all make a difference in the end. And I think it did.” Argentina, which finished the tour- nament in fifth place at 7-4, made sure the United States’ final match wasn’t boring.
Many of the U.S. players were clearly exhausted when the match was over. Speraw sat Anderson for a time in the third set and put in Murphy Troy. “I can’t become MVP without a supporting cast,” Anderson said. “I played well, but the team played extremely well together and fought through some really tough matches and some really tough times. We put ourselves in a great position. So MVP is for the team, not me.”
Anderson scored 15 points, includ- ing a match-high five aces and one block to go with nine kills in the last match against Argentina.
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Anderson was just one of many Americans who produced impressive numbers. He finished the tournament with 172 points (eighth most): 137 kills, 9 blocks, 26 aces (tournament high) and a 51.1 kill percentage. But it was outside hitter Aaron Russell, who just finished his college career in May, who led the U.S. in
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