USA Women ready for the VNL Final Round

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 12, 2023. – The women’s Volleyball Nations League Final Round is in Arlington, Texas, this week, and USA Volleyball has selected its fourteen-person roster.

The competition begins today at College Park Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington where the U.S. Women (10-2) will play Japan (7-5) at 7:30 p.m. CT.

The roster is highlighted by Olympic gold medalists Micha Hancock at setter, Annie Drews and Jordan Thompson at opposite, middle blockers Chiaka Ogbogu and Haleigh Washington, Kelsey (Robinson) Cook at outside hitter and libero Justine Wong-Orantes.

Filling out the team are Lauren Carlini at setter, outside hitters Ali Frantti, Khalia Lanier and Avery Skinner, middles Asjia O’Neal and Dana Rettke and libero Morgan Hentz.

The U.S. Women finished the preliminary round of VNL in second place. Their only losses were to Japan and China and both scores were 3-2.

The U.S. Women are the reigning Olympic champions and ranked No. 1 in the world. They have won the VNL three times (2018, ’19, ’21) since its inception in 2018.

The team is led by Head Coach Karch Kiraly, a three-time Olympian and three-time gold medalist as a player who took over as head coach of the U.S. Women in 2013.

Kiraly’s first assistant is Tama Miyashiro, who won a silver medal as a libero with the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team. The second assistants are Marv Dunphy, Alfee Reft and Erin Virtue.