(08-09-2024, 11:33 AM)Cardinal2011 Wrote: Also bronze medal for the men's volleyball team.
We can add that to Stanford's total. Stanford alum Erik Shoji and starting libero was masterful on defense with 12 digs and a perfect passing record in a 3-0, straight set victory over Italy in front of 9,376 fans.
USA came into the games ranked third in the world, lost a tough match to Poland (3-2 and 15-13 in the final set), but crunched the Italian team. Here's the recap and stats:
BRONZE! U.S. Men Reach Medal Stand in Paris - USA Volleyball
080924-OLY-USA-v.-ITA.pdf (usavolleyball.org)
FWLIW, I am a big fan of the USA coaching staff. John Speraw (UCLA head coach) is the head coach, and his first assistant is former Stanford player Matt Fuerbringer. Speraw and Fuerbringer played against each other years ago, and Matt got the final block on Stanford's first NCAA championship. The other assistants are Javier Weber, a top Argentine Olympian and Polish pro coach and Mike Wall who won two championships as a player at BYU.
Head Coach: John Speraw
Assistant Coaches: Matt Fuerbringer, Javier Weber and Mike Wall
Audaces fortuna iuvat