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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 5, 2025) – Playing before a large and boisterous Brazil crowd draped in their team’s yellow and green colors, the U.S. Women’s National Team fell to the host nation, 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-19) in Rio de Janeiro.
The U.S. team (0-2) plays its third match in as many days tomorrow, Friday, June 6 at 5 p.m. PDT against Czechia, which lost to Brazil in three sets in its VNL opener.
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The U.S. equaled Brazil in aces (four apiece) and stayed close in kills (38-35 Brazil) but could not overcome a 12-4 deficit in blocks. The U.S. recorded 72 digs to 51 for the hosts.
Outside hitter Logan Eggleston led the U.S. with 13 points on a team-high 12 kills with a block. Captain Roni Jones-Perry totaled nine points on seven kills and two aces. Zoe Jarvis recorded five digs.
Opposite Olivia Babcock scored eight points on seven kills and an ace. Middle blocker Anna Dodson added four points with three kills and a block. Setter Ella Powell also scored four points (two kills, one block, one ace). Amber Igiede had two kills and a block; and Logan Lednicky added two kills.
A Dodson block followed by an ace from Babcock gave the U.S. a 14-12 lead in the opening set. The lead was still two points, 16-14, when Brazil finished the set on an 11–2 run. Eggleston led all players with six kills.
Brazil jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the second set, but the U.S. battled back and trailed by just a point, 18-17. After giving up the next point, the U.S. appeared to close the gap back to a point, but Brazil won a challenge and did not give up another point in the set. Jones-Perry paced the U.S. in the set with four points on three kills and an ace.
“We just need to find a little more consistency,” U.S. head coach Erik Sullivan told VBTV after set two. “We have some moments where we’re playing really well and competing at a high level, then we just let down and have these big long runs. We [have to] find that consistency so we’re not giving up points in a row.”
The U.S. trailed by 10 points (20-10) in the third set before going on a 9-2 run to cut the lead to three points, 22-19. Aces from Jones-Perry and Powell, and a kill from middle Amber Igiede keyed the U.S. in that stretch. Eggleston scored a team-high four points in the set (three kills and a block) and Igiede added three points on a pair of kills and a block.
Brazil (2–0) scored the final three points of the third set to secure its second sweep to open VNL play.
U.S. Women’s Week One Roster for 2025 VNL
No. Name (Pos., Ht., Hometown, College, USAV Region)
6 Morgan Hentz (L, 5-9, Lakeside Park, Ky., Stanford Univ., Pioneer)
9 Madisen Skinner (OH, 6-2, Katy, Texas, Univ. of Kentucky and Univ. of Texas, Lone Star)
13 Amber Igiede (MB, 6-3, Baton Rouge, La., Univ. of Hawaii, Bayou)
14 Anna Dodson (MB, 6-5, Fort Collins, Colo., UCLA, Rocky Mountain)
17 Zoe Jarvis (previously Fleck) (L, 5-6, Granada Hills, Calif., UCLA and Univ. of Texas, Southern California)
21 Roni Jones-Perry (OH, 6-0, West Jordan, Utah, BYU, Intermountain)
22 Sarah Franklin (OH, 6-4, Lake Worth, Fla., Univ. of Wisconsin, Florida)
24 Olivia Babcock (Opp, 6-4, Los Angeles, Calif., Pitt, Southern California)
27 Ella Powell (S, 6-0, Fayetteville, Ark., Univ. of Washington, Delta)
28 Logan Lednicky (Opp, 6-3, Sugar Land, Texas, Univ. of Texas A&M, Lone Star)
29 Molly McCage (MB, 6-3, Spring, Texas, Univ. of Texas, Lone Star)
32 Saige Ka’aha’aina-Torres (S, Honolulu, Hawaii, Univ. of Texas, Aloha)
33 Logan Eggleston (OH, 6-2, Brentwood, Tenn., Univ. of Texas, Southern)
43 Serena Gray (MB, 6-2, Temple City, Calif., Pitt, Southern California)
Head Coach: Erik Sullivan
Assistant Coach: Mike Wall
Second Assistant Coach: Brandon Taliaferro
Second Assistant Coach: Tayyiba Haneef-Park
Second Assistant Coach: Joe Trinsey
Team Manager: Rob Browning
Team Doctors: William Briner, James Suchy, Chris Lee, Andrew Gregory
Physiotherapist: Kara Kessans
Physical Trainers: Shawn Hueglin, Shannon Boone
Mental Performance Coach: Andrea Becker, Katy Stanfill
Performance Analyst: Virginia Pham
Week 1 Schedule: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Matches will be shown live and on-demand on VBTV. CBS Sport Network and the Big Ten Network will also air matches.
All times PDT
June 4 Italy def. USA, 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 30-28)
June 5 Brazil def. USA, 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-19)
June 6 at 5 p.m. vs. Czechia
June 8 at 1 p.m. vs. Korea