U.S. Women’s Sitting Team Wins World Cup COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 25, 2010) – The U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team won the WOVD (World Organization for Volleyball Disabled) World Cup in Port Said, Egypt, after defeating Netherlands, 3-1 (25-20, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19), in the gold medal match on Thursday. The U.S. Women’s Sitting Team, ranked No. 2 in the world, finished the tournament with a 6-0 record and lost only three sets, all to Netherlands. The U.S. Men's Sitting Team finished the tournament with a 2519, 25-11, 25-9 sweep of Algeria and a record of 2-5. Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.) again led the U.S. Women with 26 points. Kendra Lancaster (Westfield, Ind.) added 14. Although Netherlands served aggressively, the U.S. Women’s Sitting Team dominated at the net, hitting and blocking with high efficiency.
(Sellersburg, Ind.), Nichole Millage (Champaign, Ill.) and Kari Miller (Washington, D.C.) at libero. Gina McWilliams (The Colony, Texas) started the third set for Holloway. The U.S. Men’s Sitting Team was paced by three different players with hitting percentages over 0.600: Brent Rasmussen (Omaha, Neb.) with 0.636, Edgar Laforest (San Juan, Puerto Rico) with 0.667 and Roderick Green (Monroe, La.) with 0.667. As a team, the United States hit 0.454; its best of the tournament. “The team really rallied today for a great win to finish off the tournament moving into worlds,” said Rasmussen, the U.S. Men’s team captain. “We gained some great experience in tough matches to know what it takes to overcome adversity."
The United States will host the 2010 Sitting Volleyball World Championships on July 11-17 at the University of Central Okla"Apart of a few unforced errors, we played well as a team partic- homa in Edmond, Okla. ularly in transition" Holloway said. “This was great experience for the whole team as we look forU.S. Women’s Sitting Team Head Coach Bill Hamiter (Bethany, ward to world championships in the U.S.,” said U.S. Men’s Sitting Okla.) started Holloway, Lancaster, Heather Erickso (Fayetteville, Team Head Coach Edgar Miraku (Elbasan, Albania). “We feel this N.C.), Lora Webster (Cave Creek, Ariz.), Brenda Maymon tournament helped prepare us mentally and physically.”
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