|
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, January 28, 2010 –
The USA women’s national team will play an
exhibition match against Chinese professional
women’s league team Evergrande on February 2 as
part of their intensive build up to the 2010
FIVB World Grand Prix.
Star players Tracy Stalls,
Heather Hughes and Angie Pressey- all members of
USA’s 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix squad, which
finished ninth - will be travelling with the
team.
Evergrande is coached by former
USA women’s coach “Jenny” Lang Ping, who helped
lead USA to silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Additionally, USA team members Nicole Davis (libero
in Beijing) and Christa Harmotto also play for
Evergrande and will be joining the rest of their
team mates after the exhibition match for
training at the American Sports Centers in
California.
USA, who recently dropped two places from second
to fourth in the FIVB World Rankings unveiled on
Wednesday, will also use the trip which starts
on Thursday before returning home on Wednesday
as part of their preparation for the FIVB
Women’s World Championship Japan 2010, which
starts on October 29.
The match, which will be aired on Chinese
national television channel CCTV, will take
place in the new Guangzhou Gymnasium at 7.30pm
(local time).
|
