CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres
| Full name | Universidad de San Martín de Porres | ||
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| Short name | USM | ||
| Nickname | Las Santas (The Saints) | ||
| Founded | 2011 | ||
| Ground | Niño Héroe Manuel Bonilla Collisseum (Capacity: 3000) |
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| Manager |
 Juan Diego García |
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| Captain | Yulissa Zamudio | ||
| League | Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol | ||
| 2014-15 | Champions | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Universidad de San Martín de Porres is a women's volleyball club based in Lima, Peru champions of the Peruvian League in 2014 and 2015 and bronze medalists in the 2015 South American Championship. The club takes its name from the private university Universidad de San Martín de Porres.
After announcing the retirement of the Universidad de San Martín de Porres football club from the National football National Championship, the club intended to focus in other sports, strengthening the volleyball club among them.
At the end of the 2011–12 season, the team claimed second place in the championship, being defeated by Géminis in the final series. The club's foreign players Cándida Arias and Yonkaira Peña were selected best blocker and spiker, respectively, from the season.
Even when the club Géminis won the league championship and the right to represent Peru in the South American Club Championship, the team refused participating and Universidad San Martin was announced as taking its place in the competition. However, due to the lack of information about the tournament, the team turned back the invitation.
The result of the 2012/2013 season was again the second place for Universidad San Martín after falling to Universidad César Vallejo in the final series. Yonkaira Peña received the season's Best Scorer award for San Martín de Porres.
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