Lima - The Cuban women''s volleyball team made its debut at the Pan American Cup Movistar with a hard-won victory over its similar of Peru, host of the tournament opened yesterday.

The Cuban team won 3-0, although the results show the sets were fiercely disputed 25-21, 25-20 and 25-22.

The Cuban team, placed in Group B, efficiently tightened the block, preventing the effectiveness of the Peruvian attack and having Melissa Vargas as the main player .

The Peruvian captain, Clarivett Yllescas, stated her team made many mistakes in serving and emotionally fell to the superiority of the Cuban attack.

In the same series, Dominican Republic defeated Uruguay 3-0 (25-10, 25-14, 25-8) and Argentina defeated 3-0 Costa Rica (25-14, 25-14, 27-25 ), Colombia beat Mexico 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-20) and the United States beat Puerto Rico 3-0 (25-22; 25-12; 25-18).

Today's matches are Group B's Cuba/Brazil, Peru/the Dominican Republic and Canada/Uruguay and Group A's Colombia/USA, Costa Rica/Puerto Rico and Argentina/Mexico.