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TOKYO (July 26, 2021) –Jordan Thompson joined an elite group of women’s volleyball players on Monday as she scored 34 points in leading the U.S. Women’s National Team to a 3-0 (29-27, 25-22, 25-21) win over China at the Olympic Games. The U.S. Women (2-0) will continue Olympic pool play on Thursday against Turkey (1-0)...

Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena and Alix Klineman/April Ross both posted wins despite battling wet and windy weather in their second pool play matches at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

With six straight days of competitive beach volleyball, the USA National Beach Tour Junior Championship took to the sands of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 10-15, and did not disappoint.

The U.S. Men fought hard and nearly forced a fifth set, but fell to the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) 3-1 (25-23, 27-25, 21-25, 25-23) on Monday at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

TOKYO (July 24, 2021) – In a normal Olympic Games, the U.S. Women’s National Team would have to shut out all the noise and keep its focus. At the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, where the stands are mostly empty due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the team is making its own noise to keep the...

The U.S. Men opened the Olympic Games with a strong performance, sweeping France, 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-22) on Saturday at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

In a match between four Olympic veterans, U.S. Olympic beach volleyball squad Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena came up shy in a 2-0 (21-17, 21-18) loss to Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands Saturday.

TOKYO (July 23, 2021) – The U.S. Women’s National Team enters the Olympic Games Tokyo 2021 as the top-ranked team in the world and the three-time FIVB Volleyball Nations League champion.

In 2016, the U.S. Men’s National Team had eight players in Rio de Janeiro competing in their first Olympic Games. Even with such a young team, the U.S. Men fought back from an 0-2 pool-play start and a crushing semifinal loss to Italy to earn the bronze medal.

A balance of youth and experience combine to form the U.S. Olympic beach volleyball team for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Four pairs – two women’s, two men’s – will represent the U.S. at the beach volleyball event taking place at Shiokaze Park.

USA Volleyball and Stevenson University are offering a men’s collegiate beach tournament on Sept. 11-12 in Owings Mills, Md., as part of USAV’s National Team Development Program. The event will be open to 16 pairs of male athletes who will be scouted through the USA Volleyball Scouting Network. Top finishers will have an opportunity to be invited to future NTDP programming.

USA Volleyball learned today that Taylor Crabb, a member of the U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball Team, has been replaced in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 by Tri Bourne due to a positive COVID-19 test.

With the goal of increasing participation in beach volleyball across the country, USA Volleyball and its 40 regions announces the launch of the rebranded USA Volleyball Beach Tour.  With an updated logo and streamlined look, the rebranded tour will build off the momentum generated by millions watching the U.S. Beach National Teams at the Tokyo Olympics.  

USA Volleyball is announcing an official partnership with CROSSNET, a four-square, recreational volleyball game

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 18, 2021) – The U.S. Women’s U21 National Team capped off the FIVB U20 World Championship with a comeback 3-2 (14-25, 18-25, 25-16, 29-27, 15-13) win in the fifth-place match on Sunday. The U20 Team (6-2) finished as the top non-European competitor. Italy won the championship over Serbia. Russia beat Netherlands...

Three member pairs of the U.S. Beach National Team won tournaments Sunday. Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner and Crissy Jones/Susannah Muno won their first career titles, and Emily Day/Sara Hughes clinched their first title as a pair.

The U.S. Women's U20 National Team defeated the Dominican Republic 3-0 Saturday to move into the fifth-place match at the FIVB U20 World Championship.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 15, 2021) – The U.S. Women’s U20 Team will play for fifth place at the FIVB U20 World Championship after falling to Netherlands on Thursday, 3-2 (25-15, 25-22, 21-25, 21-25, 15-10) in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The U20 Team (4-2) will join Brazil (2-4), Dominican Republic (2-4) and Poland (3-3) in the fifth-place...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 14, 2021) – The U.S. Women’s U20 Team lost its first match of the FIVB World Championship on Wednesday, falling to Russia 3-1 (25-13, 25-22, 28-30, 25-23) in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The U.S. U20 Team (4-1) will play Netherlands (5-0) on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. PT with hopes of making it to...