U.S. Women Announce Roster For Volleyball Nations League In Jiangmen, China

U.S. Women Announce Roster For Volleyball Nations League In Jiangmen, China

For the third consecutive week, head coach Karch Kiraly will stick with the status quo. The same 14 players will represent the US WNT in China.

Jun 4, 2018 by Kolby Paxton
U.S. Women Announce Roster For Volleyball Nations League In Jiangmen, China

For the third consecutive week, head coach Karch Kiraly will stick with the status quo. The same 14 players who represented the United States in Japan and Thailand will head to China to do the same.

This group, the unique wrinkle for which has been Kelsey Robinson's emergence at libero, has not lost a single set during Volleyball Nations League play.

That run will be put to the test in Jiangmen, with No. 5 Russia, No. 4 Brazil and No. 1 China waiting to challenge the following US roster:

Setters (2)

Micha Hancock (Edmond, Oklahoma) and Carli Lloyd (Bonsall, California).

Opposites (2)

Annie Drews (Elkhart, Indiana) and Kelly Murphy (Wilmington, Illinois).

Outside Hitters (4)

Michelle Bartsch-Hackley (Champaign, Illinois), Kim Hill (Portland, Oregon), Jordan Larson(Hooper, Nebraska), Sarah Wilhite (Eden Prairie, Minnesota)

Middles (4)

Rachael Adams (Cincinnati, Ohio), Foluke Akinradewo (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), Tori Dixon (Burnsville, Minnesota) and Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minnesota).

Liberos (2)

Kelsey Robinson (Manhattan Beach, California) and Justine Wong-Orantes (Cypress, California).

Any player named on the original 21-player roster is eligible to be moved onto the weekly active roster.

U.S. Women’s National Team Roster for FIVB Volleyball Nations League June 5-7

1 – Micha Hancock (S, 5-11, Penn State, Edmond, Okla.)
3 – Carli Lloyd (S, 5-11, California, Bonsall, Calif.)
4 – Justine Wong-Orantes (L, 5-6, Nebraska, Cypress, Calif.)
5 – Rachael Adams (M, 6-2, Texas, Cincinnati, Ohio)
6 – Tori Dixon (M, 6-3, Minnesota, Burnsville, Minn.)
8 – Lauren Gibbemeyer (M, 6-2, Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn.)
10 – Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Nebraska, Hooper, Neb.)
11 – Annie Drews (OPP, 6-4, Purdue, Elkhart, Ind.)
12 – Kelly Murphy (OPP, 6-2, Florida, Wilmington, Ill.)
13 - Sarah Wilhite (OH, 6-1, Minnesota, Eden Prairie, Minn.)
14 – Michelle Bartsch-Hackley (OH, 6-3, Illinois, Champaign, Ill.)
15 – Kim Hill (OH, 6-4, Pepperdine, Portland, Ore.)
16 – Foluke Akinradewo (M, 6-3, Stanford, Plantation, Fla.)
23 – Kelsey Robinson (L, 6-2, Nebraska, Manhattan Beach, Calif.)