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That wind came out of nowhere. Three minutes before we started our match it was dead still. It kind of caught us by surprise, but they had to deal with it too. In the third, Bruno served better than all of us and he created some prob- lems with the reception, and they took advantage of having a good set. I think it was 6-5 and they went on a 4-0 run on the good side.


— Nick Lucena on the tough loss to eventual gold medalists ”


“Alison is such a good blocker. I think they’ll go down as one of the best teams ever. Last year what they did on the World Tour was pretty impressive.The World Tour is deeper than I’ve ever seen it and to win six straight is pretty impressive.”


— Phil Dalhausser on the gold-medal winners


WILD WINDS:


Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena had to battle severe gusts of wind during their critical quarterfi nal loss to Brazil’s Oscar Bruno Schmidt and Alison Cerutti. (Photo: FIVB)


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