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Men's Junior Team Finishes Eighth at Worlds
The U.S. Men’s Junior National Team ended the FIVB Men’s Junior World Championships on a down note, losing to Iran 1-3 (25-22, 17-25, 12-25, 18-25) on Sunday at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune, India. Read More
U.S. Men's Junior Team Falls to Russia
The U.S. Men’s Junior National Team continued to struggle at the FIVB Men’s Junior (U-21) World Championships in Pune, India, losing 0-3 (19-25, 18-25, 18-25) to Russia on Saturday. Read More
Men's Junior Team Fighting for Fifth Place
The U.S. Men's Junior National team hopes to end its four-game losing streak and finish strong in the final round of the 2009 FIVB Men's Junior World Championship this weekend in Pune, India. Read More
U.S. Men's Junior Team Falls to Iran in Five
The U.S. Men’s Junior Volleyball Team put up a fight, but it wasn’t enough as it fell to Iran, 2-3 (25-23, 21-25, 18-25, 25-20, 10-15) on Thursday at the FIVB Men’s Junior (U-21) World Championships at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune, India. Read More
Cuba Defeats U.S. Men's Junior Team at Worlds
The U.S. Men’s Junior National Volleyball Team had trouble with an old foe on Wednesday as it fell to NORCECA champion Cuba, 0-3 (23-25, 23-25, 23-25) at the FIVB Men’s Junior (U-21) World Championships at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune, India. Read More
U.S. Men's Junior Team Bested by Brazil
The U.S. Men’s Junior National Team lost to Brazil, 1-4 (21-25, 23-25, 25-22, 17-25) at the FIVB Men's Junior (U-21) World Championships on Tuesday at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune, India. Read More
U.S. Men's Junior Team Tops Tunisia
The U.S. Men's Junior National Team came back from a first-set loss to defeat Tunisia 3-1 (21-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-21) on Saturday at the FIVB Men's Junior (U-21) World Championships at the Balewadi Sports Complexin in Pune, India. Read More
Men's Junior Team Beats Belarus at Worlds
The U.S. Men’s Junior National Team opened the FIVB World Championships on Friday with a 3-1 (32-30, 21-25, 25-18, 30-28) pool play victory over Belarus at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune, India. Read More
U.S. Men's Junior Team Ready for the World
The players and coaches on the U.S. Men’s Junior (U-19) National Team that will compete July 31-Aug. 9 at the 2009 Men’s Junior World Championship in Pune, India, know each other pretty well. Read More
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Shawn Patchell is serving as the team leader for the U.S. Men's Junior National Team as it competes at the FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship Brazil 2011 in Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi.
Latest Fourth-Place Finish
What a great run for the Jr National Team in Rio de Janeiro! We battled and played with heart today but just didn't have an answer for a very good Serbian team with a seasoned pro playing opposite.… Read More
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At the Copa, Copacabana
We are here safe and sound in beautiful Brazil. There are two sites for the 2011 World Championships: Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi. B.J. Hoeptner Evans from USA Volleyball in Colorado Springs is one of the FIVB press delegates and is stationed in Niteroi, about 45 minutes from… Read More
Poise and Pride
The boys played with poise this evening!
We took down a talented team in Bulgaria, 3-0, with a balanced attack and disciplined defense.
Micah Christenson did a nice job getting our hitters one-on-one opportunities. We were great exacting our will in the middle of the court with… Read More
Rough Night in Rio
We dropped a tough match to host team Brazil this evening 1-3. We are all disappointed but hats off to Brazil. After yesterday's loss to Japan, we knew Brazil was going to be very focused. They served tough jump and standing floaters and kept our passers off balance. Although we were out of… Read More
First Mission Accomplished
We made it through!
The boys responded the way USAV should after a loss and we took down Japan in four. The boys came out fired up in set one and rolled with some stellar blocking and transition offense.
We were out of system too much in set two as a result of some tough float… Read More
Moving on to the Top Eight
I was wrong... We won our pool!! The Jr USA staff was mentally preparing for Argentina, Serbia and India, but since it took Brazil five sets to beat Bulgaria, the tie breaker goes to the team with the best ratio of sets. Advantage USA by .024! We now prepare for Iran, Spain and Russia as the top… Read More
U.S. Throws Block Party in Rio
Team USA can block!
What a display of disciplined team blocking demonstrated by our Junior National Team. Our block really changed the tone of the match after struggling early with passing and dropping the first set 22-25. The good news is we got a lot better In serve receive and let our… Read More
Making History in Rio de Janeiro
What a battle! The final score: USA 114-Spain 110 (total points)
Spain played a wonderful match tonight. They had more blocks, digs and kills, but USA had a bit more grit to outlast the Spaniards in five. We were not smooth tonight. We really struggled connecting in the middle, but we put… Read More
A Good Loss?
Tonight we played Russia for bragging rites of Pool E; it wasn't worth much more since we have both qualified for the medal round with 8 (Russia) and 7 (U.S.) points.
Both teams play with a lot of pride, so it was a great competition despite two very tired teams on the floor. There was a… Read More
Bound for Bronze
The U.S. Jr. National Team had our gold medal dreams dashed by Argentina today. The boys are bummed but there is a lot to learn from today's match.
First of all, Argentina is a class act. They do "more with less" than any other federation. They are never the most… Read More
Fourth-Place Finish
What a great run for the Jr National Team in Rio de Janeiro! We battled and played with heart today but just didn't have an answer for a very good Serbian team with a seasoned pro playing opposite. Remember this name: Aleksandar Atanasijevic
AA is the real deal. He really stepped up… Read More
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