U.S. Men's National Team Rolls Past Antigua at 2025 Pan Am Cup

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (August 27, 2025) – The U.S. Men’s National Team swept Antigua, 3-0 (25-12, 25-11, 25-17) on Wednesday in León, Guanajuato, Mexico to even its record at the 2025 NORCECA Pan American Cup.

The U.S. (1-1) completes pool play against Cuba (1-0 with a match against Venezuela later today) tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 28 at 5 p.m. PT.

The U.S. hit .544 as a team with 43 kills and only six errors in 68 attacks. Antiqua finished with 20 kills. The U.S. served eight of the nine aces in the match and led in blocks, 5-2.

Outside hitter Kaleb Jenness was the only player to reach double figures with 14 points on 11 kills, two blocks and an ace. Outside Nolan Flexen totaled seven points on six kills and an ace, while leading the squad with five digs.

Five U.S. players finished with five points. Outside Ryan Barnett and opposite Parker Van Buren each registered five kills. Middle blocker Matthew Gentry produced four kills and a block, middle Cam Thorne added three kills and two blocks, and opposite Kyle Hobus served a pair of aces to go with three kills.

Outside hitter Andrew Deardorff contributed four points on three kills and an ace, while middle Isaiah Preuitt delivered two kills and an ace. Setter Michael Wright ran the nearly unstoppable U.S. offense and served two aces. Middle blocker Daniel Wetter’s kill gave the U.S. 11 different scorers in the match.

Libero Jacob Reilly led the U.S. with seven successful receptions and fellow libero Troy Gooch recorded four digs.

Back-to-back kills by Hobus helped the U.S. take a 4-0 lead to start the match. Antigua cut the deficit to two points, 11-9, but the U.S. ran off the next seven points to extend the lead to nine. Jenness scored three points in a row on a kill and consecutive blocks, and Hobus served two aces in that stretch. A Jenness ace stretch the lead to 11 points, 21-10. Jenness scored on three consecutive kills to end the set, giving him nine points on six kills, two blocks and an ace. Hobus added three kills to his two aces for five points.

Leading 9-7 in the second set with Flexen scoring three points on two kills and an ace, the U.S. went on an 9-1 run that featured two Thorne blocks and a kill, and aces by Preuitt and Wright. After giving up one point, the U.S. ran together another three points with Thorne and Van Buren recording kills to go with an Antigua hitting error. Jenness put together back-to-back kills, the second ending the longest rally of the match for a 24-11 lead and Preuitt ended the set with a kill. Flexen scored six points on five kills and an ace, Jenness added five more kills, and Thorne totaled four points on two kills and two blocks.

Antigua scored three points in a row to close the U.S. lead to two points, 11-9, in the third set. Deardorff posted back-to-back kills to cap a 5-1 run and a 14-10 advantage. An Antigua ace cut the margin back to two, 15-13. Gentry and Van Buren produced kills for a 19-14 lead and three errors extended the lead to eight points. Barnett scored the final two U.S. points, his fourth and fifth kills of the set, to close out the match. Gentry also scored five points in the set with four kills and a block.

U.S. Men’s Roster for 2025 Pan Am Cup

No. Name (Pos., Ht., Hometown, College, USAV Region)
1 Matthew Gentry (MB, 6-7, Hudson, Ohio, Lincoln Memorial, Ohio Valley)
2 Kaleb Jenness (OH, 6-6, Mount Pleasant, S.C., Ball State, Palmetto)
3 Troy Gooch (L, 6-0, Buffalo, N.Y., UCLA, Western Empire)
4 Ryan Barnett (OH, 6-5, Vero Beach, Fla., Pepperdine, Florida)
10 Isaiah Preuitt (MB, 6-8, Portland, Ore., Long Beach State, Columbia Empire)
13 Andrew Deardorff (OH, 6-5, Itasca, Ill., Saint Francis, Great Lakes)
14 Parker Van Buren (OPP, 6-9, Cross Plains, Wis., Loyola Chicago, Badger)
15 Kyle Hobus (OPP, 6-7, San Pedro, Calif., CSUN, Southern California Southern Nevada)
16 Jacob Reilly (L, 6-2. Cypress, Texas, Pepperdine, Lone Star)
17 Andrew Rowan (S, 6-7, Trabuco Canyon, Calif., UCLA, Southern California Southern Nevada)
18 Michael Wright (S, 6-4, Richmond, Va., Ohio State, Old Dominion)
20 Cameron Thorne (MB, 6-4, Hollywood, Calif., UCLA, Florida Region)
23 Nolan Flexen (OH, 6-9, Rio Rancho, N.M., UC Irvine, Southern)
30 Daniel Wetter (MB, 6-5, Camarillo, Calif., CSUN, Southern California Southern Nevada)

Coaches for Pan Am Cup
Head Coach: Andy Read
Assistant Coach: Luke Reynolds
Assistant Coach: Lawrence Wrather
Physiotherapist: Beth Drayer
Performance Analyst: Muhammad Mbaye
Team Leader: John Xie

Schedule
All times PT
Tuesday, Aug. 26: Venezuela def. USA, 3-0 (25-21, 28-26, 31-29)
Wednesday, Aug. 27: USA def. Antigua, 3-0 (25-12, 25-11, 25-17)
Thursday, Aug. 28: USA vs. Cuba, 5 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 29: Quarterfinals and Classifications 7/10
Saturday, Aug. 30: Semifinals
Sunday, Aug. 31: Medal matches and classifications