Kiraly
“Coming up to the Olympic Games I said our group presented a lot of challenges from the start against Puerto Rico. I think each team is better and four of them are going into the quarterfinals. Going out undefeated gives us a great feeling but nothing more than that. Maybe we are going to face a team that didn’t do that well in the other group. China came out playing very good volleyball. They really pushed us in the first set and we had too many service mistakes. I have to give a lot of credit to our captain Christa Dietzen and Kelsey Robinson for coming in and giving us a lift off the bench. Jordan Larson played a phenomenal match. Alisha Glass has been fantastic and this has been her team in a lot of ways. She helped us to a world championship a couple of years ago and to a bronze medal at the World Cup. She really helps the team in a lot of ways. She is one of the smartest players I have ever seen with a high IQ. Besides being a good setter she is a strong player with great blocking ability,” says Kiraly.
Lang Ping, the head coach of China congratulated USA for claiming the first place in Pool B.
“Congratulations to USA for finishing first in Pool B. They are a very strong team. We did well and learned a lot of things from this match. Our young players were resilient and battled hard but we still have some weaknesses and we failed in our reception with many miscues in the fourth set. We can learn good lessons from this match.”
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