TicketsUniversity of Cincinnati volleyball's Jordan Thompson has made it on the 25-player roster for the US Women's 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League, as announced by the organization Monday night.
Thompson previously was named to the 30-preliminary roster earlier in May. The US team will play in Bulgaria, Italy, China, Russia and the United States as sixteen countries compete to win the premier annual international volleyball tournament. Team USA won the inaugural Volleyball Nations League in 2018. Fifteen pool play matches will be played by each country over the span of five weeks with four groups of four teams competing in round-robin action every week. The top five teams from the preliminary round will compete in the VNL Final Six in July.
Thompson will be coached by US Women's National Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly, who won gold medals as a player in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games and is the only player, male or female, to win Olympic gold in both indoor and beach volleyball. Kiraly was named the US Women's National Team Head Coach in 2012. Thompson will be playing alongside Olympic athletes Carli Lloyd, Rachael Adams and Karsta Lowe.
// US WOMEN'S VNL SCHEDULE
Ruse, Bulgaria
Tuesday, May 21 • 10am • vs Belgium
Wednesday, May 22 • 10am • vs Japan
Thursday, May 23 • 1:30pm • vs Bulgaria
Conegliano Veneto, Italy
Tuesday, May 28 • 11am • vs Serbia
Wednesday, May 29 • 2:00pm • vs Italy
Thursday, May 30 • 11am • vs Dominican Republic
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Wednesday, June 5 • 8:30pm • vs Korea
Thursday, June 6 • 8:30pm • vs Germany
Friday, June 7 • 8:30pm • vs Brazil
Jiangmen, China
Tuesday, June 11 • 4pm • vs Turkey
Wednesday, June 12 • 4pm • vs Poland
Thursday, June 13 • 8pm • vs China
Ekaterinburg, Russia
Tuesday, June 18 • 10am • vs Russia
Wednesday, June 19 • 7pm • vs The Netherlands
Thursday, June 20 • 7pm • vs Thailand
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Thompson previously was named to the 30-preliminary roster earlier in May. The US team will play in Bulgaria, Italy, China, Russia and the United States as sixteen countries compete to win the premier annual international volleyball tournament. Team USA won the inaugural Volleyball Nations League in 2018. Fifteen pool play matches will be played by each country over the span of five weeks with four groups of four teams competing in round-robin action every week. The top five teams from the preliminary round will compete in the VNL Final Six in July.
Thompson will be coached by US Women's National Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly, who won gold medals as a player in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games and is the only player, male or female, to win Olympic gold in both indoor and beach volleyball. Kiraly was named the US Women's National Team Head Coach in 2012. Thompson will be playing alongside Olympic athletes Carli Lloyd, Rachael Adams and Karsta Lowe.
// US WOMEN'S VNL SCHEDULE
Ruse, Bulgaria
Tuesday, May 21 • 10am • vs Belgium
Wednesday, May 22 • 10am • vs Japan
Thursday, May 23 • 1:30pm • vs Bulgaria
Conegliano Veneto, Italy
Tuesday, May 28 • 11am • vs Serbia
Wednesday, May 29 • 2:00pm • vs Italy
Thursday, May 30 • 11am • vs Dominican Republic
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Wednesday, June 5 • 8:30pm • vs Korea
Thursday, June 6 • 8:30pm • vs Germany
Friday, June 7 • 8:30pm • vs Brazil
Jiangmen, China
Tuesday, June 11 • 4pm • vs Turkey
Wednesday, June 12 • 4pm • vs Poland
Thursday, June 13 • 8pm • vs China
Ekaterinburg, Russia
Tuesday, June 18 • 10am • vs Russia
Wednesday, June 19 • 7pm • vs The Netherlands
Thursday, June 20 • 7pm • vs Thailand
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all of the latest information on Cincinnati volleyball, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. For up to the minute updates, follow Cincinnati Volleyball (@GoBearcatsVB) and Coach Alvey (@CoachAlveyUC) on twitter. You can also find the Bearcats on Facebook (GoBearcatsVB) and Instagram (GoBearcatsVB)