Greetings from Kazan, Russia by Jordan Larson

by Brynn Murphy on January 4, 2012

Greetings from Kazan, Russia. I am currently playing on my professional team Dinamo-Kazan. Kazan is located about half way between Moscow and Siberia (See if you can find us on the map below). I have a lot to update everyone on...So here comes my book.After getting that nice break at home, we all reported back to California to begin our next training block. This next tournament we were about to play in, the World Cup, was the first qualification for the Olympics. Little did I know that t...

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World Cup by Ryan Millar

by Brynn Murphy on December 21, 2011

The World Cup is over and now it is back to our professional teams. Some guys actually flying from Japan to their respective clubs. The tournament did not go as we all would have liked unfortunately. We ended up losing some costly matches early in the tournament against Brazil, Russia, and Italy. Those losses pretty much sealed our fate of not being able to qualify for the Olympics there. The tournament was long and grueling as expected. Each day becoming more difficult than the next. We ended the tournament with a few wins against some good teams like Argentina and Cuba. So what is next in...

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My 4th World Cup by Ryan Millar

by Brynn Murphy on November 8, 2011

This month has been about gearing up and getting ready to begin the qualification process for the upcoming Olympic Games.  That will begin on November 20th in Japan at the World Cup.  The top 3 teams out of the 12 participating will qualify.  Personally this will be my 4th World Cup with Team USA, the previous 3 we have finished in 4th place.  We have finished one spot away from qualifying each time.  I am definitely looking forward to breaking that streak this time.  We had our first practice today and it was great to get back ...

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World Cup by Alisha Glass

by Brynn Murphy on November 2, 2011

Greetings all!  The team is back in Japan and getting ready for World Cup, the first attempt at Olympic qualification.  We came to Japan a little bit early in order to acclimate ourselves with time change, climate change, etc.  We trained and competed hard against each other in order to prepare for the tough schedule ahead.  This will be our last venture together as a team before we head to our professional teams.  We first stayed in a beautiful city called Otsu.  Our hotel overlooks the largest lake in Japan, Lake Biwa.  Although we prepared ourselves for...

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Men's National Volleyball Team In Tough VS. Brazil

by Adam Vella on October 25, 2011

Courtesy of Ahren Cadieux at Volleyball Source Magazine.  Follow them @ http://volleyballsourcemag.com/_1./Home.html or check out their coverage on Facebook.BRAZIL BEATS THE YOUNG CANADIAN SQUAD FIRST ROUND.

Defending champions Brazil debuted in the ...

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