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Members !!
USA MEN WIN GOLD
- ALL USA TEAMS MEDAL!
The USA Men’s Volleyball Team
won the gold
medal with a
20-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-23 victory over Brazil. This is the third
time in history that the USA Men have won gold. The US took fourth
in Athens.
The USA Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team
won the silver medal with a loss to top ranked-Brazil 15-25, 25-18,
13-25, 25-21 Saturday evening in the Olympic Games title match at
Beijing's Capital Gymnasium. The U.S. silver medal matched its
previous best finish from the 1984 Olympic Games. Team USA, ranked
fourth in the world by the FIVB, also finished with a bronze in
1992.
The
USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Team
of Phil Dalhausser and
Todd Rogers
beat the Brazilian Team of
Fabio
Magalhaes and
Marcio Araujo
23-21, 17-21, 15-4, winning their Olympic debuts in classic beach
volleyball weather.
The USA Olympic Team of Misty May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (Saratoga, Calif.) won
their second consecutive gold medal in Women's Olympic Beach
Volleyball (2004, 2008) by defeating Tian Jia and Wang Jie of China
2-0 (21-18, 21-18) on Thursday.
Read all about it!
USAV:
http://volleyball.teamusa.org/
NBC:
www.nbcolympic.com
ESPN: www.espn.com
LAKESHORE HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS –The
Lakeshore Region High Performance Youth and Select teams
participated in the USAV High Performance Championships in Tucson, AZ.
Results can be viewed
on the USAV website at:
http://volleyball.teamusa.org/event/event/244
Click the division at the top left:
Girls National Youth or Girls National Select
Then click on the Lakeshore Teams!
2009
USAV CHAMPIONSHIPS LOCATIONS ANNOUNCED
– Start looking ahead to the 2009 USA Volleyball Junior Olympic
Girls and Boys Championships and the USAV Adult Open Championships!
The girls will play in Miami, FL, concurrently with the Women’s Pan
Am Cup event! Boys will compete in Atlanta and the Adults will play
in Minneapolis! Start planning now!
Quote of the
Week –
"This team
represents what's good about team sports - the sum of our hearts is
much greater than the individual aspects of this team. A bunch of
guys playing selflessly - a lot of unity and a lot of strength. “
Hugh McCutcheon, USA Men’s Volleyball Head Coach
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