Jake Hanes went off for 29 kills because the USA males salvaged their four-match journey to Antalya, Türkiye, for the primary spherical of Volleyball Nations League with a four-set victory Sunday over the house staff.
After the ladies play this week, the American males are again in motion June 4 for 4 matches in Ottawa, Canada. And you’ll count on to see the Olympic roster on the court docket in any case 12 of these gamers and the alternate stayed dwelling in Anaheim this previous week to observe.
The ladies, in flip, are in Arlington, Texas, for his or her second spherical of VNL. We’ll have extra on them Tuesday and who coach Karch Kiraly has chosen for the 14-player roster for matches in opposition to Canada, Bulgaria, Poland and Türkiye.
Solely two groups made it via the primary spherical of the boys’s VNL 4-0, Italy and Slovenia. 4 extra groups completed 3-1, Cuba, France, Poland and Japan.
The USA went 1-3 after getting swept by Poland and France earlier than shedding to Bulgaria.
In opposition to Türkiye, Hanes, the 6-foot-10 reverse from Orland Park, Illinois, who performed at Ohio State, bought his 29 kills in 45 assaults with simply two errors. He additionally had two aces.
Patrick Gasman had 9 kills and hit .500 to go together with an ace and three solo blocks. The remainder of the staff mixed for 12 kills, 4 by Ethan Champlin, who not too long ago gained the NCAA title with UCLA. He additionally had two aces and 7 digs. Kyle Dagostino had 9 digs.
The staff, coached by Andy Learn as USA head coach John Speraw stayed behind, misplaced to Bulgaria on Saturday. Hanes led with 20 kills, including an ace and three solo blocks.
He completed the primary spherical with 52 kills, hitting .410, and had three aces and 4 solo blocks. Hanes, who left Ohio State in 2020 earlier than his senior season, has performed for 3 professional groups, Arago de Sete in France, TS BBTS Bielsko-Biała in Poland and, for the previous two years, KGHM Cuprum Lubin in Poland.
Jordan Ewert (we featured him and his volleyball household final yr) totaled 39 kills, two aces and two solo blocks for the primary spherical. Matthew Knigge (featured right here final week) had 5 kills and completed with 20 in his VNL debut to go together with six aces and three solo blocks. Gabi Garcia, The Puerto Rican who switched federations two years in the past and was making his USA VNL debut, had 16 kills, two aces and two solo blocks.
That is the USA Olympic roster and the staff we’d count on to see, plus yet another participant, when the staff goes to Ottawa:
USA males’s volleyball Olympic roster
No. Participant (Place, Peak, Hometown, Faculty)
1. Matt Anderson (OPP, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2. Aaron Russell (OH, 6-9, Ellicott Metropolis, Md., Penn State)
4. Jeff Jendryk (MB, 6-10, Wheaton, In poor health., Loyola Univ. Chicago)
8. TJ DeFalco (OH, 6-5, Huntington Seaside, Calif., Lengthy Seaside State)
11. Micah Christenson (S, 6-5, Honolulu, Hawaii, USC)
12. Max Holt (MB, 6-10, Cincinnati, Ohio, Penn State)
14. Micah Ma’a (S, 6-3, Kaneohe, Hawaii, UCLA)
17. Thomas Jaeschke (OH, 6-6, Wheaton, In poor health., Loyola Chicago)
18. Garrett Muagututia (OH, 6-5, Oceanside, Calif., UCLA)
19. Taylor Averill (MB, 6-7, San Jose, Calif., Hawaii
20. David Smith (MB, 6-7, Saugus, Calif., UC Irvine)
22. Erik Shoji (L, 6-0, Honolulu, Hawaii, Stanford)
Official Alternate: 5. Kyle Ensing (OPP, 6-7, Valencia, Calif., Lengthy Seaside State)
