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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 4, 2025) – The U.S. Men’s Sitting National Team will play for the gold medal at the 2025 Dutch Tournament with three more wins on Saturday in Assen, Netherlands.
The U.S. (5-0) began the day with a 3-1 (20-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-9) Türkiye before sweeping Canada, 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-20). The U.S. Men’s Sitting Team clinched its berth in the gold medal match with a thrilling 3-2 (25-23, 25-12, 21-25 ,16-25, 15-13) victory over Poland.
MATCH STATISTICS vs. TURKIYE
MATCH STATISTICS vs. CANADA
MATCH STATISTICS vs. POLAND
vs. Türkiye
The U.S. finished with a 47-30 advantage in kills and 16-14 in blocks. Outside hitter Zach Upp recorded nearly twice as many aces as all other players combined with 13 of his team’s 16. Türkiye totaled four aces.
Upp led all players with 25 points with 11 kills and a block to go with his aces. James Stuck recorded a match-high 16 kills, adding a block and an ace.
Middle blocker Roderick Green finished with 12 points on eight kills and four blocks, and outside Ben Aman posted a match-high six blocks with three kills and an ace for 10 points.
vs. Canada
The U.S. finished with 34 kills compared to just 21 for Canada and held a slight edge in aces (13-10). Canada held the advantage in blocks (11-8).
Outside hitters Jason Roberts and Dan Regan were the top two scorers in the match. Roberts scored 16 points on eight kills, a match-best six aces and two blocks. Regan also delivered eight kills, adding four aces and two blocks for 12 points.
Alex Wilson was the third U.S. play to record eight kills and outside Sam Suroweic finished with six kills and an ace for seven points.
With a one-point lead at 13-12 in the first set, the U.S. went on a 7-0 run with Stuck serving to open up an eight-point lead. After Canada hoped to stop the momentum by taking a timeout at 17-12, Stuck responded with an ace.
The second set featured multiple ties until the U.S. took a two-point lead at 16-14. A Wilson kill extended the lead to three points, 18-15, and a pair of aces by Roberts stretched the lead to four, 21-17. Canada was unable to close the gap any closer than three points as the U.S. took a 2-0 set lead.
The U.S. started quickly in the third set, taking a 7-2 lead. The margin was seven, 14-7, when Canada scored five points in a row to close the gap to two. Canada pulled within a point on three occasions, the last being at 21-20, but the U.S. scored the final four points to complete the victory.
vs. Poland
The U.S. produced double-digit margins in kills (53-40) and aces (17-6), while Poland finished with eight more blocks (18-10).
Upp hit the 20-point mark for the second time in his two matches on Saturday, sharing match-high honors with teammate Green in kills (13) and leading all players with seven aces. Green added three blocks for 16 points.
Duda scored 15 points as one of three U.S. players to record a double-digit kill total with 12 to go with three aces. Aman finished with 10 points on four kills, three blocks and three aces.
Stuck totaled six points on five kills and a block, while Roberts scored five points on three kills and a pair of aces.
Behind the serving strength of Upp and Aman, the U.S. went on an 8-1 run to take a 16-7 lead in the first set. The lead grew to double digits,19-9, before Poland made a furious comeback to tie the match at 23.
Green stopped a four-point Poland streak to give the U.S. set point, and a hitting error secured the set for the U.S.
With a 10-7 lead in the second set, the U.S. scored eight of the next nine points for an 18-8 lead. Denying Poland a similar comeback to the first set, the U.S. scored six consecutive points for a 24-10 lead and took a 2-0 lead in the match three points later.
Poland scored the first four points of the third set and never trailed. At one point, the U.S. used a 5-2 run to cut the lead to two points, 19-17 but could not maintain the momentum after a delay of several minutes when the head official was clarifying information with the scorer’s table.
Poland ran out to 6-0 and 10-1 leads in the fourth set. The U.S. never got closer than seven points behind as the match headed to a deciding set.
An Aman kill put the U.S. ahead 6-3 in the fifth set and led Poland to call its first timeout. Duda registered a kill later in the set to extend the lead to four points, 10-6. After the teams exchanged the next two points, the U.S. took its biggest lead when Kremer hustled and made a great set for another Duda kill and a 12-7 lead.
Poland scored the next three points to lead head coach Greg Walker to call his first timeout. Duda scored again, this time off the Poland block, to make it 13-10. Once again Poland went on a three-point streak and tied the set at 13, completing a 6-1 run.
After Walker called his second timeout, Green scored off the block to set up match point, which the U.S. converted on a Poland hitting error.
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 def. Türkiye, 3-1 (20-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-9)
USA def. Canada, 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-20)
USA def. Poland, 3-2 (25-23, 25-12, 21-25 ,16-25, 15-13)
July 6
Gold medal match: USA vs. TBA, 7 a.m. PT