COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO - The USA Men's National Team beat
Germany 3 games to 0 (32-30, 25-15, 25-16) tonight in World League 2001
play at the Colorado Springs World Arena. The USA and Germany started
off with a game one that seemed as though it wouldn't end. USA ended up
winning game one 32-30. That was the only game that was close though as
the USA went on the win the match easily, winning games two and three by
the scores of 25-15 and 25-16. USA now will meet the Netherlands next
weekend with a trip to the finals of the World League on the line.
"I think our rhythm tonight was mostly to do with Chris Seiffert," said
Doug Beal, USA Men's National Team Head Coach. "Chris was a lot more
comfortable after the match yesterday, I think he played a big chunk
better today. The setter can put the team in rhythm, if he locates the
ball well and gets the other teams block thinking about all of the
options that he has. I thought Chris was a whole lot better and that was
the biggest difference. I thought we served pretty effectively. I
thought Tom Hoff had a very good blocking day. I thought we killed a lot
more balls in the middle. Overall it was a much better performance by
everybody, but it started with Chris I thought."
Kevin Barnett had one of his best matches of this year's World League,
leading the USA in scoring with 14 points, all kills.
Reid Priddy
followed with 9 points (6 kills and 3 blocks). Tom Hoff had 8 points (5
kills and 3 blocks).
Despite their tremendous effort, Germany remains winless in World
League 2001. They were led in scoring tonight by Michael Mayer with 12
points (11 kills and 1 service ace). Their captain, Stefan Hubner
followed with 9 points.
The USA now sits in second in Pool D rankings with a record of 6-
4. Brazil leads Pool D with a record of 9-1. The Netherlands are in
third place in the rankings with a record of 5-5.
Germany sits in last
place with a 0-10 record. The USA will travel to Amsterdam this weekend
where they will play The Netherlands with a berth into the final round of
World League 2001 on the line. The top two finishing teams in each
preliminary pool will advance to the final round, June 25-30, in
Katowice, Poland.
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