2018 NORCECA Boca Chica
U.S. Competitors Men Allen/Doherty Zaun/Drost Women Klineman/Ross Larsen/Stockman Results Bronze Medal Match-Men Saxton/O’Gorman (CAN) def. Allen/Doherty, 21-19, 21-16) Semifinal-Men Gaxiola/Rubio (MEX) def. Allen/Doherty, 21-18, 21-14 Quarterfinals-Men Pedlow/Schacter (CAN) def. Zaun/Drost, 21-15, 21-17 Allen/Doherty def. Pena/Reys (CUB), 21-19, 21-17) Pool C-Men Allen/Doherty def. Leonardo/Garcia (GUA), 21-19, 21-19 Allen/Doherty def. Dillon/Hylas (UVI), 21-12, 21-10 (only two matches...
GOLD AT LAST! U.S. Women Beat Brazil to Win Olympic Crown
The U.S. Women’s National Team left no doubts as to who the Olympic champion is. The U.S. Women made history on Sunday, sweeping longtime rival Brazil for their first Olympic gold medal, 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-14) at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.
2018 NORCECA Beach Tour Qualifier #3
Qualifies teams for NORCECA Beach Tour events in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Martinique. Results Women First Round 1 Brittany Howard/Kelly Reeves def. 8 Melissa Powell/Victoria Dennis, 21-7, 21-6 4 Falyn Fonoimoana/Molly Turner def 5 Madelyne May Anderson/Camie Manwill, 21-16, 21-13 3 Corinne Quiggle/Kim Smith def 6 Peri Brennan/Olivia Bakos, 21-12, 21-10...
U.S. Rivalry with Brazil Renewed in Tokyo Gold Medal Match
Ah Brazil, we meet again. The U.S. Women’s National Team (6-1) will play Brazil (7-0) on Saturday in the gold medal match of the 2020 Olympic Games at 9:30 p.m. PT. It is scheduled to be shown live on the USA Network and an hour delayed on NBC (check your local listings).
2018 Ljubljana Volleyball Challenge
Results All times Pacific Sept. 6: USA def. Iran, 25-18, 25-15, 25-20 Sept. 7: USA def. Canada, 25-20, 25-22, 12-25, 25-23 Sept. 8: USA def. Slovenia, 25-22, 25-23, 24-26, 25-21 News U.S. Men Finish Ljubljana Challenge Undefeated (9/8) U.S. Men Complete Comeback Against Canada (9/7) U.S. Men Beat Iran in Ljubljana Challenge (9/6) Roster 1. Matt Anderson (Opp,...
U.S. Women to Play for Gold after Taking down Serbia
The U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team will play for the gold medal on Sunday after beating Serbia decisively on Thursday, 3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-23) at the Olympic Games.
The U.S. Women (6-1) will play Brazil (7-0) in the gold medal match scheduled for 9:30 p.m. PT on Saturday. Korea and Serbia will play for bronze.
2018 FIVB Montpellier
U.S. Competitors Women Nourse, A./Nourse, N. Spurrier/Fuchs Results Qualification Round 1-Women Nourse/Nourse def. Vuorinen/Prihti (FIN), 21-17, 9-21, 16-14 Lenarduzzi/Dunn-Suen (CAN) def. Spurrier/Fuchs, 23-21, 23-21 Qualification Round 2-Women Nourse/Nourse def. Filina/Lubenets (RUS), 21-7, 21-14 Pool A-Women Jupiter/Placette (FRA) def. Nourse/Nourse, 21-12, 20-22, 15-12 Tsopoulou/Manavi (GRE) def. Nourse/Nourse, 21-12, 21-14
‘Fairytale’ Ends in Gold for the A-Team
American beach pair Alix Klineman and April Ross claimed the Olympic gold medal with a 2-0 victory over Australians Mariafe Artacho del Solar/Taliqua Clancy, 21-15, 21-16. They lost just one set in their seven matches en route to Olympic glory.
2018 NORCECA Playoff #2
Women’s Results Round 1 K Reeves/B Howard def A Davis/J Pardon 21-16,21-16 B Flint/E Day def K Spieler/T Cannon 21-12,19-21,15-11 C Ledoux/N Branagh def K Smith/N Martin 21-16, 21-11 B Tiegs/K VanZwieten def A Dowdy/I Pollock 21-16, 21-15 Round 2 A Ross/A Klineman def K Reeves/B Howard, 20-22, 21-17, 15-9 L Fendrick/S Sponcil def E Day/B...
U.S. Women Hope to Put 2016 in Rear-View
It’s not a match that the U.S. Women’s National Team enjoys talking about, but they know it will be tough to avoid it. On Aug. 18, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, the U.S. Women lost to Serbia in the semifinals of the Olympic Games in a tough five-set match. The U.S. won the first set, but Serbia took the next two. The U.S. won the fourth set 25-16 and led the fifth set 11-8 before Serbia came back to win 15-13.