Volleyshots

Christenson set, E. Shoji the libero. K. Shoji did not play. From USAV :http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2014/July/19/Win-Sends-US-To-Gold-Medal-Match The U.S. Men’s National Team downed Iran in straight-sets on Saturday, 25-18, 25-22, 25-16, earning a spot in the FIVB World LeagueFinal Round gold medal match in Florence, Italy. The gold medal match will be played against the world No. 1 Brazil Sunday at 8:30 a.m. HST The victory over Iran gives Team USA an opportunity to repeat 2008’s FIVB World League gold medal. The U.S. […]

Christenson set, E. Shoji the libero. K. Shoji did not play. From USAV :http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2014/July/19/Win-Sends-US-To-Gold-Medal-Match The U.S. Men’s National Team downed Iran in straight-sets on Saturday, 25-18, 25-22, 25-16, earning a spot in the FIVB World LeagueFinal Round gold medal match in Florence, Italy. The gold medal match will be played against the world No. 1 Brazil Sunday at 8:30 a.m. HST The victory over Iran gives Team USA an opportunity to repeat 2008’s FIVB World League gold medal. The U.S. […]

Sorry to have missed the matches. Caught some on the internet but it was a 6 hour time difference. Too old to hang that late. U.S. was pretty young overall which bodes well for the future. Brazil a little more mature so wonder how many will be around in 2 years. From USAV The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team, ranked second in the world, continued to send a message to the top volleyball powers of the world by defeating top-ranked […]

Sorry to have missed it. Sounded like a very exciting match. USAV didn’t decide to stream it until last minute. The were scrambling around 9 a.m. to set things up. They thought about syncing with radio but it wasn’t going to work. Anyway, here’s the main link for the recap. There’s a link there for the stats. www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2014/July/11/US-Women-Hold-Off-Brazil-in-Five

Good morning. On the mainland and will miss this week’s USAV Cup. Internet has been spotty so tossing up this thread for pre-match thoughts. USA 2-0 after last weekend. The roster for the Honolulu matches won’t be exactly the same as those used in California.

From USAV Alix Klineman and Kelsey Robinson , starting their first matches at the senior level against top-ranked Brazil, combined for 35 points in leading the second-ranked U.S. Women’s National Team to a 25-21, 25-23, 25-20 victory on Sunday evening at the Galen Center on the campus of University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Klineman, who recently switched from outside hitter to opposite, turned in a match-high 19 points with 14 kills on 27 attacks, three blocks and two […]

FROM the FIVB (fivb.org) Belgrade, Serbia,  In the last match of the 2014 World League Pool B, USA beat Serbia 3-1 (25-21, 20-25, 27-25, 25-20) and advanced to the Final Six to take place in Florence later this month. In front of 7,600 cheering fans of the Pionir Hall in Belgrade, the home side failed to deal with the pressure this game brought upon their shoulders.  USA finished on top of Pool B with 24 points ahead of Russia (24 […]

Match starts at 2 p.m. HST live streaming video promised (again) usavolleyball.org   will be out this afternoon. catch up when I get back