U.S. Women Announce Roster For Volleyball Nations League In Argentina
U.S. Women Announce Roster For Volleyball Nations League In Argentina
Team USA has announced its active roster for the second round of Volleyball Nations League, June 12-14 in Santa Fe, Argentina.
The U.S. Women’s National Team enters the final preliminary round of the inaugural Volleyball Nations League riding a 10-match win streak—nine victories of which have come without losing a set.
The group responsible for the team's current run has remained intact since week two. And, despite the fact that other Final Round-bound countries are resting star players this week, head coach Karch Kiraly will make no changes to his 14-player roster.
The U.S. will wrap things up against third-place Serbia (9-3, 28 points) on June 12 at 5:40 PM CT, followed by 12th-place Korea (5-7, 14 points) on June 13 at 5:40 PM CT and 16th-place Argentina (0-12, 0 points) on June 14 at 6:40 PM CT.
The Americans are comfortably perched atop the VNL standings with an 11-1 record and 34 points after hammering No. 5 Russia, No. 4 Brazil and No. 1 China by a combined tally of 9-1 in Jiangmen, China last week.
Here's the U.S. roster for Santa Fe, Argentina, in full:
Setters (2)
Micha Hancock and Carli Lloyd.
Opposites (2)
Annie Drews and Kelly Murphy.
Outside Hitters (4)
Michelle Bartsch-Hackley, Kim Hill, Jordan Larson and Sarah Wilhite.
Middles (4)
Rachael Adams, Foluke Akinradewo, Tori Dixon and Lauren Gibbemeyer.
Liberos (2)
Kelsey Robinson and Justine Wong-Orantes.
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 May 22-24
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.)