Hunter Named to USA Volleyball's Pan-Am Cup Roster
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May 28, 2008
"We will use the Pan American Cup Tournament for evaluation," U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach `Jenny' Lang Ping said in USA Volleyball's news release. "For our veterans, we will decide later as they are not in their best physical condition to play in this event. Also, some of them came in really late from their professional teams." "These players are going to be the future of USA Volleyball, but is it 2008 at Beijing or 2012 at London," Assistant Coach Tom Hogan said. "We already know they are the future, the question is when. It is exciting because we are developing the future of USA Volleyball. But yet, we are throwing a bunch of them into the swimming pool and saying to swim and they never have been to a pool." Several of the players, including Hunter, recently returned from a three-week, eight-match tour of China. The majority of the players on the Pan American Cup roster have been training in Colorado Springs since January. Some of these players are taking a hiatus from their collegiate programs since that time. "For the group that has been training since January, we are looking to continue evaluating them in the Pan American Cup, plus the three matches at home against Brazil in June," Lang Ping said. "We will look at different players and combinations. We want them to use their skills learned here in training during game situations and see the results." MediaSports.TV will stream video of the Pan American Cup matches as part of an agreement with NORCECA. For details, click here. Hunter was the first two-time AVCA All-American in Missouri history, leading the Tiger squad to its first NCAA regional final in 2005. Vote For Hunter USA Volleyball also has a poll on the Women's National Team web portal asking fans to vote for who they would like to see most make their first Olympic Games roster in 2008. Those wanting to vote can do so here. U.S. Women's National Team Roster for Pan American Cup # - Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College) 3 - Cynthia Barboza (OH, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Stanford University) 4 - Alix Klineman (OH, 6-4, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Stanford University) 5 - Stacy Sykora (L, 5-10, Burleson, Texas, Texas A&M University) 7 - Tracy Stalls (MB, 6-4, Denver, Colo., University of Nebraska) 9 - Lauren Paolini (MB, 6-4, Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Texas) 10 - Alexis Crimes (MB, 6-3, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Long Beach State University) 12 - Heather Hughes (OPP, 6-2, Fallbrook, Calif., Loyola Marymount University) 13 - Katie Olsovsky (OPP, 6-3, Hermosa Beach, Calif., University of Southern California) 16 - Lindsey Hunter (S, 5-10, Papillion, Neb., University of Missouri) 17 - Angie McGinnis (S, 5-11, Fraser, Mich., University of Florida) 18 - Kristin Richards (OH, 6-1, Orem, Utah, Stanford University) 19 - Juliann Faucette (OH, 6-2, San Diego, Calif., University of Texas) Head Coach: Tom Hogan Assistant Coaches: Gen Kawakita, Denise Corlett Pan American Cup Schedule at Tijuana Mexicali, Mexico USA Pool Play at Mexicali 5/30: USA vs. Dominican Republic, 4 p.m. 5/31: USA vs. Costa Rica, 4 p.m. 6/1: USA vs. Argentina, 6 p.m. 6/2: USA vs. Mexico, 8 p.m. 6/3: USA vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 4 p.m. Classification Rounds at Mexicali, Mexico 6/5: Quarterfinals or Classification 5-8 Mexicali, Mexico 6/6: Semifinals or Classification 5-8 Mexicali, Mexico 6/7: Championship or Classification 3-4, 7-8 or 5-6 Mexicali, Mexico ### |
