Sitting Teams in Egypt for World Cup

B.J. Hoeptner Evans March 19, 2010

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Photo: B.J. Evans/USA Volleyball

Brenda Maymon serves against Brazil during the 2010 Parapan American Championships on March 6-8 in Denver.

B.J. Hoeptner Evans
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: (719) 228-6800
E-Mail: bj.evans@usav.org  

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 19, 2010) – The U.S. Men’s and Women’s Sitting Volleyball Teams are in Egypt for the WOVD World Cup on March 20-26 in Port Said.

The U.S. Women’s Sitting Team will be looking to improve on its third-place finish at the 2008 World Cup. Since then the team finished second at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing and won the 2009 Eurocup held in Netherlands.

Most recently, the U.S. Women topped Brazil and Canada to win the Parapan American Championship on March 6-8 in Denver.

“I’m really looking forward to going to Egypt,” U.S. Women’s Team Captain Brenda Maymon said. “We want to win there. It will also be one more step toward the World Championships.”

The United States is hosting the 2010 Sitting Volleyball World Championships on July 11-18 in Edmond, Okla. Both U.S. teams automatically qualified for the event, which will qualify the top three finishing teams of each gender for the 2010 Paralympic Games in London.

The U.S. Men’s Sitting Volleyball Team finished second to Brazil at the 2010 Parapan American Championship in Denver and has not played any European sitting teams since the 2006 Sitting World Championship, where the United States placed ninth.

“We’re looking forward to getting more matches under our belt,” said U.S. Men’s Sitting Head Coach Edgar Miraku. “It’s always hard to get enough matches. It serves the team well and everyone looks forward to playing new competition.”

U.S. Tournament Schedule (All times CT)
Men
March 21
USA vs. Ukraine, 6 a.m.
USA vs. Great Britain, 10 a.m.
March 22
USA vs. Iran, 4 a.m.
March 23
USA vs. Iraq, 11 a.m.

Women
March 21
USA vs. Netherlands, 8 a.m.
March 22
USA vs. Slovenia, 4 a.m. 
USA vs. Russia, 9 a.m.
March 23
USA vs. Egypt, 4 a.m.
 
U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team
Number Name (Hometown/Resident athletes at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla. are noted)
1 Lora Webster (Cave Creek, Ariz.)
3 Brenda Maymon (Sellersburg, Ind./Edmond, Okla.)
4 Michelle Gerlosky (Griffin, Ga./Edmond, Okla.)
5 Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash./Edmond, Okla.)
6 Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.)
9 Gina McWilliams (The Colony, Texas)
10 Kari Miller (Washington, D.C./Edmond, Okla.)
13 Nichole Millage (Champaign, Ill./Edmond, Okla.)
15 Kendra Lancaster (Westfield, Ind.)
18 Alex Gouldie (St. Paul, Neb.)

Head Coach: Bill Hamiter (Bethany, Okla.)
Assistant Coach: Edgar Miraku (Elbasan, Albania)
Team Leader: Dixie Collins (Marshall, Va.)
Athletic Trainer: Brian Choate

U.S. Men’s Sitting Volleyball Team
Number Name (Hometown/Resident athletes at the University of Central Oklahoma are noted)
2 Dan Regan (St. Louis, Mo./Edmond, Okla.)
3 Charles Swearingon (Gulfport, Miss./Edmond, Okla.)
4 Edward O'Neil (Amherst, Mass./Edmond, Okla.)
5 Eric Duda (Gainesville, Fla./Edmond, Okla.)
7 Brad Johnson (Pompano Beach, Fla.)
8 James Stuck (New Kensington, Pa./Edmond, Okla.)
9 Hugo Storer (Houston, Texas)
10 Edgardo LaForest (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
11 Roderick Green (West Monroe, La./Edmond, Okla.)
12 Brent Rasmussen (Omaha, Neb.)
13 Josh Franklin (Houston, Texas)

Head Coach: Edgar Miraku (Elbasan, Albania)
Assistant Coach: Bill Hamiter (Bethany, Okla.)
Team Leader: Dixie Collins (Marshall, Va.)
Athletic Trainer: Brian Choate

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