Usa has released the roster for the Pan American Games, and it's nore or less as the one for Pan Am Cup.. Rachael Adams is there , so it probably means she won't play the WGP. How things change in the USA gym.. She took Gibby's place for the WCH and now after the great season she had, she won't play the WGP.
She was with a minor injury, she didn't play the USAV Cup too.
Talking about MBs, Ajanaku injuried her knee in Pan American Cup, she was doing very well acording the stats.
S: Lloyd, Hagglund
Opp: Fawcett
OH: Cassidy, Hildebrand, Vansant, Fonoimoana, Bartsch
MB: Adams, Paolini, Jackson
L: Hagglund.
Thanks, Joana.
From instagram pics we can have an idea of who flew to Ankara for WGP first week.
S: Kreklow, Thompson
Opp: Lowe, Fawcett
OH: Robinson
MB: Gibbemeyer, Dixon, Paolini, Jackson
L: Banwarth
From instagram pics we can have an idea of who flew to Ankara for WGP first week.
S: Kreklow, Thompson
Opp: Lowe, Fawcett
OH: Robinson
MB: Gibbemeyer, Dixon, Paolini, Jackson
L: Banwarth
Miyashiro (L) and Vansant (OH) too. 
My line up is:
Kreklow-Lowe
Hill-Easy
Gibby-Dixon/Paolini
Banwarth
But probably we'll see all of them on the court in the 3 matches
who are lowe and easy?
no robinson?
are the two hagglunds related?
who are lowe and easy?
no robinson?
are the two hagglunds related?
Easy is Hodge, that's her married name. Lowe is new to this team, she is a lefty OPP, pretty young and did good on the scrimmages.
Yes Robinson is there
And no Jenna and Natalie are not related
Lloyd is not on the wide roster for world cup... Glass is.
Opposites: Nicole Fawcett, Karsta Lowe and Kelly Murphy.
Receivers: Megan Easy, Kim Hill, Jordan Larson-Burbach, Kelsey Robinson and Krista Vansant.
Middle blockers: Foluke Akinradewo, Christa Harmotto-Dietzen , Tori Dixon, Lauren Gibbemeyer and Cursty Jackson.
Setters: Alisha Glass, Jenna Hagglund, Molly Kreklow and Courtney Thompson.
Liberos: Kayla Banwarth, Natalie Hagglund and Tama Miyashiro.
I guess Easy, Jackson, Glass, Hagglund, Miyashiro and Fawcett will be cut.
Why is Adams not called? God! She is the best blocker right now
US girls in Toronto in Pan Am Games.
My calls would be:
Opposites: Nicole Fawcett and Karsta Lowe.
Receivers: Kim Hill, Jordan Larson-Burbach, Kelsey Robinson and Krista Vansant.
Middle blockers: Foluke Akinradewo, Christa Harmotto-Dietzen , Tori Dixon and Lauren Gibbemeyer.
Setters: Alisha Glass and Molly Kreklow.
Liberos: Kayla Banwarth and Natalie Hagglund.
Starters.
Karch is strange sometimes...Lloyd was MVP of Panam Games and Hagglund just her backup, but Hagglund is in the roster and Lloyd not??? 
Karch is strange sometimes...Lloyd was MVP of Panam Games and Hagglund just her backup, but Hagglund is in the roster and Lloyd not???
I dont get it either....but I think this pre-list was deliver much prior to the Pana Am Games...anyway, I have the feeling Kiraly doesnt like Lloyd style....Its the only reason that could make sense.
I'd rather having Lloyd than Thompson and Hagglund, but she's still behind Kreklow and Glass.
The problem is...I have this feeling no matter who will be 1st setter, Thompson will be the backup for double substitutions just like in London 2012. After all she's team captain and American coaches seem to have this special "touch" for players who have an extraordinary story, otherwise there would never have been a reason for Lichtman to make the roster in the last years.
I remember Lichtman when she was playing in BKS Aluprof Bielsko-Biała as setter, she was back-up for Wołosz. Her setting was awful..
Yeah, same feeling here. Courtney is the most beloved player by coaches and teammates. They always talk about what a special person she's inside and outside the court. They talk about her story, the one who made it even being that short. About Lichtman, yes, she wasn't NT material at the time, but it seems that worked very well on her. Look at her season in Le Cannet, she improved a lot. She's now a very good player. Sichuan signed her and you know, asian teams want killer spiker most of all.
I wonder what will happen when Carlini will end her college career. She's going to be the best setter in the world so far. 
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