New Orleans, LA
Louisiana State University
PARIS - The defense of an Olympic championship ended for the U.S. women’s volleyball team with a straight-set loss to top-ranked Italy on Sunday afternoon before a raucous crowd at South Paris Arena. The silver medal was the seventh Olympic medal for t...
PARIS – This was the challenge they had savored. The U.S. Women’s Volleyball team found itself in a grueling five-set semifinal battle against a Brazil team that had swept each of its previous opponents in three clean sets. Now, in South Paris Arena 1,...
PARIS — The pursuit to defend an Olympic title continued for U.S. women’s volleyball with a 3-0 quarterfinal sweep of Poland on Tuesday afternoon at South Paris Arena 1. The 25-22, 25-14, 25-20 victory advanced the U.S. to a semifinal match against Bra...
PARIS, France — Competing for glory underneath the Eiffel Tower ended in heartbreak for two American teams, while two first-time Olympians advanced to the next round.Miles Partain and Andrew Benesh were the second American team of the day to play for a...
PARIS – Andrew Benesh and Miles Partain survived searing heat, a feisty Moroccan duo and a surprise reversal of their apparent winning match point, to claim victory on center court in Eiffel Tower Stadium.The California beach volleyball tandem – who we...
