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May 28-30, 2021
Rimini, Italy
International Events, National Team Events
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Argentina
Friday, May 28: USA def. Canada, 3-0 (25-17, 26-24, 25-20)
Saturday, May 29: Brazil def. USA, 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-19)
Sunday, May 30: USA def. Argentina, 3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-19)
No. Player (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
5 Kyle Ensing (OP, 6-7, Valencia, Calif., Long Beach State Univ.)
7 Kawika Shoji (S, 6-3, Honolulu, Hawaii, Stanford Univ.)
8 T.J. Defalco (OH, 6-5, Huntington Beach, Calif., Long Beach State Univ.)
9 Jake Hanes (OP, 6-10, Orland Park, Ill., Ohio State Univ.)
11 Micah Christenson (S, 6-5, Honolulu, Hawaii, Univ. of Southern California)
12 Max Holt (MB, 6-10, Cincinnati, Ohio, Penn State Univ.)
13 Ben Patch (OP, 6-8, Layton, Utah, Brigham Young Univ.)
15 Brenden Sander (OH, 6-4, Huntington Beach, Calif., Brigham Young Univ.)
16 Josh Tuaniga (S, 6-3, Long Beach, Calif., Long Beach State Univ.)
17 Thomas Jaeschke (OH, 6-6, Wheaton, Ill., Loyola Univ. Chicago)
18 Garrett Muagututia (MB, 6-5, Oceanside, Calif., Univ. of California Los Angeles)
19 Taylor Averill (MB, 6-7, San Jose, Calif., Univ. of Hawaii)
20 David Smith (MB, 6-7, Sangus, Calif., Univ. of California Irvine)
21 Dustin Watten (L, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Long Beach State Univ.)
22 Erik Shoji (L, 6-0, Honolulu, Hawaii, Stanford Univ.)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 30, 2021) – The U.S. Men’s National Team got back on track on Sunday and rebounded from a first-set loss to beat Argentina 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-15, 25-19) at the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Rimini, Italy. The U.S. Men (2-1) now get three days off to cheer on the...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 29, 2021) – The U.S. Men’s National Team dropped its first match of the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League on Saturday to Brazil, 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-19) in Rimini, Italy. The U.S. Men (1-1) will be looking for a comeback against Argentina (0-2) on Sunday (7 a.m. PDT). All VNL matches...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 28, 2021) – The U.S. Men’s National Team opened the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League on Friday with a sweep of Canada (25-17, 26-24, 25-20) in Rimini, Italy. The U.S. Men will play their second match of the three-game series against Brazil at noon PDT on Saturday in a rematch of...
The U.S. Men kick off VNL in a strong group with all their opponents ranked among the world’s top 10: Canada (No. 10), Brazil (No. 1) and Argentina (No. 5).
The U.S. Men's National Team coaching staff named the 19 players on the long-list for the 2021 Volleyball Nations League tournament on May 28 - June 27 in Rimini, Italy.
“When Argentina is in rhythm, it’s hard to play some defense behind that. As soon as we got our service pressure and blocking defense going, it turned out a little bit better for us. It’s the first time in a year and eight months that we’ve played together. I’m happy with the first three games. There’s obviously some things we can learn from.”
Libero, 6-0 (184 cm)
Outside Hitter, 6-5
Setter, 6-5
Outside Hitter, 6-5
Middle Blocker, 6-10
Middle Blocker, 6-7
Opposite, 6-8
