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U.S. Sitting Team Captain Improving After Accident

U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team Captain Kendra Lancaster (Westfield, Ind.) is recovering from injuries she suffered in a head-on car accident in Morgan County, Ind., on Saturday. Read More

U.S. Men Reward Big Crowd with Win

In their first match in the United States since the 2008 Olympic Games, the U.S. National Team defeated a feisty team from China 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-21). Read More

U.S. Sitting Teams to Play Canada in Denver

The U.S. Men’s and Women’s Sitting Volleyball Teams will face their counterparts from Canada on March 20-21 in matches that will be played as part of the Colorado Crossroads tournament. Read More

USAV Honors Women's Sitting Team

USA Volleyball has announced that the U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team has been named its Paralympic Team of the Year for 2008. Read More

USA Volleyball Represented at White House Reception

Five members of the U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team and 11 Paralympic Sitting Volleyball Team members visited the White House on Oct. 7 to honor 2008 Olympians and Paralympians. Read More

USA Volleyball Experiences Unprecedented Summer Success

USA Volleyball experienced a summer of unparalleled success in 2008 with six gold medals, three silvers and a bronze in major international competitions involving the Summer Olympic Games, Summer Paralympic Games, NORCECA and FIVB Championships. Read More

2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative USA Volleyball Apparel on Sale

USA Volleyball has unveiled five commemorative logo designs to appear on apparel saluting USA Volleyball's medal successes at the recent Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing. Read More

UCO Offers Chance to Welcome Home U.S. Sitting Women

Five members of the U.S. Sitting Volleyball Team will be welcomed home for the 2008 Paralympic Games. Read More

U.S. Sitting Women Secure Paralympic Silver Medal

The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team won the silver medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games on Sunday after falling to defending champion China in the final match, 25-14, 25-19, 25-15. Read More

U.S. Sitting Women to Play for Paralympic Gold

The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team advanced to Sunday’s Paralympic gold medal match after defeating Netherlands, 3-2 (19-25, 25-23, 28-26, 25-27, 15-10), on Friday. Read More

U.S. Women's Sitting Team Advances to Semifinals

In a repeat of the 2004 Paralympic semifinals for women’s sitting volleyball, the United States will play Netherlands in Friday’s semifinals and China will face Slovenia. Read More

China Hands U.S. Sitting Women First Paralympic Loss

The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team suffered its first setback of the 2008 Paralympic Games on Tuesday, falling to top-ranked China, 25-14, 25-21, 25-19 in Beijing. Read More

U.S. Sitting Women's Volleyball Team Opens Paralympics with Victory

The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team opened the 2008 Paralympic Games by sweeping Lithuania, 25-15, 25-18, 25-9, on Sunday at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing. Read More

U.S. Sitting Women's Team Prepared for Paralympics

The U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team will be looking to improve on its 2004 bronze medal finish when it begins play at the 2008 Paralympic Games, starting Saturday, Sept. 6 in Beijing. Read More

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Katie Holloway joined the U.S. Women's Sitting Team in 2006 and won a silver medal with the team at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. She is traveling with the team in Shanghai, China where they are playing a Shanghai club team.

Latest U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball: Victory Banquet

SHANGHAI, China (June 10, 2011) – Today was a great day – Kaleo’s birthday!!!  She’s the big 1-5! We celebrated with cake, candles, and a WIN! … Read More

Brenda Maymon's Blog

Brenda Maymon is a player on the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team and won a silver medal with the team at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. This week, she is competing with the team at the ECVD Continental Cup in Ukraine.

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After our match against Great Britain, we took a photo with them. As all of us were cheesing away, one of the Brits said, "you're looking at the gold and silver teams for London!" We all got… Read More

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Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report - Sept. 5, 2008

For the past year or so, our team has been hearing the slogan for the Paralympic Games – “Amazing Awaits.” When we arrived in Beijing on August 1st, we quickly knew that amazing no longer awaits. Besides the hospitality from all the volunteers at the airport and here at the… Read More

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Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report - Sept. 7, 2008

Since the last time I wrote, we have had a pretty exciting last couple days. It started with our last practice before the start of the real games. It was at our competition venue and we pretty much worked on the basics to get use to our environment.

The following day was Opening… Read More

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Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report fo …

Our team is in unchartered water after our win against the Netherlands 2 days ago. It was the first time Team USA has won against them in official competition. It felt great – I’m sure it felt very similar to winning a gold medal. We worked hard for that win and we deserved it. We… Read More

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U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball: Hello, Shanghai!

June 8, 2011

After a seemingly uneventful, mildly turbulent flight, and a complete 24 hours of travel, we made it to the Shanghai Disabled Sports Center. No one lost their luggage and everyone was running on empty but we all made it in one piece.

Thankfully the organizers kept the… Read More

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