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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 4, 2025) – The U.S. Men’s Sitting National Team opened the 2025 Dutch Tournament in style, posting back-to-back three-set wins on Friday in Assen, Netherlands. The defending silver medalists defeated the host nation, 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-23) and Japan, 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 33-31).
MATCH STATISTICS vs. NETHERLANDS
MATCH STATISTICS VS. JAPAN
The U.S. dominated Japan in kills (47-25) and aces (15-5), while Japan registered four more blocks (8-4).
Outside hitter Zach Upp was the leading scorer in the match with 20 points, including a match-high 16 kills to go with a block and three aces. Middle blocker Roderick Green led all players with three blocks and shared team-high honors with Jason Roberts with four aces. Green registered seven kills to finish with 14 points.
Outside hitter Eric Duda also reached double digits in kills with 11 and added an ace. James Stuck scored 10 points on nine kills and an ace. Roberts added three kills to his four aces for seven points.
Three aces by Green and a kill by Upp put the U.S. ahead 14-9 in the opening set against Japan. After the lead was cut to three points, 20-17, Green recorded a block and a kill on back-to-back plays to put the advantage back to five points. The U.S. served eight aces in the set.
A kill by Upp and an ace from Green put the U.S. ahead 17-11 in the second set. After Japan closed the gap to four points, 18-14, Upp recorded a kill and served for two more points to push the lead to seven points. Roberts produced a kill off the block and followed with an ace for a 23-15 lead. After surrendering the next point, the U.S. took a two-set lead on a pair of Japan hitting errors.
Japan used a 9-3 run to take what seemed to be insurmountable 20-12 in the third set before a ferocious U.S. comeback evened the set at 24.
A kill by Stuck cut the lead to five, 23-18, and then John Kremer served for four consecutive points with another Stuck kill cutting the deficit to two points and a Japan hitting error bringing the U.S within a point.
A kill by middle blocker Green and a Stuck ace fought off two set points and evened the set at 24. After fighting off another set point, a kill by Zach Upp gave the U.S. match point at 26-25. The U.S. faced three more set points and had two more match points before a Green kill and a Duda kill after another strong serve from Kremer finally ended the set and match.
vs. Netherlands
In the win over the Netherlands, the U.S. used a 32-19 advantage in kills and 10-5 in aces to earn the sweep. The teams were even in blocks with nine.
“The Netherlands are an exciting team to play and a really emotional team to play, which is great. What I like about those matches is any big play the Netherlands has can be a huge momentum swing, so it was a good test and a good way to start the tournament,” head coach Greg Walker said.
Upp led all players with 16 points on nine kills, a match-best five aces and two blocks. Green shared match-high honors with four blocks, adding four kills and two aces to also reach double digits with 10 points.
Duda contributed eight points on six kills and two blocks, Stuck recorded six kills, and Roberts finished with five kills.
The U.S. started the tournament strong, jumping out to an 8-3 lead against the Netherlands in the first set. A 5-2 stretch already leading 16-10 helped the U.S. pull away in the set. Seven aces keyed the second set win. The U.S. recorded 12 kills in the final set and benefited from 10 Netherlands errors. The Netherlands made a late run the third set to cut a five-point deficit to one before the U.S. prevailed.
“It is an interesting tournament because every day we are playing two matches, so our regular scout prep is a little tougher. It reminds me of VNL (Volleyball Nations League) with everybody trying to get new athletes in, trying to figure out where they stand,” Walker commented. “We had some flight complications coming in, so it was awesome to see the guys get right off the bus to play at a pretty high level. Yesterday we had scrimmages with Poland and Türkiye, and it was pretty exciting.”
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.)
8 James Stuck (S/OH, 6-5, New Kensington, Pa.)
10 Robbie Onusko(OH, 6-0, Daytona Beach, Fla.)
11 Roderick Green (MB, 6-3, West Monroe, La.)
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.)
Coaches
Head coach: Greg Walker
Assistant Coach: Julie Allen
Assistant Coach: Dave Dantes
Assistant Coach: Kenzie Rombach
Performance Analyst: Sydnie Mabry
Athletic Trainer: Whitney Padgett
Schedule
July 4
USA def. Netherlands, 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-23)
USA def. Japan, 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 33-31)
July 5
USA vs Türkiye, 12 a.m., followed by playoffs
July 6
Playoffs