Va., Penn State, Old Dominion)
25 Ethan Champlin (OH, 6-3, Oceanside, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
27 Michael Marshman (MB, 6-7, Glenmont, N.Y., St. Francis Univ., Excelsior Empire)
28 Nicholas Slight (S, 6-3, Storm Lake, Iowa, Grand Canyon Univ., Iowa)
30 Daniel Wetter (MB, 6-5, Camarillo, Calif., CSU-Northridge, Paris Volley)

Head Coach: Andy Read
Assistant Coach: Morteza Shiari
Assistant Coach: Jay Hosack
Physiotherapist: Rachel Kirkpatrick
Manager: Jimmy Kim

U.S. Men’s Schedule for the Pan American Cup
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July 14 USA def. Puerto Rico, 3-1 (25-21, 25-18, 29-31, 25-18)
July 15 USA def. Mexico, 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-20, 25-18)
July 16 Canada def USA, 3-2 (19-25, 25-20, 25-27, 25-23, 15-9)
July 17 USA def. Chile, 3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-15)
July 19 at 4 p.m. Quarterfinals, USA vs. Dominican Republic
July 20 Classification matches and semifinals
July 21 Classification matches and finals