THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Cuban Women Win in Volleyball; United States Takes the Bronze

Cuba needed only 63 minutes to defeat Peru, 15-5, 15-4, 15-8, to win its fifth consecutive gold medal in women’s volleyball at the Pan American Games Saturday.

Mireya Luis had 18 spikes, and Lazara Gonzalez added 14 for Cuba, runner-up to China in last year’s world championship.

Earlier, the United States took the bronze medal by defeating Brazil, 15-11, 16-18, 15-5, 15-9.

Eddie Ahorrio’s grand slam capped a six-run fifth inning, and Wilfredo Velez struck out 16 as Puerto Rico beat Canada, 12-2, in eight innings to take the bronze medal in the baseball tournament.

The victory assured Puerto Rico (6-3) a berth in next year’s Olympics. Canada (4-5), which never has won a medal in Pan Am baseball, will have to beat Italy for the final spot in the Olympics at Seoul, South Korea.

Second-seeded Al Parker of Claxton, Ga., trounced Pablo Albano of Argentina, 6-1, 6-0, to reach today’s final in the men’s tennis singles.

Parker will meet Fernando Roese of Brazil, who overpowered Luke Jensen of the United States, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, in the other semifinal Friday.

Washington scored in the first overtime, and Evair added a goal in the second overtime to give Brazil a 2-0 victory over Chile in the gold medal soccer game Friday night.

They teams played nearly 200 minutes of scoreless soccer in two Pan Am Games matches before Washington scored.

The teams played a scoreless tie in the preliminary round earlier in the week.