Captain, Nebraska native leads USA into volleyball gold medal match
The United States women’s volleyball team has earned a spot in the gold medal match at the Olympics, thanks in large part to captain and Nebraska native Jordan Larson.
By News Channel NebraskaThe captain came up clutch!
The United States women’s volleyball team has earned a spot in the gold medal match at the Olympics, thanks in large part to captain and Nebraska native Jordan Larson.
The top-ranked Americans dominated No. 6 Serbia 25-19, 25-15, 25-23 on Friday in Tokyo.
The U.S. will play Brazil in the gold medal match late Saturday. The Americans will try to win the Olympic gold medal in the sport for the first time in its fourth appearance in the gold medal match.
The U.S. team includes three former Nebraska volleyball players: Larson, Justine Wong-Orantes and Kelsey Robinson.
Larson, who played high school volleyball at Logan View, will earn her third Olympic medal, after taking home silver in 2012 and bronze in 2016.
Larson and Wong-Orantes each had great matches on Friday. Larson finished with 15 kill, including the decisive kill on match point. She had kills on eight of her first 10 attempts of the match.
Wong-Orantes is ranked as the best player in the tournament in serve receive, while Larson is No. 2 in that category.