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2016 Men’s USAV Cup schedule: USA vs. Japan


n May 6 at 7:30 p.m. Galen Center at USC


n May 11 at 7:30 p.m. Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State


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Japan to visit SoCal


for Men’s USAV Cup The U.S. Men will play Japan


in two friendly matches on May 6 at the Galen Center at the Uni- versity of Southern California and on May 11 at the Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State. Each match will begin at 7:30 p.m. PT. The U.S. Men are the 2015


FIVB World Cup champions and ranked No. 5 in the world. Among the players expected to compete are World Cup MVP Matt Anderson, World Cup Best Setter Micah Christenson, World Cup Best Libero Erik Shoji and Olympic gold medalist Dave Lee.


“These matches will be a great


chance for us to greet our fans in Southern California and thank them for their support before we head out on the road for World League and the Olympic Games,” U.S. Head Coach John Speraw said. “Japan is an exciting young team and these will be fun matches.” Japan, ranked 14th in the


world, will be preparing for the Asian Continental Olympic Qualifier. The U.S. Men will be preparing for the 2016 FIVB World League as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.


World Grand Prix Prelim


coming to Long Beach The 2016 FIVB World Grand


Prix Group 1 involves 12 teams playing three preliminary round weekends with each team playing nine total matches (three per weekend). The top five teams in the preliminary round plus the Final Round host (Thailand in 2016) will compete for the overall


FIVB World Grand Prix Long Beach, Calif.


n June 17


Japan vs. Turkey at 5 p.m. USA vs. Germany at 7 p.m.


n June 18


Turkey vs. Germany at 5 p.m. USA vs. Japan at 7 p.m.


n June 18


Japan vs. Germany at 5 p.m. USA vs. Turkey at 7 p.m.


Ticket information for USAV Events: http://bit.ly/USAVsocaltix


title in a round-robin format. The U.S. will host a pod of


the second preliminary round weekend June 17-19 with No. 5 Japan, No. 10 Turkey and No. 11 Germany joining the Americans in Long Beach, California.


U.S. beach teams claim


NORCEA gold medals Allison McColloch and


Kelly Reeves of United States claimed their first tourney win at the first stage of the 2016


NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour in Ciudad Cayala, Guatemala on March 13. The two former UCLA players


defeated Canada’s Julie Gordon and Brandi Wilkerson in the gold medal match. “It’s a wonderful experience


winning a tournament and we feel motivated to continue working hard,” McColloch said. “We are go- ing to four more stages of the season and hope to keep improving.” Brothers Taylor and Trevor


Crabb made it a sweep for the U.S. after the pair won the men’s title by defeating Mexico’s Jose Luis Rubio and Josue Gaxiola in a tight three-set match by scores of 25-23, 31-33, 17-15. “It’s the toughest match of


our career together,” said Trevor Crabb. “The Mexican team played really well and we were neck to neck the entire match.” The victory was the second


NORCECA win for the Crabbs, who also won at St. Lucia last year. Billy Allen and Stafford Slick took home the bronze for the U.S.


GRASS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT


Outdoor grass volleyball tournament


•Men’s, Women’s and Juniors divisions available


•Only $30 per player - Great value! • Music, food and fun all weekend •Money payouts to adult division winners


June 24–26, 2016 At the National Sports Center • Minnesota


volleyball.nscsports.org Contact Kallie Krech


Ph: 763.792.7353 • Email: kkrech@nscsports.org USAVOLLEYBALL.ORG | 19


GAME


yGetour on!


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