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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 12, 2025) – The U.S. Men’s National Team swept Thailand 3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-22) on Sunday to open the 2025 World ParaVolley World Cup at the Turnstone Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The U.S. (1-0) will play two pool play matches on Oct. 13: 8 a.m. vs. Canada and 5 p.m. vs. Italy (0-1). Pool A includes the U.S., Canada, Kazakhstan, Italy, Poland, France and Thailand. Pool B has Egypt, Brazil, Japan, Croatia, the Netherlands, India and Australia. All matches will be streamed live on the Turnstone YouTube channel.
“We have not in recent years ever played Thailand,” U.S. head coach Greg Walker said. “The one thing we knew was that their head coach has built multiple countries’ programs and is now working with Thailand. He unfortunately can’t be here, but we knew that they were tremendously improved. We knew they were going to come out and take some big swings. Our guys did a good job of making some adjustments because they were setting things a little big differently as the game went on.”
Zach Upp led the U.S. with 14 points on 10 kills, one block and a team-high three service aces. Eric Duda had 13 points (10 kills, one ace, two blocks), and James Stuck had 11 kills and a block for 12 points
Ben Aman had a team-high three blocks, and setter John Kremer had two aces and a block. Alex Wilson and Jason Roberts each scored two points, with Wilson grabbing an ace and a kill, and Roberts with two kills.
The U.S. Men had an early lead in set one, but Thailand stayed in and turned an 11-8 deficit into a 13-11 lead. The U.S. scored four straight to regain the lead at 15-13 and kept a two- or three-point lead until Thailand closed it to one at 22-21, 23-22 and 24-23. Duda took charge and finished the set with a kill.
The U.S. dominated in set two, scoring the first three points and never relinquishing the lead for a 25-14 win.
The U.S. edged ahead in set three by scoring three straight to break a 12-12 tie. Thailand returned the favor to even the score at 15-all. Thailand took the lead on a kill at 17-16, but Upp finished a great rally with a kill from the back row to make it 17-17, and Stuck added a kill for the 18-17 lead. Another Stuck kill behind strong serving from Wilson forced Thailand to take a time out at 20-17 U.S.
With Wilson still at the service line, a Stuck block seemingly put the set out of reach at 22-17. But Thailand took advantage of a couple U.S. errors to close it to 23-22. A Duda kill gave the U.S. match point, and then Kremer went back to Duda again to finish again for the win.
Roster
No. Name (Position, Height, Hometown)
2 Dan Regan (OH, 6-0, St. Louis, Mo.)
3 Nick Dadgostar (L, 6-0, Sidney, Neb.)
4 Ben Aman (OH, 6-5, Edmond, Okla.)
5 Eric Duda (S/OH, 6-5, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
6 Alex Wilson (OPP/OH, 6-6, Saugerties, N.Y.)
7 Robbie Gaupp (OH, 6-4, Gatesville, Texas)
8 James Stuck (S/OH, 6-5, New Kensington, Pa.)
10 Robbie Onusko(OH, 6-0, Daytona Beach, Fla.)
14 John Kremer (L, 5-9, Buford, Ga.)
17 Zach Upp (OH, 6-5, Bartlett, Ill.)
20 Jason Roberts (OH, 6-3, Moncks Corner, S.C.)
22 Brett Parks(OH, 6-0, Miami, Fla.)
23 Will Curtis (S/L, 6-0, Cumberland, Maine)
49 Sam Surowiec (OH, 6-2, Everett, Wash.)
Head Coach: Greg Walker
Assistant Coach: Julie Allen
Assistant Coach: Jeffrey Smith
Strength Coach: Bobby Moore
Physical Therapist: Whitney Padgett
Team Manager: Brian Farr
Tech Coordinator: Drew Graystone
Sport Psychologist: Taylor Gabler
Schedule
All times Pacific
Oct. 12: USA def. Thailand, 3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-22)
Oct. 13: USA vs. Canada, 8 a.m. and USA vs. Italy, 5 p.m.
Oct. 14: USA vs. Poland, 3 p.m.
Oct. 15: USA vs. Kazakhstan, 3 p.m.
Oct. 16: USA vs. France, 5 p.m.
Oct. 17: Playoff rounds
Oct. 18: Medal Matches